Catanha

Football player infobox
playername = Catanha
fullname = Henrique Guedes Sa Silva
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|3|6
cityofbirth = Recife
countryofbirth = Brazil
height = height|m=1.78
currentclub = Unión Estepona
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears = 1991–1992
1992–1993
1993–1995
1995
youthclubs = São Cristóvão
União São João
CA Alagoano
Paysandu SC
years = 1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–2000
2000–2004
2004
2005
2005
2005
2006–2008
2008–
clubs = Belenenses
UD Salamanca
CD Leganés
Málaga CF
Celta Vigo
→Krylia Sovetov "(loan)"
Belenenses
Marília AC
Atlético Mineiro
CD Linares
Unión Estepona
caps(goals) =
013 0(1)
034 (14)
073 (50)
115 (38)
011 0(1)
008 0(0)
008 0(4)
017 0(5)
058 (21)
nationalyears = 2000
nationalteam = Spain
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(0)
pcupdate = July 30, 2007

Henrique Guedes da Silva, aka Catanha (born 6 March, 1972 in Recife, Brazil), is a Brazilian-Spanish footballer, in the striker position. He currently plays with Unión Estepona Club de Fútbol.

Club career

After having played in modest clubs in native country, Catanha arrived in 1995 in Portugal, to play for Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, teaming up with countryman Everton Giovanella, with whom he would later play in two clubs in Spain. There, Catanha started playing in the second level, with UD Salamanca and CD Leganés.

Moving to Málaga CF in 1998-99, he contributed with 26 goals to the Andalusia outfit's promotion (winning the "Pichichi"), netting a further 24 (tied for second with Atlético de Madrid's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink) in 1999-2000's top flight.

Catanha joined Real Club Celta de Vigo in July 2000, being an instrumental part of the Galician side's domestic and European exploits in a three-year span. However, when Celta played UEFA Champions League in 2003-04, he only backed up Savo Milošević, and Celta was also relegated.

After that Catanha went pretty much unnoticed, representing FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, Belenenses, Marília Atlético Clube and Clube Atlético Mineiro. In July 2006, he returned to Spain, playing with modest teams CD Linares ("Segunda División B", two seasons) and Unión Estepona Club de Fútbol (fourth level).

International career

Catanha picked up 3 caps for the Spanish national team (all in 2000), despite being born in Brazil. His debut came on October 7, 2000, in a 2002 World Cup qualifier against Israel (2-0 home win).

External links

* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=6741 Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional] es icon
* [http://www.zerozero.eu/uk/jogador.php?id=826 Stats and profile at zerozero.pt]
* [http://www.futbolme.com/futbol/jugadores/futbolistas/3262_catanha.asp Futbolme.com profile] es icon
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