Zezinando Odelfrides Gomes Correia (born 1 January 1987), known simply as Zezinando, is a
Portuguese footballer who plays for Thai club
Trat F.C. as a
defensive midfielder.
Club career
Born in
Bissau
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, Zezinando moved with his parents to
Portugal still an infant, and, at the age of 12, he joined
Sporting Clube de Portugal
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's famed youth academy. In the following three years, he would only collect some appearances for the ''Lions'' during preseason, being successively loaned to clubs in the
Lisbon
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area, appearing in the
2006–07 season in the
second division with
G.D. Estoril Praia
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and playing in the
third level in the following years.
On 26 June 2009, Zezinando underwent a trial at
Heart of Midlothian of
Scotland alongside compatriot
João Moreira. An eventual deal fell through, and both signed with
C.F. Estrela da Amadora
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It's the successor of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, founded in 1932 and extinct in ...
in the
third tier of Portuguese football.
In late October 2011, after more than one year without a club, Zezinando joined
Samut Songkhram F.C.
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Ety ...
in the
Thai Premier League.
International career
Zezinando chose to represent
Portugal internationally. He appeared with the
under-20s at the
2007 FIFA World Cup in
Canada, playing all four matches in an eventual
round-of-16 exit.
Honours
;Air Force Central
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Thai Division 1 League:
2013
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1987 births
Living people
Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
Sporting CP footballers
G.D. Estoril Praia players
Atlético Clube de Portugal players
Real S.C. players
C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
Thai League 1 players
Thai League 2 players
Samutsongkhram F.C. players
Air Force United F.C. players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand