Maurício Pequenino
Encyclopedia
Maurício Ernesto Pequenino (born September 27, 1983 in Maputo
) is a Mozambican
football (soccer)
striker
for South Africa
n Premier Soccer League
club Golden Arrows
and Mozambique
.
He joined Golden Arrows in early 2008 from Desportivo Maputo where he finished as Moçambola
's topscorer in 2005 and 2006.
Maputo
Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its...
) is a Mozambican
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
for South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n Premier Soccer League
Premier Soccer League
Premier Soccer League is the trading name of the National Soccer League of South Africa. The top league is the ABSA Premiership, sponsored by ABSA...
club Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows are a South African football club based in Durban that participates in the Premier Soccer League.-History:Originally founded in 1943 in the dusty streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban, the club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they...
and Mozambique
Mozambique national football team
The Mozambique national football team , popularly known as Os Mambas, represents Mozambique in association football and is controlled by the Federação Moçambicana de Futebol, the governing body for football in Mozambique...
.
He joined Golden Arrows in early 2008 from Desportivo Maputo where he finished as Moçambola
Moçambola
Moçambola is the top division of Mozambican football , and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation.-History:...
's topscorer in 2005 and 2006.
External links
- Desportivo Maputo 2006-07 squad list at Desportivo.co.mz