Kelvin Monteiro Medina, known as Zimbabwe (born 3 January 1994), is a Cape Verdean professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for the Portuguese club
Sporting da Covilhã
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.
Club career
On 2 July 2021, he signed a contract with
Rio Ave
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for a term of one year with two optional years.
International career
Medina made his debut for the
Cape Verde national football team in a 0-0 (4-3) penalty shootout win over
Andorra
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on 3 June 2018.
References
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FPF Profile
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1994 births
People from Mindelo
Living people
Cape Verdean footballers
Cape Verde international footballers
Association football midfielders
Sertanense F.C. players
SC Mirandela players
U.D. Vilafranquense players
Académico de Viseu F.C. players
Rio Ave F.C. players
S.C. Covilhã players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Cape Verdean expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal