Zequinha (footballer, born 1987)

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Zequinha
Personal information
Full name José Egas dos Santos Branco[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal[1]
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Vitória Setúbal
Number 87
Youth career
1994–2004 Vitória Setúbal
2004–2005 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Porto B 3 (0)
2006–2007 Tourizense (loan) 18 (5)
2007 Penafiel (loan) 3 (0)
2008 Gondomar (loan) 12 (3)
2008–2009 Gil Vicente (loan) 26 (4)
2009–2011 Olhanense 17 (1)
2011 Fátima (loan) 11 (1)
2011–2013 AEL 48 (10)
2013–2014 Panthrakikos 15 (2)
2014–2015 Vitória Setúbal 42 (6)
2015–2017 Arouca 32 (2)
2017 Nacional 12 (1)
2017–2018 ATK 13 (2)
2018– Vitória Setúbal 123 (42)
International career
2002–2003 Portugal U16 10 (2)
2003–2004 Portugal U17 2 (0)
2004 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2005–2006 Portugal U19 6 (0)
2006–2007 Portugal U20 13 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:55, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

José Egas dos Santos Branco (born 7 January 1987), known as Zequinha, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Vitória F.C. as a forward.

Club career

Born in Setúbal, Zequinha was an unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Porto.[2][3] He went on to serve consecutive loans in the following three years after having appeared for their reserves – and only three times – in both the country's second and third divisions (G.D. Tourizense, F.C. Penafiel, Gondomar S.C. and Gil Vicente FC).[4]

In the summer of 2009, Zequinha was released and joined Primeira Liga newcomers S.C. Olhanense on a free transfer, penning a three-year contract.[5] He made his debut in the competition on 16 August, playing 72 minutes in a 0–0 away draw against Associação Naval 1º de Maio.[6]

Zequinha moved abroad in July 2011, signing for two years with Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. in Greece. After two seasons in division two he signed with Panthrakikos F.C. in the Super League[7] where he stayed until 7 January 2014,[8] signing with his very first club Vitória F.C. three days later and renewing his contract for three years in December 2014.[9]

On 11 August 2017, Zequinha joined Indian Super League franchise ATK from C.D. Nacional.[10]

International career

Zequinha represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, playing and starting all four matches for the team, albeit without scoring. In the round-of-16 defeat against Chile (1–0), he stripped referee Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh of his red card as the official was going to send his teammate Mano off; subsequently he received his marching orders as well,[11][12] and both players were suspended from international football, Zequinha for one year.[13]

Career statistics

As of match played on 3 April 2018
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto B 2004–05[14] Segunda Divisão 1 0 1 0
2005–06[14] Segunda Divisão 2 0 2 0
Total 3 0 3 0
Tourizense (loan) 2006–07[14] Segunda Divisão 18 5 1 0 19 5
Penafiel (loan) 2007–08[14] Segunda Liga 3 0 3 0 6 0
Gondomar (loan) 2007–08[14] Segunda Liga 12 2 0 0 12 2
Gil Vicente (loan) 2008–09[14] Segunda Liga 26 4 5 1 31 5
Olhanense 2009–10[14] Primeira Liga 17 1 2 0 19 1
Fátima (loan) 2010–11[14] Segunda Liga 11 1 0 0 11 1
AEL 2011–12[15] Football League 19 6 1 0 20 6
2012–13[15] Football League 29 4 2 0 31 4
Total 48 10 3 0 51 10
Panthrakikos 2013–14[15] Super League Greece 15 2 1 0 16 2
Vitória Setúbal 2013–14[14] Primeira Liga 10 2 1 0 11 2
2014–15[14] Primeira Liga 31 4 6 0 37 4
2015–16[14] Primeira Liga 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 42 6 7 0 49 6
Arouca 2015–16[14] Primeira Liga 25 1 6 0 31 1
2016–17[14] Primeira Liga 7 1 3 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 13 1
Total 32 2 9 0 3 0 44 2
Nacional 2016–17[14] Primeira Liga 12 1 0 0 12 1
ATK 2017–18[15][16] Indian Super League 13 2 1 0 14 2
Career total 250 35 32 1 3 0 285 36
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Zequinha é o novo reforço júnior (Zequinha is new junior signing); Record, 31 May 2004 (in Portuguese)
  3. Zequinha: «Empate foi positivo» (Zequinha: "Draw was positive"); Record, 8 November 2009 (in Portuguese)
  4. Zequinha para cantar de galo (Zequinha the new rooster); Record, 12 July 2008 (in Portuguese)
  5. Zequinha assina por 3 anos (Zequinha signs for 3 years); Record, 9 July 2009 (in Portuguese)
  6. Olhanense estreia-se com um empate 0–0 diante da Naval (Olhanense make debut with 0–0 draw against Naval); SAPO, 16 August 2009 (in Portuguese)
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.; Panthrakikos FC, 1 July 2013 (in Greek)
  8. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.; Panthrakikos FC, 7 January 2014 (in Greek)
  9. Vitória de Setúbal renovou com Zequinha por três anos (Vitória de Setúbal renewed with Zequinha for three years); Diário de Notícias, 4 December 2014
  10. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. Vidal off after sinking Portugal[dead link]; FIFA, 12 July 2007
  12. Referee loses his red card Archived 8 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine; Soccer Blog, 13 July 2007
  13. Zequinha suspended for one year; Mano for three months; World Cup Blog, 28 July 2007
  14. 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 Zequinha profile at ForaDeJogo
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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