Francisco Queriol Conde Júnior (born 22 November 1965), known as Chiquinho Conde, is a Mozambican former

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who played as a striker, currently

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. Most of his extensive professional career was spent in Portugal, mainly with

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, also having a spell in the United States in 1997. Over the course of 13 seasons, he amassed

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totals of 309 games and 85 goals. Conde represented

in three

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. In 2005, he started working as a coach.

Playing career

Born in Beira, Conde arrived in

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in the summer of 1987 from

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, and would remain in the country for the following decade, starting with

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. After good spells at

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and Vitória F.C. he signed with

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, but failed to reproduce his previous form, returning to Belenenses in January 1996. Conde moved to the recently created

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aged 31, where he represented the

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and the

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. In January 1998 he returned to Portugal and a former club, Vitória Setúbal (his third stint); in the first full season upon his return he scored 14 goals, as they qualified for the

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as fifth. After spells at

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and

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, Conde eventually retired in 2005 after playing amateur football in the country. He represented

for 15 years, appearing at the

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and

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tournaments, with the national side finishing bottom of the group on all three occasions; he was regarded as one of the best players the country ever produced, alongside Dário and Tico-Tico.

Coaching career

Conde worked as a

after retiring, being in charge of several teams in the

Moçambola Moçambola (or Campeonato Moçambicano de Futebol, Portuguese for Mozambican Football Championship) is the top division of Mozambican football. It is organized by the Liga Moçambicana de Futebol. History In 1976, shortly after the country's ...

and also coaching Vitória Setúbal's under-23s. In October 2021, the 55-year-old replaced the dismissed Horácio Gonçalves at the helm of the Mozambique national side.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Conde, Chiquinho 1965 births Living people People from Beira, Mozambique Mozambican footballers Association football forwards C.D. Maxaquene players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.F. Os Belenenses players S.C. Braga players Vitória F.C. players Sporting CP footballers F.C. Alverca players Portimonense S.C. players Imortal D.C. players C.D. Montijo players Major League Soccer players New England Revolution players Tampa Bay Mutiny players Major League Soccer All-Stars Mozambique international footballers 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players Mozambican expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate soccer players in the United States Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Mozambican football managers C.D. Maxaquene managers Mozambique national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Portugal