Joaquim 'Jucie' Manuel Welo Lupeta (born 24 March 1993) is a Portuguese professional
footballer who plays for Israeli club
Bucheon FC 1995 as a
forward.
Club career
Born in
Lourinhã
Lourinhã () is a municipality in the District of Lisbon, in the Oeste Subregion of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 25,735, in an area of 147.17 km². The seat of the municipality is the town of Lourinhã, with a population of 8,800 inhab ...
,
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
,
Lupeta played youth football for three clubs, including
FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...
between 2006 and 2012. In May 2013, he joined Hungarian side
Videoton FC. He featured rarely in his one-year tenure, playing 14 official matches and scoring five goals in the
Ligakupa to help his team reach
the final.
In summer 2014, Lupeta returned to his country and signed a two-year contract with
Vitória de Setúbal. He scored his first goal in the
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...
in only his third appearance in the competition, starting and contributing to a 2–0 home win against
C.D. Nacional
Clube Desportivo Nacional, commonly known as Nacional and sometimes Nacional da Madeira (), is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, on the island of Madeira.
Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, Portug ...
.
Lupeta subsequently competed in the
South African Premier Division
The South African Premier Division, officially referred to as the DStv Premiership for sponsorship purposes, is the premier men's professional football/soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organized sinc ...
, in representation of
Bidvest Wits F.C. and
Ajax Cape Town FC. On 25 February 2017, he joined
NK Celje of the
Slovenian PrvaLiga.
In late August 2018, Lupeta moved to
NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the same country and league on a three-year deal. On 2 September, he helped the hosts beat
NK Rudar Velenje 5–0 by netting in the 34th minute through a
bicycle kick.
[
On 5 November 2020, Lupeta terminated his contract with Olimpija and joined Israeli team ]Maccabi Petah Tikva FC
Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, מכבי פתח תקווה) (Full name: "Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva F.C., ) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva. It is part of the Maccabi World Union for international Jewish spo ...
. In June 2021 he moved to the Romanian Liga I, having a very brief spell with FC Argeș Pitești before signing a two-year deal with FC Botoșani.
International career
Lupeta represented Portugal at under-18 level. He scored on his debut on 25 November 2010, in a 5–0 friendly
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rout of Montenegro held in Agualva-Cacém.
Personal life
Lupeta is of Congolese descent.[
]
Career statistics
Honours
Videoton
* Ligakupa runner-up: 2013–14[
Olimpija Ljubljana
* Slovenian Football Cup: 2018–19][
]
References
External links
*
Stats at HLSZ
*
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1993 births
Living people
Portuguese people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
Footballers from Lisbon District
Black Portuguese sportspeople
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
FC Porto players
Padroense F.C. players
Vitória F.C. players
Fehérvár FC players
Bidvest Wits F.C. players
Cape Town Spurs F.C. players
NK Celje players
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players
Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players
FC Argeș Pitești players
FC Botoșani players
Maccabi Jaffa F.C. players
Bucheon FC 1995 players
Primeira Liga players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
South African Premier Division players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Israeli Premier League players
Liga I players
Liga Leumit players
K League 2 players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in South Korea