Place of birth Praia, Cape Verde Name Jose Furtado Years Team Current team Panserraikos F.C. | 1996–2001 Casa Pia Height 1.82 m Number 20 Role Footballer | |
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Full name Jose Emilio Robalo Furtado Date of birth (1983-03-14) 14 March 1983 (age 32) | ||
José Emílio Robalo Furtado (born 14 March 1983) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club Anagennisi Deryneia FC as a striker. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.
Football career
Born in Praia, Cape Verde, Furtado started his football career in Portugal with lowly Casa Pia A.C. in the Lisbon area, where he also made his senior debuts. In the 2003 summer he moved to FC Porto, playing one full season with its reserve side then moving on loan to another modest club, G.D. Tourizense.
In June 2005, Furtado, still on loan from Porto, signed with Bulgarian team FC Vihren Sandanski, where he scored regularly in the A PFG. In the following January transfer window he was sold to fellow league side PFC CSKA Sofia, for €300.000.
Furtado's spell with the "armymen" also started in a scoring fashion, but eventually ended on a sour note: he fell out with manager Stoycho Mladenov due to disciplinary breaches (being temporarily removed from the first team), and was also involved in a physical confrontation with captain Valentin Iliev, which ultimately led to his return to Portugal.
In the 2007 summer, Furtado moved to the Portuguese Primeira Liga as he signed with F.C. Paços de Ferreira. On 18 August he made his debut in the competition by playing the second half of a 1–3 loss at C.S. Marítimo, and was relatively used during the campaign as the club finished second from bottom and was relegated – later reinstated due to Boavista FC's irregularities.
Furtado split 2008–09 with Paços and U.D. Leiria, then moved abroad again, signing for Ionikos F.C. in the Greek second level. In his first year he finished third in the competition's top scorers list, but his club could only rank 15th, the last position before the relegation zone.
In the 2010 summer, Furtado signed for Pas Giannina FC, still in Greece and its second division. More of the same happened in the 2011–12 season, with Panachaiki FC.