Piqueti
Personal information
Full name Piqueti Djassi Brito Silva[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Najran
Youth career
2011–2012 Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Braga B 129 (15)
2014–2017 Braga 4 (1)
2015 → Gil Vicente (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2018 Marítimo 2 (0)
2018 → Académica (loan) 6 (0)
2018–2019 Varese 10 (0)
2019 Al-Shoulla 16 (1)
2019–2021 Ismaily 26 (1)
2021–2023 Al-Shoulla 78 (18)
2023– Najran
International career‡
2012−2013 Portugal U20 15 (1)
2015– Guinea-Bissau 37 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:37, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:18, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Piqueti Djassi Brito Silva (born 12 February 1993), knowly simply as Piqueti, is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays for Saudi club Najran and the Guinea-Bissau national team as a right winger.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Piqueti signed for S.C. Braga in 2011 for his last year as a junior. He went on to spend several seasons with the reserves in the Segunda Liga, making his debut in the competition on 22 August 2012 by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 away loss against C.F. Belenenses.[2]

Piqueti first appeared in the Primeira Liga with the first team on 14 March 2014, playing two minutes of the 1–1 away draw with Académica de Coimbra.[3] Again from the bench, on 5 April, he scored his first goal competitive goal for them, contributing to a 2–0 victory at S.C. Olhanense.[4]

Late into the 2015 winter transfer window, Piqueti was loaned to fellow league club Gil Vicente FC,[5] featuring rarely in a relegation-ending campaign. On 30 May 2017, he signed with C.S. Marítimo also of the top division,[6] who in turn loaned him to second-tier Académica.[7]

On 26 February 2019, Piqueti joined Prince Mohammad bin Salman League's Al-Shoulla FC from Italian amateurs S.S.D. Varese Calcio.[8]

On 29 August 2023, Piqueti joined Najran.[9]

International career

Piqueti represented Portugal at under-20 level,[10] notably helping his adopted nation to the fourth place in the 2013 Toulon Tournament.[11] He switched allegiance to Guinea Bissau in 2015, earning his first senior cap on 8 October by replacing Cícero Semedo in the 72nd minute of the 1–1 draw in Liberia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers (4–2 aggregate defeat).

Piqueti was selected for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations by manager Baciro Candé,[12] featuring 29 minutes in the group stage opener against hosts against Gabon (1–1).[13] He scored his first goal for his country the following match, putting his team ahead in an eventual 2–1 loss to Cameroon;[14] the individual effort was described as "superb".[15]

Piqueti was also part of the squad at the 2019[16] and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[17]

International goals

As of 30 March 2021
Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Piqueti goal.[18]
List of international goals scored by Piqueti
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 January 2017 Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon  Cameroon 1–0 1–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
2. 14 October 2018 Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau  Zambia 1–1 2–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3. 23 March 2019  Mozambique 1–0 2–2
4. 13 November 2019  Eswatini 1–0 3–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5. 30 March 2021  Congo 1–0 3–0

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Piqueti" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Belenenses-Sp. Braga B, 1–0: Fernando Ferreira resolve" [Belenenses-Sp. Braga B, 1–0: Fernando Ferreira decides it]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Académica-Sp. Braga, 1–1: Ter vontade não chegou" [Académica-Sp. Braga, 1–1: To want it was not enough]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 March 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Sporting de Braga vence nos últimos minutos em Olhão" [Sporting de Braga win in the last minutes in Olhão]. Público (in Portuguese). 5 April 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Piqueti é reforço" [Piqueti is an addition]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  6. ^ Vasconcelos, Gonçalo (30 May 2017). "Gamboa, Piqueti e Pinho já estão oficializados" [Gamboa, Piqueti and Pinho have already been made official]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Coronas quer ajudar Académica a subir de divisão" [Coronas wants to help Académica promote]. Diário de Coimbra (in Portuguese). 31 January 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  8. ^ بيكيتي جاسي #شعلاوياً (in Arabic). Al-Shoulla FC. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  9. ^ "أنهت إدارة نادي #نجران اجراءات التعاقد مع اللاعب بيكيتي سيلفا".
  10. ^ "A fama após o adeus" [Fame after goodbye]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Toulon: França bate Portugal na luta pelo "bronze" (2–1)" [Toulon: France beat Portugal in fight for "bronze" (2–1)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Um treinador, 18 'portugueses' e alguns velhos conhecidos" [One coach, 18 'Portuguese' and some old acquaintances]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Gabon 1–1 Guinea-Bissau". BBC Sport. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  14. ^ Gleeson, Mark (18 January 2017). "Cameroon fight back to avoid shock against Guinea Bissau". Reuters. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Cameroon 2–1 Guinea-Bissau". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  16. ^ Soliman, Seif (12 June 2019). "Ittihad's Toni Silva named in Guinea Bissau's AFCON squad". KingFut. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  17. ^ Said, Nick (30 December 2021). "Guinea Bissau call up trio for third Africa Cup of Nations". CNA. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Piqueti – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

External links

Najran SC – current squad
Guinea-Bissau squads
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