Henrique Guedes da Silva (born 6 March 1972), known as Catanha, is a former professional

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who played as a striker, and the manager of CD Nerja. He played almost exclusively for modest clubs in his native Brazil (seven teams in total), except for a brief spell with

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. He competed in Spain during 12 seasons, most notably with

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, amassing

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totals of 148 matches and 62 goals in five years. Catanha represented the Spain national team.

Club career

Catanha was born in

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. After having played with modest clubs in his native country, he arrived in 1995 in Portugal to play for

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, teaming up with countryman Everton Giovanella with whom he would later play in two teams in Spain; there, he started competing in the second division, with

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and

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. Moving to

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for the 1998–99 season, Catanha contributed with 26 goals to the

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side's

promotion, and also won the

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. He scored a further 24 in 1999–2000's top flight, tied for second with

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. Catanha joined

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in July 2000, being an instrumental part of the

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' domestic and European exploits in a three-year span. However, when the club played

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in the 2003–04 campaign, he only backed up

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, and also suffered team relegation. After that Catanha went pretty much unnoticed, representing

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, Belenenses,

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and

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. In January 2006 he returned to Spain, playing with modest CD Linares (

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, two-and-a-half seasons) and Unión Estepona CF (

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). In early 2010, aged nearly 38, Catanha returned to his nation of birth, resuming his career in the lower leagues. After a career lasting well into his 40s and playing with his son Pedro at UD Dos Hermanas San Andrés, he finally retired from football in 2017, after a stint at Club Atlético Estación. Catanha was announced as manager of

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side

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in June 2017, but he resigned before appearing in a competitive game. He then became CD Estepona's director of football.

International career

Catanha earned three

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for

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– all in 2000 – despite being born in Brazil. His debut came on 7 October in a

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qualifier against

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, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for

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in a 2–0 home win. Catanha was one of five black or mixed-race players to have played for Spain along with

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, Donato, Vicente Engonga and

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, all but the third being Brazilian nationals.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Catanha 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Recife Brazilian emigrants to Spain Brazilian footballers Spanish footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players União São João Esporte Clube players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players Paysandu Sport Club players Marília Atlético Clube players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano players Primeira Liga players C.F. Os Belenenses players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players UD Salamanca players CD Leganés players Málaga CF players RC Celta de Vigo players CD Linares players Russian Premier League players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Spain international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Russia

Club career

International career

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