Francisco Zuela
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Luis Francisco Zuela dos Santos | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
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Position(s) | Centre Back / Defensive Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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C.D. Trofense | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
União de Leiria | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Sertanense | 27 | (3) |
2003–2004 | Académica de Coimbra | 1 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Santa Clara | 29 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Akratitos | 14 | (0) |
2006–2009 | Skoda Xanthi | 87 | (3) |
2009–2012 | Kuban Krasnodar | 11 | (0) |
2010 | → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → PAOK (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Atromitos (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2012–2013 | APOEL | 6 | (0) |
2013 | Apollon Smyrni | 1 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Kabuscorp | ? | (?) |
2015– | Trofense | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2006– | Angola | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2012 |
Francisco Zuela (born 3 August 1983) is an Angolan footballer who last played for Trofense in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores.
Club career
Zuela started his career in 2002 with the Portuguese club Sertanense F.C..[1] In Portugal, he also represented Académica de Coimbra and C.D. Santa Clara.
In 2005, he signed a contract with the Greek club Akratitos. The next season he moved to Skoda Xanthi, spending three seasons to the club.
On 8 December 2009, Zuela arrived for a trial with Wigan Athletic,[2] but that trial ended without a contract offer.[3]
In 2009, he moved to Russia and signed with Kuban Krasnodar, but the next year he was given on loan to Alania Vladikavkaz. In July 2012, he was given on loan from Kuban to PAOK in Greece and in the 2011–12 season, he was given again on loan to another Greek club, Atromitos.
On 5 June 2012, Zuela terminated his contract with Kuban and signed a two-year contract with the Cypriot club APOEL.[4] Although he didn't manage to win a regular place in APOEL's starting lineup (he appeared in only six league matches), he became a champion for the first time in his career after winning the 2012–13 Cypriot First Division with the club. On 17 July 2013 his contract with APOEL was mutually terminated.[5]
Later, he had a five-month spell at Apollon Smyrni in Greece, appearing only in one match for twelve minutes as a substitute, and being released before the end of year 2013.
International career
Zuela is a member of the Angola national football team. He has made 17 appearances, without scoring any goal yet.
Honours
References
- ↑ http://sertanensefutebolclube.blogspot.com/2010/01/ex-jogador-do-sertanense-e-titular-na.html
- ↑ Wigan fly in £1million-rated Angola international defender in bid to strengthen back line
- ↑ Roberto Martinez impressed by Michael Ball
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External links
- APOEL official profile
- Profile & Statistics at Guardian's Stats centre
- Francisco Zuela at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Francisco Zuela at Soccerway
- Skoda Xanthi Official Profile *(Greek) – (English)
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- Articles with Greek-language external links
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Angolan footballers
- Angola international footballers
- Angolan expatriate footballers
- People from Luanda
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Akratitos FC players
- Skoda Xanthi F.C. players
- C.D. Santa Clara players
- PAOK FC players
- Atromitos F.C. players
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz players
- FC Kuban Krasnodar players
- APOEL FC players
- Sertanense F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Russian Football Premier League players
- Superleague Greece players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus