▪️ Turned professional at 25 after years in amateur football
▪️ Began his professional career in Angola 🇦🇴
▪️ Made his FIFA World Cup debut at 40 years old 🇨🇻
▪️ Kept a clean sheet in Cape Verde’s historic 0-0 draw vs Spain 🇪🇸
▪️ Made 7 saves and earned Man of the Match ⭐
▪️ Oldest goalkeeper ever to keep a clean sheet on a World Cup debut 🏆
▪️ First Cape Verdean player to win a FIFA World Cup Man of the Match award 🇨🇻
From amateur football to World Cup history. 🌟
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