Piqueti Djassi Brito Silva (born 12 February 1993), knowly simply as Piqueti, is a Bissau-Guinean professional

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who plays for Saudi club

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and the Guinea-Bissau national team as a

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Club career

Born in Bissau, Piqueti signed for

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in 2011 for his last year as a junior. He went on to spend several seasons with the reserves in the Segunda Liga, making his debut in the competition on 22 August 2012 by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 away loss against C.F. Belenenses. Piqueti first appeared in the Primeira Liga with the first team on 14 March 2014, playing two minutes of the 1–1 away draw with Académica de Coimbra. Again from the bench, on 5 April, he scored his first goal competitive goal for them, contributing to a 2–0 victory at S.C. Olhanense. Late into the 2015 winter

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, Piqueti was loaned to fellow league club Gil Vicente FC, featuring rarely in a relegation-ending campaign. On 30 May 2017, he signed with

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also of the top division, who in turn loaned him to second-tier Académica. On 26 February 2019, Piqueti joined

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from Italian amateurs S.S.D. Varese Calcio.

International career

Piqueti represented

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at under-20 level, notably helping his adopted nation to the fourth place in the

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. He switched allegiance to Guinea Bissau in 2015, earning his first senior

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on 8 October by replacing Cícero Semedo in the 72nd minute of the 1–1 draw in Liberia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers (4–2 aggregate defeat). Piqueti was selected for the

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by manager Baciro Candé, featuring 29 minutes in the group stage opener against hosts against

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(1–1). He scored his first goal for his country the following match, putting his team ahead in an eventual 2–1 loss to

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; the individual effort was described as "superb". Piqueti was also part of the squad at the

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and

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Piqueti goal''.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piqueti 1993 births Living people Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Sportspeople from Bissau Bissau-Guinean footballers Portuguese footballers Association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Braga B players S.C. Braga players Gil Vicente F.C. players C.S. Marítimo players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players Saudi First Division League players Al-Shoulla FC players Egyptian Premier League players Ismaily SC players Portugal youth international footballers Guinea-Bissau international footballers 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Bissau-Guinean expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Egypt Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Egypt