Wilson Manafá
Manafá with Porto in 2019
Personal information
Full name Wilson Migueis Manafá Jancó[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994[1]
Place of birth Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, full-back
Team information
Current team
 Granada
Number 3
Youth career
2002–2012 Oliveira Bairro
2012–2013 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Oliveira Bairro 5 (0)
2013–2015 Sporting CP B 13 (0)
2015 Beira-Mar 19 (1)
2015–2016 Anadia 10 (4)
2016 Varzim 21 (1)
2016–2019 Portimonense 71 (5)
2019–2023 Porto 85 (2)
2022–2023 Porto B 8 (0)
2023– Granada 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Wilson Migueis Manafá Jancó (born 23 July 1994), known as Manafá, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a full-back for Spanish club Granada CF.

After making his Primeira Liga debut for Portimonense at the age of 23 he transferred to Porto for €7 million in 2019, going on to play 130 games and win two league and Taça de Portugal doubles.[2]

Club career

Early years

Born in Oliveira do Bairro, Aveiro District of Angolan and Bissau-Guinean descent,[3] Manafá finished his development at Sporting CP.[4] He made his professional debut with their reserves in the Segunda Liga, his first appearance in the competition being on 11 August 2013 when he came on as a 43rd-minute substitute in a 1–0 away loss against Atlético Clube de Portugal.[5]

In the following years, Manafá alternated between the second and third divisions, representing S.C. Beira-Mar,[4] Anadia F.C. and Varzim SC.[6] He scored his first goal in the former competition on 4 April 2015 while at the service of the first club, in a 3–0 away victory over C.D. Trofense.[7]

Portimonense

In late May 2016, Manafá joined Portimonense S.C. on a three-year contract.[8] In his first season, he netted three times[9][10][11] in 38 matches to help the Algarve team return to the Primeira Liga after a six-year absence.[12]

Manafá made his debut in the Portuguese top tier on 7 August 2017, playing 16 minutes in a 2–1 home win against Boavista F.C. and providing the assist for Bruno Tabata's winner.[13] He scored his first league goal on 25 August of the following year, also putting one past his own net in a 2–2 draw with C.D. Santa Clara also at the Estádio Municipal de Portimão.[14] During the latter campaign, he was reconverted by manager António Folha to a full-back.[15]

Porto

On 21 January 2019, Manafá signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with FC Porto;[16] the initial transfer fee was €3 million for 60% of the player's economic rights, with the remainder bought for €4 million in 2020–21.[17] He made his debut nine days later in a 3–0 home win over B-SAD, playing the final ten minutes in place of Éder Militão,[18] and scored his first goal on 4 May in a 4–0 defeat of C.D. Aves also at the Estádio do Dragão.[19] His team lost two finals on penalties to Sporting that season: the Taça da Liga in which he was an unused substitute, and the Taça de Portugal in which he came off the bench in the 77th minute.[20]

Manafá started regularly under Sérgio Conceição, but eventually lost his position to João Mário on the right flank and Zaidu Sanusi on the left.[21][22][23] On 30 December 2021, shortly after having replaced the former in O Clássico against S.L. Benfica, he suffered a serious injury to his right-knee patellar tendon, subsequently undergoing surgery and missing the rest of the season.[24]

Still injured, Manafá was one of four Porto players suspended for the 2022 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and fined €510 for having made insults towards Benfica during title celebrations.[25] After recovering, he started playing again with the reserves in the second tier.[26]

Granada

On 7 August 2023, free agent Manafá signed for Granada CF, newly-promoted to La Liga.[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 November 2023[28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oliveira do Bairro 2011–12 Segunda Divisão 500 0———50
Sporting CP B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 0 0 — — — — 0 0
2013–14 Segunda Liga 130————130
Total 13 0 — — — — 13 0
Beira-Mar 2014–15 Segunda Liga 1910000——191
Anadia 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal 10 4 1 0 — — — 11 4
Varzim 2015–16 LigaPro 2110000——211
Portimonense 2016–17 LigaPro 3831010——403
2017–18 Primeira Liga 1801030——220
2018–19 Primeira Liga 1521010——172
Total 7153050——795
Porto 2018–19 Primeira Liga 14130000000171
2019–20 Primeira Liga 27170506[lower-alpha 1]0—451
2020–21 Primeira Liga 31050209[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0480
2021–22 Primeira Liga 60202000—100
2022–23 Primeira Liga 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 85220090150101302
Porto B 2022–23 Liga Portugal 2 8 0 — — — — 8 0
Granada 2023–24 La Liga 2 0 1 0 — — — 3 0
Career total 234132501401501028913
  1. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Porto

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wilson Manafá" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Manafá a caminho da Turquia" [Manafá on his way to Turkey] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Guiné-Bissau tenta Manafá, com Angola e Portugal na corrida" [Guinea-Bissau tries Manafá, with Angola and Portugal in the race] (in Portuguese). Claque Magazine. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Wilson Manafá desvincula-se e vai para o Beira-Mar" [Wilson Manafá cuts ties and goes to Beira-Mar]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 28 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Atlético-Sporting B, 1–0: "Chapéu" de Mauro decide" [Atlético-Sporting B, 1–0: Mauro chip the decider]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 August 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Zappa, Manuel (14 January 2016). "Wilson Manafá assina pelo Varzim SC" [Wilson Manafá signs for Varzim SC]. Jornal da Bairrada (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Trofense perdeu 3 a 0 com o Beira Mar" [Trofense lost 3 to 0 to Beira Mar]. O Notícias da Trofa (in Portuguese). 4 April 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  8. ↑ Alves, Armando (27 May 2016). "Wilson Manafá e Pedro Sá são reforços" [Wilson Manafá and Pedro Sá are additions]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Portimonense-Benfica B, 3–0: Algarvios consolidam liderança" [Real Madrid-Benfica B, 3–0: Algarveans solidify first place]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Portimonense-Freamunde, 3–0: Golos só depois da expulsão de Miguel Pedro" [Real Madrid-Freamunde, 3–0: Goals only after Miguel Pedro's ejection]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 December 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "U. Madeira-Portimonense, 3–1: Valeu hat trick de Kwame N'Sor para os madeirenses" [U. Madeira-Portimonense, 3–1: Kwame N'Sor hat trick hit the jackpot for Madeirans]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "Portimonense festeja título com vitória nos Açores" [Portimonense celebrate title with win in the Azores] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "Portimonense bate Boavista e iguala Sporting" [Portimonense beat Boavista and equal Sporting] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "COMENTÁRIO: Portimonense soma primeiro ponto com empate frente ao Santa Clara" [COMMENT: Portimonense add first point with draw against Santa Clara]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 25 August 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  15. ↑ "António Folha avisa Manafá que "é preciso muita coragem e confiança"" [António Folha warns Manafá that "it takes a lot of courage and confidence"]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  16. ↑ "OFICIAL: Wilson Manafá assina pelo FC Porto até 2023" [OFFICIAL: Wilson Manafá signs for FC Porto until 2023] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "FC Porto pagou 4 milhões de euros ao Portimonense por 40 por cento de Manafá" [FC Porto paid 4 million euros to Portimonense for 60 per cent of Manafá]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 October 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Wilson Manafá estreia-se de dragão ao peito no FC Porto-Belenenses" [Wilson Manafá debuts with the dragon on his chest in FC Porto-Belenenses]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 30 January 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  19. ↑ "FC Porto-Aves: Manafá estreia-se a marcar com a camisola azul e branca" [FC Porto-Aves: Manafá scores for the first time in the blue and white shirt]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 4 May 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  20. ↑ De la Rosa, Erick (25 May 2019). "Sporting de Lisboa – Porto (2–2): Resumen del partido y goles" [Sporting Lisbon – Porto (2–2): Match report and goals]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  21. ↑ "FC Porto recusa entregar já o título ao Sporting" [FC Porto refuse to hand out title to Sporting already]. A Voz de Portugal (in Portuguese). 10 May 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  22. ↑ Gouveia, Carlos; Magalhães, Ana Luísa (4 August 2021). "Conceição mantém a aposta: laterais vão ter continuidade no FC Porto" [Conceição keeps bet: full-backs to have continuity at FC Porto]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  23. ↑ Barbosa, Nuno; Monteiro, André (18 September 2021). "Lateral esquerda do FC Porto já é uma luta a dois" [FC Porto full-back berth is already a two-men fight]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  24. ↑ "Manafá vai ser operado" [Manafá to have surgery]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  25. ↑ Barata, Pedro (25 July 2022). "Otávio, Fábio Cardoso, Diogo Costa e Manafá suspensos por um jogo por cânticos contra o Benfica" [Otávio, Fábio Cardoso, Diogo Costa and Manafá suspended for one game for chants against Benfica]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  26. ↑ "Manafá e o regresso após lesão: «Parecia uma criança»" [Manafá and returning after injury: "I looked like a child"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  27. ↑ "Comunicado oficial | Wilson Manafá, nuevo jugador del Granada CF" [Official announcement | Wilson Manafá, new player of Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  28. 1 2 3 4 Wilson Manafá at Soccerway
  29. 1 2 Dias, Bruno (2 August 2020). "O laboratório de Conceição dá a dobradinha ao Dragão" [Conceição's laboratory gives double to Dragon] (in Portuguese). TSF. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  30. ↑ Kundert, Tom (4 June 2023). "Dominant Porto dispatch Braga to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
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