Campira
Campira
Mozambican footballer
Samuel Luis Chapanga, better known simply as Campira (born April 9, 1982 in Maputo) is a Mozambican international football defender playing for Maxaquene.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Luis Chapanga | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-04-09) April 9, 1982 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Maputo, Mozambique | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Maxaquene | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Têxtil do Punguè | ||
| 2004 | Lokomotiv Moscow II | 19 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | Costa do Sol | ||
| 2007–2009 | Maxaquene | ||
| 2010 | Liga Muçulmana | ||
| 2011– | Maxaquene | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003– | Mozambique | 23 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2011 | |||
Campira has become one of the regular players in the right side of the defence of the Mozambique national football team over the years, gaining a total of 13 caps by December 2009. At club level he has played most of his career in the historical Clube de Desportos do Maxaquene with short spells at Grupo Desportivo da Companhia Têxtil do Punguè (2003–2004) and another historic, Clube de Desportos da Costa do Sol (2006). He also had some unsuccessful experiencies abroad, where he failed to adapt, namely at Russian FC Lokomotiv Moscow (2004–2005) and Croatian NK Dinamo Zagreb (2005–2006).[1]
- Campira[permanent dead link] at Zerozero
