Zé Luís

Gil Vicente and Braga

Born in Fogo, Zé Luís began his professional career at the age 18 with his last youth club, Gil Vicente FC. In his first season he played only five Segunda Liga games – his debut coming on 29 November 2009 in a 0–3 home loss against G.D. Chaves – but managed to score four goals. In 2010–11, under new manager Paulo Alves, Zé Luís netted ten times for the Barcelos side as they achieved promotion to the Primeira Liga after a five-year absence, as champions. On 2 June 2011, he signed for S.C. Braga on a five-year contract. Zé Luís served two loan spells during his tenure in Minho, spending three months with former club Gil and one full season with Videoton FC in Hungary; he also featured regularly for Braga B in the second tier. In between, he played for the main squad in the 2013 Taça da Liga final, as a substitute in a 1–0 win over FC Porto at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra. On 7 April 2015, he scored his first career hat-trick, helping defeat Rio Ave F.C. 3–0 at home in the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal (4–1 on aggregate). He battled for position with Eder during the campaign, finishing with 11 goals in all competitions.

Spartak Moscow

On 7 July 2015, Zé Luís joined Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow. He scored five times in the 2016–17 season, as his team won the domestic championship for the 22nd time in history. In July 2017, Zé Luís extended his link to Spartak until 2021. In the same month, he won the Super Cup in…

Zé Luís made his debut for Cape Verde on 24 May 2010, playing one minute in a friendly in Covilhã with Portugal, who were preparing for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was selected by manager Lúcio Antunes for the squad that appeared at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, but withdrew for personal reasons. Zé Luís scored his first goal for the national team on 6 September 2014, in a 3–1 away win against Niger for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. His second came in the 2–1 home victory over Zambia for the same competition four days later, as the Blue Sharks eventually reached the finals in Equatorial Guinea. However, he was not picked for the tournament. On 10 October 2019, Zé Luís scored the equaliser as Cape Verde came from behind to win 2–1 against Togo in an exhibition game in Fos-sur-Mer, France. It was his first appearance for over two years, and his first goal in more than five.

Club

As of match played 22 April 2024

International

Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zé Luís goal.

Gil Vicente

Segunda Liga: 2010–11 Braga

Taça da Liga: 2012–13 Spartak Moscow

Russian Premier League: 2016–17 Russian Super Cup: 2017 Porto

Primeira Liga: 2019–20 Taça de Portugal: 2019–20 Cape Verde

Lusofonia Games: 2009 Individual

Russian Premier League Player of the Month: October 2016 Russian Premier League Top 33 Players of the Season: 2016–17 (right forward Nº2), 2018–19 (left forward Nº3) Primeira Liga Forward of the Month: August 2019 Primeira Liga Goal of the Month: December 2019 Primeira Liga Goal of the Season: 2019–20