Playing position Height 1.7 m Role Cape Verdean footballer Name Claudio Aguiar | 1996–1998 Aguias Camarate Years Team Weight 66 kg | |
Full name Claudio Zelito da Fonseca Fernandes Aguiar Date of birth (1975-02-03) 3 February 1975 (age 40) Place of birth Pedra Badejo, Cape Verde Current team Atletico Clube de Portugal (#11 / Forward) | ||
Cláudio Zélito da Fonseca Fernandes Aguiar (born 3 February 1975), known as Lito, is a Cape Verdean retired footballer who played mainly as a forward.
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He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 224 games and 41 goals over the course of eight seasons, representing in the competition Moreirense, Naval, Académica and Portimonense.
Club career
Born in Pedra Badejo, Santiago, Lito played his entire football career in Portugal, playing in nearly every level. He started out with Grupo Desportivo Águias de Camarate in the regional leagues of Lisbon, going on to represent AD Fafe, S.C. Espinho, Imortal DC and F.C. Maia.
In the 2003–04 season, at the age of 28, Lito made his Primeira Liga debuts, with Moreirense FC. After suffering relegation in his second year he stayed in that level, signing for Associação Naval 1º de Maio.
Aged 32, Lito joined Académica de Coimbra, enjoying his best seasons in his first two years (17 league goals combined, including a hat-trick in a 3–3 home draw against C.F. Estrela da Amadora on 4 November 2007). After still being an important attacking unit in the 2009–10 campaign, again helping the Students maintain their top division status, he moved to freshly promoted club Portimonense SC for an undisclosed fee.
He played with three more clubs including FC Arouca for the 2011-12 season, Atlético Lisbon for the 2012-13 season and Pinhalnovense for the 2013-14 season.
Managerial career
After retiring from football, Lito became a football manager, he returned to his homeland and his native island Santiago and picked Sporting Clube da Praia to be his coaching team, for the 2016-17 season, he coached the club and put Sporting Praia with new major regional successes and a regional title, later he led his team to win the recent national championship title for 2017.