Geny Catamo
Mozambican footballer (born 2001)
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Geny Cipriano Catamo (born 26 January 2001) is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Mozambique national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geny Cipriano Catamo | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Maputo, Mozambique | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maxaquene | |||
| Black Bulls | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Amora | 4 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Sporting CP B | 30 | (2) |
| 2021– | Sporting CP | 81 | (16) |
| 2022 | → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Marítimo (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Marítimo B (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Mozambique U17 | |||
| 2018 | Mozambique U20 | 1 | (1) |
| 2019– | Mozambique | 43 | (14) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:12, 22 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 January 2026 | |||
Club career
Maxaquene and Black Bulls
In Mozambique, he started his football training in CD Maxaquene,[1] becoming a youth international for Mozambique, and then he moved on to the Black Bulls youth academy, another club from Maputo.[2][3][4] Under a protocol with FC Porto, the Black Bulls' best players travelled to Porto in 2018 to play with FC Porto's youth team. Catamo played well, but bureaucratic problems at the beginning and different views on the transfer model with the Black Bulls prevented Catamo from moving to FC Porto. He also had a trial at Benfica, but he didn't stay there either. He ended up at Amora FC, a Portuguese club whose football SAD was owned[5][6] at the time by Mozambican investors.[7][8]
Amora FC
Catamo arrived in Portugal in 2018. His performances for Amora FC's junior and senior teams prompted Sporting CP to recruit Catamo in 2019.[2][3]
Sporting CP
On 11 June 2019, Catamo joined the youth academy of Sporting CP from Amora FC in a loan deal. Catamo signed a professional contract with Sporting in September 2020 after spending the 2019–2020 season at the club's Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.[9] He made his debut for the first team on 29 December 2021, playing the last 30 minutes of a 3-2 victory against Portimonense.[10]
After two loan spells with Vitória Guimarães and Marítimo, Catamo joined the first team again, and on 22 December 2023, he signed a new five-year contract with Sporting, with his release clause being set at €60 million.[11] That season he made 41 appearances and scored 6 goals in all competitions.
On 6 April 2024, Sporting won the Lisbon derby against Benfica 2-1, with both goals coming from Catamo, who was also named as the man of the match.[12][13]
Catamo scored 7 goals in all competitions in the 2024–25 season as Sporting completed a domestic double for the first time since the 2001–02 season, and successfully defended their league title.
On 13 December 2025, Catamo scored a brace as Sporting beat Aves 6-0.[14]
International career
Catamo represented the Mozambique U20 in December 2018, scoring on his debut in the 2018 COSAFA U-20 Cup.[15] He had previously played in the 2017 COSAFA Under-17 Championship.[16]
Catamo debuted with the senior Mozambique national football team in a 2–0 win over Mauritius on 10 September 2019, again scoring in his debut.[17] On 28 December 2025, he converted a penalty and provided an assist in a 3–2 victory over Gabon during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, securing his nation's first ever win in the competition.[18]
Style of play
Personal life
Catamo is the partner of Jennifer Bule, also Mozambican and daughter of DJ Damost.[21]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 February 2026[22]
| Club | Season | League | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Amora | 2018–19 | Campeonato de Portugal | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Sporting CP B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||||||
| Sporting CP | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | — | 41 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 48 | 7 | |
| 2025–26 | Primeira Liga | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 29 | 7 | |
| Total | 78 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 20 | ||
| Vitória SC (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Marítimo (loan) | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Marítimo B (loan) | 2022–23 | Campeonato de Portugal | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 127 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 171 | 23 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
- Appearances in Primeira Liga relegation play-offs
International
- As of match played 5 January 2026[23]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 14 | |
- Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first.[23]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10 September 2019 | Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique |  Mauritius | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 8 October 2021 | Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon |  Cameroon | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 8 June 2022 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin |  Benin | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4. | 18 June 2023 | Huye Stadium, Huye, Rwanda |  Rwanda | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5. | 13 October 2023 | Estádio Municipal, Albufeira, Portugal |  Angola | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 6. | 22 January 2024 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Ghana | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 7. | 10 June 2024 | Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco |  Guinea | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8. | 6 September 2024 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali |  Mali | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 9. | 14 October 2024 | Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela, South Africa |  Eswatini | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 10. | 25 March 2025 | Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria |  Algeria | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 11. | 14 October 2025 | Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria |  Somalia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12. | 17 November 2025 | Berrechid Municipal Stadium, Berrechid, Morocco |  Chad | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 13. | 28 December 2025 | Adrar Stadium, Agadir, Morocco |  Gabon | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 14. | 31 December 2025 | Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Honours
Sporting CP