Witiness Chimoio João Quembo (born 26 August 1996), known as Witi, is a Mozambican professional

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who plays for Portuguese club C.D. Nacional as a winger.

Club career

Born in Beira, Witi began his career with Sporting Club da Beira. In the Summer of 2014, he moved to Portugal, joining the youth ranks of C.D. Nacional. On 11 January 2015, Witi made his senior debut with Nacional in a home win against

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, for

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. Just three days later, he scored his first professional goal in a

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match against

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Later that month, Witi signed a deal with

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until the end of the season. In June 2015, Witi returned to Nacional.

International career

Witi made his debut for

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 ...

in 2015, and represented the nation at the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.''

Honors

Mozambique * COSAFA Cup runner-up:

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* * * 1996 births Living people People from Beira, Mozambique Mozambican footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players C.D. Nacional players S.L. Benfica footballers Mozambique international footballers Mozambican expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal {{Mozambique-footy-bio-stub