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Guilherme Afonso

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Guilherme Afonso
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-11-15) 15 November 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Mendrisio-Stabio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Étoile Carouge 17 (5)
2003–2004 Valence 3 (0)
2004–2007 Twente 32 (2)
2007–2008 Veendam 44 (6)
2009–2012 Sion 17 (2)
2009–2010 → Grasshopper (loan) 7 (0)
2010–2011 → Lugano (loan) 29 (10)
2012–2013 Vaduz 15 (1)
2013–2014 1º de Agosto 3 (3)
2014–2015 Kabuscorp ? (?)
2016–???? FC Azzurri LS 90 ? (?)
2019– Mendrisio-Stabio ? (?)
International career‡
2006 Switzerland U21 1 (0)
2013– Angola 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2013
‡ 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 Mendrisio-Stabio. He has dual Angolan-Swiss nationality.[1][2]

Club career

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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 2009 he scored the winning goal as Sion defeated BSC Young Boys 3–2 in the Swiss Cup Final.[6]

In the summer 2012 he signed a two-year contract with FC Vaduz.[7] In the summer of 2013 he signed a year and half contract with Primeiro de Agosto.[8]

Afonso signed with Mendrisio-Stabio in December 2018.[9]

International career

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Afonso, who has previously played for Switzerland at under-21 level, was selected by Angola for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[10]

International goals

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Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.[11]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 June 2013 Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola  Senegal 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 7 September 2013 Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, Lubango, Angola  Liberia 3–0 4–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Sion

References

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  1. ^ Tope Agboola (20 June 2005). "Afonso eyes Angola switch". BBC Sport.
  2. ^ "Football without borders in the Lowlands". FIFA. 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Guilherme Afonso". Voetbal International (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Guilherme Afonso". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Guilherme Afonso". Ronald Zwiers (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 1 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Switzerland Cup Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Afonso verlässt Sitten Richtung Vaduz". fussball.ch (in German). 27 June 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Guilherme Afonso pledges commitment to new club". ANGOP. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  9. ^ Savigliano, Walter (21 December 2018). "Altro colpaccio del Mendrisio, arriva la punta Guilherme Afonso!". chalcio.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 26 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Angola pick Guilherme Afonso in final Nations Cup squad". BBC Sport. 8 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Guilherme Afonso". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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