Telmo Emanuel Gomes Arcanjo (born 21 June 2001) is a
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Tondela. Born in Portugal, he represents the
Cape Verde national team.
Professional career
Arcanjo made his professional debut with
Tondela in a 3-2
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...
loss to
Gil Vicente F.C.
Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...
on 14 July 2020.
International career
Born in Portugal, Arcanjo is of Cape Verdean descent. He represented the
Cape Verde U19s in a friendly 2-0 loss to the
Portugal U19s on 30 January 2019. He was called up to the
Cape Verde national team for a pair of friendlies in June 2021. He debuted with the Cape Verde national team in a friendly 2–0 loss to
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...
on 8 June 2021.
Personal life
Arcanjo is the brother of the
Cape Verde
, national_anthem = ()
, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
, coordinates =
, largest_city = capital
, demonym ...
international footballer
Fábio Arcanjo.
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
Citizens of Cape Verde through descent
Cape Verdean footballers
Association football midfielders
Cape Verde under-21 international footballers
Cape Verde international footballers
Footballers from Lisbon
Portuguese footballers
C.D. Tondela players
Primeira Liga players
Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent