Guilherme Afonso

Guilherme Afonso
Personal information
Date of birth15 November 1985
Place of birthLuanda, Angola
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Primeiro de Agosto
Number23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2003Étoile Carouge17(5)
2003–2004Valence3(0)
2004–2007Twente32(2)
2007–2008Veendam44(6)
2009–2012Sion17(2)
2009–2010Grasshopper (loan)7(0)
2010–2011Lugano (loan)29(10)
2012–2013Vaduz15(1)
2013–1º de Agosto3(3)
National team
2006Switzerland U211(0)
2013–Angola6(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2013

Guilherme Afonso (born 15 November 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeiro de Agosto. He has dual Angolan-Swiss nationality.[1][2]

Club career

Afonso has played club-football in Switzerland for Étoile Carouge, Sion, Grasshopper, Lugano and FC Vaduz; in France for Valence; and in the Netherlands for Twente and Veendam.[3][4][5] In the summer 2012 he signed a two year contract with FC Vaduz.[6] In the summer of 2013 he signed a year and half contract with Primeiro de Agosto [7]

International career

Afonso, who has previously played for Switzerland at under-21 level, was selected by Angola for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[8]

References

  1. Tope Agboola (20 June 2005). "Afonso eyes Angola switch". BBC Sport.
  2. "Football without borders in the Lowlands". FIFA. 30 June 2005.
  3. (Dutch) Profile at Voetbal International
  4. (German) Profile at Weltfußball.de
  5. (Dutch) Profile at Ronald Zwiers
  6. "Afonso verlässt Sitten Richtung Vaduz" (in German). fussball.ch. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  7. "Guilherme Afonso pledges commitment to new club". ANGOP. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  8. "Angola pick Guilherme Afonso in final Nations Cup squad". BBC Sport. 8 January 2013.