José Correia (born 22 October 1996) known as Zé Turbo, is a Bissau-Guinean professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Pari NN. He was on the books of Sporting and

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as a teenager, but did not make a senior appearance for either club, instead having loans at lower-league teams in Portugal, Italy and Spain. In 2018 he moved to South America and represented

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of Argentina and

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of Paraguay, before having spells in Switzerland, China, Qatar and Russia.

Club career

Sporting

Zé Turbo was formed at

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before transferring across

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in 2014. After scoring twice against

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in the

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, he signed a five-year contract with a buyout clause of €45 million that November, amidst interest from a host of Italian and English teams and Sporting's rivals Benfica and

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Inter Milan

In February 2015, he moved to

. On 31 May, in the final game of the season at home to

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, he was called up to a senior squad for the first time, remaining unused in a 4–3 victory. On 4 August 2016, Zé Turbo was loaned to Portuguese

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team

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on a season-long loan. Sixteen days later, he made his professional debut in a match at Chaves, replacing Miguel Cardoso for the final 19 minutes of a 1–1 draw. On 15 January 2017, he was loaned to

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in Spain's

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for the rest of the season. He made his debut for them two weeks later as an 82nd-minute substitute for Kike Márquez in a 3–2 home win over

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. On 24 August 2017, Zé Turbo signed for

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club

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on a season-long loan. He made his debut on 2 September, playing the final nine minutes of a 1–0 loss at

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in place of Cristian Caccetta. His loan was terminated on 17 January 2018. After his time in Catania, Zé Turbo was immediately loaned to

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of the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal for the remainder of the

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. He played 12 games for the team from the

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and scored his first senior goal to open a 2–1 win at

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on 15 April.

South America

In July 2018, Zé Turbo moved to

of the

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, signing a one-year contract on a free transfer. He made one appearance for the team from

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, as a 70th-minute substitute for Luís Leal in a 1–0 loss to

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on 25 November. At the start of 2019 he moved on to

of the

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Switzerland

On 17 July 2019, Zé Turbo returned to Europe and signed a two-year deal with

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club

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. Eleven days later he made his debut as a starter the season began with a 2–0 loss at

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, being substituted for Karim Barry after 58 minutes. On 5 October he scored his first goal, the game's only away to

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. Remaining in the same league, Zé Turbo cancelled his contract to move to

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on 17 February 2020, on a deal until 2023. He scored one goal in the remainder of the season, as a substitute in a 5–3 home win over his previous employer on 21 July.

Later career

In February 2021, Zé Turbo moved to Chinese second tier club

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. Two years later he signed for

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in the

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. On 2 August 2023, he returned to Europe with

club Pari NN on a three-year deal.

International career

Zé Turbo made his debut for the

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on 14 June 2023 in a Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against

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, substituting Mama Baldé in the 79th minute. At the

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held the following January, he scored his first international goal as an added-time consolation in a 4–2 group loss to

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, again as a late replacement.

Personal life

Two days after his professional debut, Zé Turbo was involved in a car crash in

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, suffering only light injuries to his arm. Zé Turbo considered retiring from football after the death of his mother, but continued playing in her memory.

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