Braíma Injai
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Braíma Injai | ||
| Date of birth | 6 October 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Boavista | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1995 | Gondomar | ||
| 1995–1996 | Torres Novas | 27 | (5) |
| 1996–1997 | Gondomar | 31 | (3) |
| 1997–1998 | União Lamas | 31 | (3) |
| 1998–1999 | Boavista | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Aves | 58 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | Leça | 7 | (2) |
| 2002–2006 | Gil Vicente | 103 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Portimonense | 13 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 13 | (0) |
| 2009 | Primeiro de Maio | ||
| 2010 | Vitória do Pico | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Melgacense | 59 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Vianense | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 367 | (24) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2007 | Guinea-Bissau | 26 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Braíma Injai (born 6 October 1975), known as Braíma, is a Guinea Bissauan retired footballer. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he also held Portuguese nationality due to the years spent playing in that country.
Football career
Born in Bissau, Injai played most of his career in Portugal, mainly for modest clubs, but had a four-year first division spell with Gil Vicente FC, being used with regularity. His worst output consisted of 22 games in the 2002–03 season, in which he started in 18 of those appearances as the Barcelos team finished in eighth position.
In July 2007, after a brief spell in the Portuguese second level with Portimonense SC, Braíma left for Cyprus's Olympiakos Nicosia. In early 2009 he returned to Africa, joining Angolan side Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio, but went back to Portugal shortly after and resumed his career in amateur football.
Braíma was a stalwart for the Guinea-Bissau national team for well over a decade, appearing in many FIFA World Cup qualification series.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Braíma Injai profile at ForaDeJogo
- Braíma Injai at National-Football-Teams.com
- Braíma Injai – FIFA competition record