Lito (Cape Verdean footballer)

Lito

Personal information
Full name	Cláudio Zélito Fonseca Fernandes Aguiar
Date of birth	February 3, 1975 (1975-02-03) (age 36)
Place of birth	Pedra Badejo, Cape Verde
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Arouca
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–1998	Águias Camarate
1998–1999	Fafe	28	(5)
1999–2000	Espinho	28	(2)
2000–2002	Imortal	61	(14)
2002–2003	Maia	33	(11)
2003–2005	Moreirense	62	(7)
2005–2007	Naval	60	(11)
2007–2010	Académica	55	(15)
2010–2011	Portimonense	22	(3)
2011–	Arouca
National team‡
2002–	Cape Verde	40	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2011

Cláudio Zélito Fonseca Fernandes Aguiar, aka Lito (born 3 February 1975 in Pedra Badejo, Santiago), is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for F.C. Arouca mainly as a forward.

Club career

Lito played his entire football career in Portugal, playing in nearly every level. He started out with Águias de Camarate in the regional leagues of Lisbon, going on to represent A.D. Fafe, S.C. Espinho, Imortal de Albufeira and F.C. Maia.

In 2003–04, at the age of 28, Lito made his top division debuts, with Moreirense FC. After suffering relegation in his second year, he stayed in the division, 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 offensive unit in the 2009–10 season, again helping the Students maintain their top division status, he moved to freshly promoted Portimonense SC, for an undisclosed fee.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Lito regressa ao Algarve [Lito returns to Algarve]" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 5 July 2010. http://abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=212979. Retrieved 5 July 2010. 

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Lito (Cape Verdean footballer) at National-Football-Teams.com
• Guardian Stats Centre

Persondata
Name	Lito
Alternative names	Cláudio Zélito Fonseca Fernandes Aguiar
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	3 February 1975
Place of birth	Pedra Badejo, Cape Verde
Date of death
Place of death