Moreto_Cassamá
Moreto Cassamá
Bissau-Guinean footballer
Moreto Moro Cassamá (born 16 February 1998) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Omonia. He represented Portugal internationally on junior levels, before switching to Guinea-Bissau on senior level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Moreto Moro Cassamá | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-02-16) 16 February 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Omonia | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2013 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2013–2018 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Porto B | 25 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Reims B | 18 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Reims | 54 | (3) |
| 2022– | Omonia | 29 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Portugal U16 | 14 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U17 | 13 | (3) |
| 2015 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (2) |
| 2016 | Portugal U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2019– | Guinea-Bissau | 15 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:12, 24 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
On 16 September 2017, Cassamá made his professional debut with Porto B in a 2017–18 LigaPro match against Nacional.[1] On the last day of the winter transfer window, 31 January 2019, he was transferred to Ligue 1 club Reims with a contract until the summer of 2022.[2]
On 23 August 2022, Cassamá joined Cypriot club Omonia on a three-year contract.[3] On 26 April 2023, he scored his first goal in the Cypriot Cup semi-finals against Pafos FC,[4] helping his team reach the final, and eventually win the competition.[5]
Cassamá was selected for the Guinea-Bissau national team for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and made his international debut in the last group stage match against Ghana on 2 July 2019, coming in as a substitute in 64th minute for Burá.[6]
Club
- As of match played 3 July 2023
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reims | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 54 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 57 | 3 | |||
| Omonia | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 78 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 4 | ||
Omonia
- "FC Porto B 2-1 Nacional". ForaDeJogo. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "Transferts : Moreto Cassama (Porto) vers Reims". L'Équipe. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- OmonoiaFC (23 August 2022). "Ποδοσφαιριστής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο Moreto Cassama!". Omonoia FC. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- "Live: Ομόνοια – Πάφος FC 3-1 (ΤΕΛΙΚΟ) | Goal News Cy". goal.philenews.com (in Greek). 26 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- "Κυπελλούχος ξανά η Ομόνοια, νίκησε την ΑΕΛ στον τελικό και έκανε το back-to-back | AlphaNews.Live". www.alphanews.live (in Greek). Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- Moreto Cassamá at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Moreto Cassamá at Soccerway
- Moreto Cassamá at National-Football-Teams.com
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