Manuel Pami
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Pami Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | União de Santarém | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | EAS Póvoa de Santa Iria | ||
| 2008–2009 | Povoense | ||
| 2009–2016 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2016–2017 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Chaves II | 26 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Ideal | 28 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Canelas 2010 | 30 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Varzim | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | → Canelas 2010 (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Differdange 03 | 45 | (1) |
| 2025 | Lahti | 20 | (3) |
| 2026 | Rustavi | 12 | (0) |
| 2026– | União de Santarém | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 07:04, 12 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Manuel Pami Costa (born 5 February 1999) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese Liga 3 club União de Santarém and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Youth career
[edit]Pami is a youth product of EAS Póvoa de Santa Iria, Povoense, Sporting CP and Vitória Guimarães.[1]
Club career
[edit]He began his senior career with the reserves of Chaves in 2017.
The following season, he had a one-year stint with Ideal before moving to Canelas 2010 in 2019.
On 12 June 2020, he transferred to Varzim.[2] He returned to Canelas 2010 on loan for 2 seasons starting on 21 December 2020.[3]
In June 2022, he transferred to the Luxembourgish club Differdange 03.[4]
In January 2025, he joined FC Lahti in Finnish second-tier Ykkösliiga.
International career
[edit]Pami made his international debut with the Guinea-Bissau national team in a friendly 1–1 tie with Martinique on 24 September 2022.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 23 June 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chaves B | 2017–18 | Vila Real FA Division of Honour | 26 | 2 | – | – | – | 26 | 2 | |||
| Ideal | 2018–19 | Campeonato de Portugal | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| Canelas 2010 | 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| Varzim | 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Canelas 2010 (loan) | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Differdange 03 | 2022–23 | Luxembourg National Division | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Luxembourg National Division | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 2 | ||
| Lahti | 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | |
| Rustavi | 2026 | Erovnuli Liga | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 181 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 203 | 8 | ||
- ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Luxembourg Cup and Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Ykkösliigacup
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
International
[edit]- As of 24 September 2022
| Guinea-Bissau | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Differdange 03
References
[edit]- ↑ Pereira, David (28 April 2022). "O Blog do David: Os 10 jogadores com mais jogos pelo Canelas 2010 no Campeonato de Portugal".
- ↑ "Manuel Pami: "Espero contribuir para que o Varzim alcance coisas boas"". www.record.pt.
- ↑ "Varzim começa a arrumar a casa e empresta jogador ao Canelas 2010". www.ojogo.pt.
- ↑ Mollereau, Julien. "[BGL Ligue] Moussa Maazou rebondit à Differdange, ainsi qu'une colonie lusophone".
- ↑ "La Martinique accueille ce soir la Guinée-Bissau en match amical". martinique.franceantilles.fr. 26 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Manuel Pami at Soccerway
- Manuel Pami at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bissau
- 21st-century Bissau-Guinean sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Luxembourg National Division players
- Ykkösliiga players
- Erovnuli Liga players
- S.C. Ideal players
- CF Canelas 2010 players
- Varzim S.C. players
- FC Differdange 03 players
- FC Lahti players
- FC Rustavi players
- União de Santarém players
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country)
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)