Jorge Miguel Moreira Larrouy Fernandes (born 6 September 1970), commonly known as Jojó, is a Mozambican retired

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who played as a

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and also as a

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Club career

The son of

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s in

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

, Jojó began his career with

Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol, commonly known as Costa do Sol, is a Mozambican sports club based in Maputo. It is best known for the professional football team playing in Moçambola, the top division in Mozambican football. Founded in 15 of ...

and

Clube Ferroviário de Maputo Clube Ferroviário de Maputo, or simply Ferroviário, is a Mozambique multi sports club from Maputo especially known for its football operations but also for its basketball and roller hockey team. History The club was founded in 1924, as ''Clu ...

. In 1992, he returned to the land of his ancestors and signed for

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

, but never appeared officially for the team, also being loaned to

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

. Most of Jojó's Portuguese career was spent in the

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. In 1997–98 he had his first and only

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experience, appearing in 24 scoreless matches for

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

as the season ended in relegation. In the country, he also represented, in a total of 12 years, A.D. Ovarense, F.C. Penafiel and S.C. Espinho (two of his six campaigns with the latter club were spent in the

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). In 2005, aged 35, Jojó moved to

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, closing out his career two years later having represented

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and

Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Bonnyrigg, Sydney, New South Wales, currently playing in the NSW League One. The club was founded in 1968 as Avala Sports Club and took its current name in 1992. H ...

. He later obtained his

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International career

Jojó played for the Mozambican national side in the

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and

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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finals, winning nearly 80

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in 14 years.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jojo 1970 births Living people Mozambican people of Portuguese descent Mozambican men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders CD Costa do Sol players Clube Ferroviário de Maputo footballers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Boavista F.C. players U.D. Leiria players A.D. Ovarense players F.C. Penafiel players C.F. Os Belenenses players S.C. Espinho players Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players Mozambique men's international footballers 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players Mozambican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal