Sérgio Miguel Lopes Lomba da Costa (born 11 August 1973), better known as Sérgio Lomba, is a Mozambican retired professional
football player
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
defender.
Club career
Lomba is best known for his stints 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, ...
with
Gil Vicente and
Moreirense
Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...
.
International career
Lomba is a one-time international for the
Mozambique national football team
The Mozambique national football team ( pt, Seleção Moçambicana de Futebol) represents Mozambique in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Mozambican Football Federation, the governing body for football in Mozambi ...
, scoring on his debut in a friendly 2–1 win over
Malawi
Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...
on 25 June 2006.
Personal life
Lomba is maternal uncle of
Pedro Neto
Pedro Lomba Neto (born 9 March 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team.
He started his career at Braga, who loaned him to Italian club L ...
, who is also a footballer.
References
External links
Sky Sports Profile*
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Living people
1973 births
People from Beira, Mozambique
Mozambican men's footballers
Mozambique men's international footballers
Portuguese men's footballers
Mozambican people of Portuguese descent
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Primeira Liga players
Segunda División B players
S.C. Freamunde players
SC Vianense players
Gil Vicente F.C. players
Moreirense F.C. players
F.C. Penafiel players
Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Mozambican expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Men's association football defenders