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José Luís Mendes Lopes (born 23 September 1992), known as Zezinho, is a Bissau-Guinean professional
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who plays as a
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for Cypriot club
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and the Guinea-Bissau national team.


Club career

Born in
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, Zezinho finished his development with
Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,
after joining its youth system at the age of 16. He made his debut as a senior in the 2011–12 season, being loaned to
Atlético Clube de Portugal Atlético Clube de Portugal is a Portuguese sports club based in the parish of Alcântara, in the west side of Lisbon. The club was established on 18 September 1942 through the merger of two local clubs from Alcântara: Carcavelinhos Football ...
and helping them to the ninth position in the Segunda Liga. Subsequently, returned to the
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, Zezinho appeared almost exclusively with
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during his tenure. His maiden
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appearance occurred on 13 January 2013, as he came on as a 75th-minute substitute for
Zakaria Labyad Zakaria Labyad ( Riffian-Berber: ⵣⴰⵎⴰⵔⵉⵢⴰ ⵍⴱⵢⴰⴷ; born 9 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Chinese Super League club Dalian Yingbo. Born in the Netherlands, he ...
in a 2–0 away win against
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. Zezinho served a further two loans before being released in June 2016, at Veria F.C. from the
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and
Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...
club
AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...
.


International career

Zezinho earned his first
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for
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...
on 4 September 2010 – 19 days before his 18th birthday – in a 1–0 home victory over
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for the
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qualifiers. Selected to the 2017 edition of the tournament by manager
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, he featured in three games in an eventual group stage exit. Zezinho was also included in the
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squad.


International goals

(Guinea-Bissau score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zezinho goal)


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zezinho 1992 births Living people Footballers from Bissau Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers Atlético Clube de Portugal players Super League Greece players Veria F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players AEL Limassol players Omonia Aradippou players Slovak First Football League players FK Senica players Saudi Pro League players Damac FC players Marsaxlokk F.C. players Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Greece Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia