José Emílio Furtado

José Furtado

Personal information
Full name	José Emílio Robalo Furtado
Date of birth	(1983-03-14) 14 March 1983
Place of birth	Praia, Cape Verde
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Panserraikos
Number	20
Youth career
1996–2001	Casa Pia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Casa Pia	45	(16)
2003–2005	Porto B	30	(9)
2004–2005	→ Tourizense (loan)	25	(12)
2005	→ Vihren (loan)	12	(10)
2006–2007	CSKA Sofia	18	(6)
2007–2008	Paços Ferreira	18	(1)
2009	União Leiria	4	(0)
2009–2010	Ionikos	30	(13)
2010–2011	PAS Giannina	15	(2)
2011–2012	Panachaiki	34	(27)
2012–2013	AEK Athens	18	(1)
2013–2014	Poli Timișoara	8	(0)
2015	Panegialios	17	(8)
2015–	Panserraikos	8	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2015

José Emílio Robalo Furtado (born 14 March 1983) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Greek club Panserraikos F.C. as a striker. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.

Football career

Born in Praia, Cape Verde, Furtado started his football career in Portugal with lowly Casa Pia A.C. in the Lisbon area, where he also made his senior debuts. In the 2003 summer he moved to FC Porto, playing one full season with its reserve side then moving on loan to another modest club, G.D. Tourizense.

In June 2005 Furtado, still on loan from Porto, signed with Bulgarian team FC Vihren Sandanski, where he scored regularly in the A PFG. In the following January transfer window he was sold to fellow league side PFC CSKA Sofia, for €300.000.

Furtado's spell with the "armymen" also started in a scoring fashion, but eventually ended on a sour note: he fell out with manager Stoycho Mladenov due to disciplinary breaches, and was also involved in a physical confrontation with team captain Valentin Iliev, which led to his return to Portugal.

In the 2007 summer, Furtado moved to the Portuguese first division as he signed with F.C. Paços de Ferreira. On 18 August he made his debut in the competition by playing the second half of a 1–3 loss at C.S. Marítimo, and was relatively used during the campaign as the club finished second from bottom and was relegated – later reinstated due to Boavista FC's irregularities.

Furtado split 2008–09 with Paços and U.D. Leiria, then moved abroad again, signing for Ionikos F.C. in the Greek second level. In his first year he finished third in the competition's top scorers list, but his club could only rank 15th, the last position before the relegation zone.

In the 2010 summer Furtado signed for Pas Giannina FC, still in Greece and its second division. More of the same happened in the 2011–12 season, with Panachaiki FC.

External links

• José Furtado at footballzz.co.uk
• José Furtado profile at ForaDeJogo
• Onsports stats (Greek)
• José Furtado at Soccerway