João Lamine Jaquité (born 22 February 1996) is a Bissau-Guinean professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Tondela

Born in

Bissau Bissau () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. it had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, its administr ...

, Jaquité started playing organised football in Portugal, with amateurs União Atlético Povoense. On 8 July 2015, C.D. Tondela announced his promotion to the senior team, recently promoted to the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

. Jaquité appeared in his first match as a professional on 20 December 2015, starting and playing 52 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against

Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube (), popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal, is a Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Setúbal that used to compete in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system ...

in the top division. In the 2017–18 season, he was loaned to third tier club

Lusitano FCV Lusitano Futebol Clube de Vildemoinhos is a Portuguese football club from the parish of Vildemoinhos in the city of Viseu. The club was founded on 14 August 1916 and plays in fifth tier of the Portuguese football league system. In the 2018� ...

. Jaquité scored his first goal in the Portuguese top flight on 21 February 2021, in a 4–2 defeat at S.C. Braga.

Vilafranquense

On 20 August 2021, Jaquité signed with U.D. Vilafranquense of the

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. He totalled 16 appearances during his spell.

Later career

In the following seasons, Jaquité represented Hapoel Nof HaGalil FC (Israeli

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) and

CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Club Sportiv Municipal Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, commonly known as Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț () or simply as Ceahlăul, is a Romanian Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Piatra Neamț, Neamț County, currently playing i ...

(Romanian

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International career

Jaquité won his first

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for

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on 23 March 2019, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute for Zezinho in a 2–2 home draw to

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for the

2019 Africa Cup of Nations The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total SE, Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's associati ...

qualifiers. He was selected for the finals by coach

Baciro Candé Baciro Candé (born 6 April 1967) is a Bissau-Guinean professional association footballer, football player and association football manager, manager. Career Candé was born in Catió. He played professional football in Portugal's Segunda Liga a ...

References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaquite, Joao 1996 births Living people Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Footballers from Bissau Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players C.D. Tondela players Lusitano FCV players U.D. Vilafranquense players Liga Leumit players Hapoel Nof HaGalil F.C. players Liga II players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Israel Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Romania