Moreto Cassamá

Moreto Cassamá
Cassamá in 2024
Personal information
Full name Moreto Moro Cassamá
Date of birth (1998-02-16) 16 February 1998
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Midfielder
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)
2022–2024 Omonia 38 (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 30 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2024

Moreto Moro Cassamá (born 16 February 1998) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He represented Portugal internationally at junior levels before switching to Guinea-Bissau at senior level.

Club career

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]

International career

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 the 64th minute for Burá.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 February 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2017–18 LigaPro 171————171
2018–19 80————80
Total 251————251
Reims B 2018–19 National 2 110————110
2019–20 70————70
Total 180————180
Reims 2018–19 Ligue 1 100000——10
2019–20 700000——70
2020–21 29110—10—311
2021–22 17210———182
Total 543200010—573
Omonia 2022–23 Cypriot First Division 24021—50—311
2023–24 14010—3010190
Total 380310080—501
Career total 1354510090101505

International

As of match played 15 November 2024[8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guinea-Bissau 201940
202030
202150
202260
202340
202480
Total300

Honours

Omonia

References

  1. ↑ "FC Porto B 2-1 Nacional". ForaDeJogo. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Transferts : Moreto Cassama (Porto) vers Reims". L'Équipe. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. ↑ OmonoiaFC (23 August 2022). "Ποδοσφαιριστής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο Moreto Cassama!". Omonoia FC. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Live: Ομόνοια – Πάφος FC 3-1 (ΤΕΛΙΚΟ) | Goal News Cy". goal.philenews.com (in Greek). 26 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Guinea-Bissau v Ghana game report". Confederation of African Football. 2 July 2019.
  7. ↑ Moreto Cassamá at Soccerway
  8. ↑ Moreto Cassamá at National-Football-Teams.com