Famana Quizera (born 25 April 2002) is a

Bissau-Guinean Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

professional

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who plays as an

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or winger for

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club Académico de Viseu and the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Career

In 2021, Quizera was sent on loan to Portuguese club Académico de Viseu in the

, from

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

in the German

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. On 13 September 2021, he debuted for Académico de Viseu during a 2–2 draw against

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. On 21 July 2022, Quizera permanently signed for Académico de Viseu in the

for an undisclosed fee.

International career

Quizera was called up to the Guinea-Bissau national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in September 2023.

Honours

Individual *

Midfielder of the Month: February 2023

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Quizera, Famana 2002 births Footballers from Bissau Living people Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football wingers Borussia Mönchengladbach II players Académico de Viseu F.C. players Regionalliga players Liga Portugal 2 players Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players