Famana Quizera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 April 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | União de Leiria | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Benfica | ||
| 2018–2020 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 30 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | → Académico de Viseu (loan) | 24 | (5) |
| 2022–2025 | Académico de Viseu | 78 | (8) |
| 2025– | União de Leiria | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:08, 11 September 2023 (UTC) | |||
Famana Quizera (born 25 April 2002) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Liga Portugal 2 club União de Leiria and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Career
[edit]In 2021, Quizera was sent on loan to Portuguese club Académico de Viseu in the Liga Portugal 2, from Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga.[1] On 13 September 2021, he debuted for Académico de Viseu during a 2–2 draw against Farense.[2]
On 21 July 2022, Quizera permanently signed for Académico de Viseu in the Liga Portugal 2 for an undisclosed fee.[3]
On 18 August 2025, Quizera moved to União de Leiria in the same league on a three-season deal.[4]
International career
[edit]Quizera was called up to the Guinea-Bissau national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in September 2023.[5]
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Liga Portugal 2 Midfielder of the Month: February 2023[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Borussia verleiht Quizera an Academico Viseu". borussia.de.
- ↑ Famana Quizera at Soccerway
- ↑ "FAMANA QUIZERA WECHSELT ZU ACADEMICO VISEU". Borussia.de. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ↑ "União de Leiria reforça ataque com Famana Quizera" [União de Leiria strengthens its attack with Famana Quizera.] (in Portuguese). U.D. Leiria. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ↑ "Qualificação CAN'2023: BACIRO CANDÉ CHAMA ALAMA, OBLAK E PANOBU". O Democrata GB.
- ↑ "Quizera wins Midfielder of the Month in Liga Portugal SABSEG". Liga Portugal. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Famana Quizera at Soccerway
- Famana Quizera at WorldFootball.net
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- 2002 births
- Footballers from Bissau
- Living people
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football wingers
- Borussia Mönchengladbach II players
- Académico de Viseu F.C. players
- U.D. Leiria players
- Regionalliga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players