Guilherme Afonso

Angolan-Swiss footballer (born 1985)

Guilherme Afonso
Personal information

Date of birth	(1985-11-15) 15 November 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Mendrisio-Stabio
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Étoile Carouge	17	(5)
2003–2004	Valence	3	(0)
2004–2007	Twente	32	(2)
2007–2008	Veendam	44	(6)
2009–2012	Sion	17	(2)
2009–2010	→ Grasshopper (loan)	7	(0)
2010–2011	→ Lugano (loan)	29	(10)
2012–2013	Vaduz	15	(1)
2013–2014	1º de Agosto	3	(3)
2014–2015	Kabuscorp	?	(?)
2016–????	FC Azzurri LS 90	?	(?)
2019–	Mendrisio-Stabio	?	(?)
International career^‡
2006	Switzerland U21	1	(0)
2013–	Angola	6	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2013

Guilherme Afonso (born 15 November 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Mendrisio-Stabio. He has dual Angolan-Swiss nationality.^[1]^[2]

Club career

Afonso has played club-football in Switzerland for Étoile Carouge, Sion, Grasshopper, Lugano and FC Vaduz; in France for Valence; and in the Netherlands for Twente and Veendam.^[3]^[4]^[5] In 2009 he scored the winning goal as Sion defeated BSC Young Boys 3–2 in the Swiss Cup Final.^[6]

In the summer 2012 he signed a two-year contract with FC Vaduz.^[7] In the summer of 2013 he signed a year and half contract with Primeiro de Agosto.^[8]

Afonso signed with Mendrisio-Stabio in December 2018.^[9]

International career

Afonso, who has previously played for Switzerland at under-21 level, was selected by Angola for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.^[10]

International goals

Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.^[11]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 June 2013	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola	Senegal	1–0	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	7 September 2013	Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, Lubango, Angola	Liberia	3–0	4–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Sion

Swiss Cup: 2008–09^[6]

References

^ Tope Agboola (20 June 2005). "Afonso eyes Angola switch". BBC Sport.
^ "Football without borders in the Lowlands". FIFA. 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
^ (in Dutch) Profile at Voetbal International
^ (in German) Profile at Weltfußball.de
^ (in Dutch) Profile at Ronald Zwiers
^ ^a ^b "Switzerland Cup Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ /www.fussball.ch/Afonso+verlaesst+Sitten+Richtung+Vaduz/547652/detail.htm "Afonso verlässt Sitten Richtung Vaduz" (in German). fussball.ch. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
^ "Guilherme Afonso pledges commitment to new club". ANGOP. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ Altro colpaccio del Mendrisio, arriva la punta Guilherme Afonso!, chalcio.com, 21 December 2018
^ "Angola pick Guilherme Afonso in final Nations Cup squad". BBC Sport. 8 January 2013.
^ "Guilherme Afonso". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 April 2017.