Manuel Estêvão Fernandes Anjos Sanches, known as Puma (born April 21, 1979) is a

Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

an footballer who last played for

Alki Larnaca Alki Larnaca (, ''ALKI Larnakas'') was a Cypriot football club based in the town of Larnaca. The club was founded in 1948 and it was dissolved on the 6th of May 2014 due to financial issues. The club's colours were blue and red. They reached th ...

in 2009 and also played for

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou''; ), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Ta ...

in the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

. He has also played for

Naval 1º de Maio A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations ...

and

Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube (), popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal, is a Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Setúbal that used to compete in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system ...

He has represented

on numerous occasions. He also holds a

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

passport.

Honours

;Vitória Setúbal *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...

: 2004–05

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1979 births Living people Cape Verdean men's footballers Cape Verde men's international footballers Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent S.C. Braga B players S.C. Dragões Sandinenses players S.C. Braga players Vitória F.C. players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players F.C. Maia players Aris Limassol FC players Alki Larnaca FC players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Primeira Liga players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Lisbon Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus {{CapeVerde-footy-bio-stub