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Paíto
Personal information
Full name Martinho Martins Mukana
Date of birth (1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Maputo, Mozambique
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Maxaquene
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Sporting CP B 52 (2)
2003–2006 Sporting CP 24 (0)
2006 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 16 (1)
2006–2007 Mallorca 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Braga (loan) 4 (0)
2007–2010 Sion 77 (3)
2010–2012 Neuchâtel Xamax 41 (1)
2012 Vaslui 13 (1)
2013–2014 Skoda Xanthi 32 (0)
Total 259 (8)
International career
2002–2012 Mozambique 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martinho Martins Mukana (born 5 July 1982), known as Paíto, is a Mozambican former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career

Born in Maputo, Paíto began his senior career at Sporting CP. He became a regular in the 2004–05 season after being granted Portuguese citizenship and, on 26 January 2005, scored his only goal for the Lions in a 3–3 draw against S.L. Benfica in the sixth round of the Taça de Portugal (penalty shootout loss), in a solo effort.

After the arrival in January 2006, on loan from Valencia CF, of Portuguese international Marco Caneira, Paíto was deemed surplus to requirements and left, also loaned, to Vitória de Guimarães. He was an undisputed starter during his short tenure, as the Minho team eventually dropped down a level.

Purchased by La Liga club RCD Mallorca, Paíto immediately returned to Portugal, being loaned to S.C. Braga for the duration of the campaign. Released by the Balearic Islands side without making any official appearances, he joined FC Sion on a three-year contract.

After three solid seasons in the Swiss Super League, Paíto stayed in Switzerland, signing with fellow league team Neuchâtel Xamax FCS. After the latter went bankrupt, in January 2012 he joined FC Vaslui from Romania, reuniting with former Sporting coach Augusto Inácio.

Paíto spent the first half of the following campaign without a club, signing in early January 2013 with Skoda Xanthi FC. He made his Super League Greece debut on the 27th, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win over PAOK FC.

International career

Paíto started representing Mozambique at age 20. He was recalled in April for the 2002 COSAFA Cup, nearly two years after his last international. Additionally, he took part in the 2003 COSAFA Cup, the 2006 FIFA World Cup 2006 World Cup qualification, the 2004 COSAFA Cup, 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification and the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Personal life

Paíto's son, Edson, was also a professional footballer.

Honours

Sporting CP

Sion

References

  1. ^ Paíto at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Paíto: "Dava a titularidade por Rui Jorge"" [Paíto: "I would trade not starting for Rui Jorge"]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 May 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "Paíto: "Foi um golo à leão"" [Paíto: "It was a lion of a goal"]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 January 2005. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  4. Freitas, Carlos Manuel (30 December 2005). "Paíto: "Se olhasse para a classificação não viria para o V. Guimarães"" [Paíto: "If I looked at the table I would not come to V. Guimarães"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. "Paíto: "Vou ser um leão mas pelo Vitória"" [Paíto: "I will be a lion but for Vitória"]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 March 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. "Vitória de Guimarães tem como "objectivo imediato" a subida de divisão" [Vitória de Guimarães' "immediate goal" is to promote]. Público (in Portuguese). 11 May 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. "Paíto in pact with Braga". UEFA. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  8. Palma, Irene (19 July 2007). "Suíça: Paíto assina contrato de três anos com o Sion" [Switzerland: Paíto signs three-year contract with Sion] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  9. "Paito von Sion nach Neuenburg –– Deana von Vaduz zu Sion" [Paito from Sion to Neuenburg –– Deana from Vaduz to Sion]. Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (in German). 20 May 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  10. "Verteidiger Paito wechselt zu Vaslui" [Defender Paito moves to Vaslui]. 20 Minuten (in German). 7 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  11. "PAOK – Skoda Xanthi 0–1". Skoda Xanthi. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  12. "Mozambique shaken up". BBC Sport. 4 April 2002. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  13. "Mozambique take no chances". BBC Sport. 18 March 2003. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  14. Gleeson, Mark (13 June 2004). "Mozambique triumph over Malawi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  15. Antão, Vasco (21 July 2021). "Edson Mucuana em avaliação" [Edson Mucuana under review]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  16. "Vila Real-Sporting, 0–4: Tudo fácil pelo profissionalismo" [Vila Real-Sporting, 0–4: Everything made easier through professionalism]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 January 2002. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  17. Garin, Erik. "Switzerland Cup Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

External links

  • Paíto at ForaDeJogo (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Paíto at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Paíto – FIFA competition record (archived)
  • Paíto at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  • Paíto at Soccerway
Mozambique squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
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