Inzaghi Donígio

Inzaghi
Personal information
Full name Inzaghi Donígio
Date of birth (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000–2003 União Lamas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 União Lamas 74 (6)
2005 Ovarense 10 (4)
2006–2008 Benfica 0 (0)
2006 → Cherno More (loan) 23 (2)
2007 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 7 (0)
2007–2008 → Chaves (loan) 27 (2)
2008–2009 Sanjoanense 10 (0)
2009–2010 Lourosa 16 (0)
2010–2011 Minyor Pernik 0 (0)
2011 Peniche 2 (0)
2011–2012 Atlético Reguengos 20 (4)
2012–2013 Mirandela 8 (1)
2013 Kukësi 1 (1)
Total 198 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Inzaghi Donígio (born 25 April 1985), known as Inzaghi, is a former Bissau-Guinean footballer who played as a forward.

Football career

Inzaghi was born in Bissau. After solid displays still in his teens at C.F. União de Lamas – the club was at the time in the second division – he signed with country giants S.L. Benfica in January 2006,[1] after beginning the season at A.D. Ovarense also in the second level.

Inzaghi never appeared officially for the first team, being loaned to PFC Cherno More Varna the following month and reaching the final of the Bulgarian Cup in his first year.[2] From January 2007 to June 2008 he would serve two loans, the first one at Vitória de Setúbal, making his Primeira Liga debut on 25 February 2007 as he started in a 1–1 home draw against C.D. Nacional[3] and playing in a further six matches as a substitute.

Released from Benfica in the summer of 2008, Inzaghi resumed his career in the lower leagues of Portugal. After an unassuming spell in the Albanian Superliga, he retired at the age of only 28 due to recurrent knee injuries.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Guineense Inzaghi será emprestado ao Benfica" [Guinean Inzaghi will be loaned to Benfica] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 29 December 2005. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Doni Inzaghi….Uma "loucura" vivida em Sofia!!!" [Doni Inzaghi….“Madness” experienced in Sofia!!!] (in Portuguese). Pure Soccer. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "V. Setúbal-Nacional, 1–1 (Kim 83; Diego José 54)". Record (in Portuguese). 25 February 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2017.