Catanha

Catanha
Personal information
Full name Henrique Guedes da Silva
Date of birth (1972-03-06) 6 March 1972
Place of birth Recife, Brazil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1992 São Cristóvão
1992–1993 União São João
1993–1995 CSA 53 (32)
1995 Paysandu
1995–1996 Belenenses 13 (12)
1996–1998 Salamanca 13 (1)
1997–1998 → Leganés (loan) 34 (14)
1998–2000 Málaga 73 (49)
2000–2004 Celta 115 (37)
2004 → Krylia Sovetov (loan) 11 (1)
2005 Belenenses 8 (0)
2005 Marília 8 (4)
2005 Atlético Mineiro 17 (5)
2006–2008 Linares 69 (26)
2008–2010 Estepona 48 (23)
2010 Corinthians-AL 0 (0)
2010–2011 CSA 7 (3)
2012 Sport Atalaia
National team
2000 Spain 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Guedes and the second or paternal family name is Da Silva.

Henrique Guedes da Silva (born 6 March 1972), known as Catanha, is a retired footballer who played as a striker.

He played almost exclusively for modest clubs in his native Brazil (seven teams in total), except for a brief spell with Atlético Mineiro. Over the course of 12 seasons he competed in Spain, most notably with Celta, amassing La Liga totals of 148 games and 62 goals in five years.

Catanha represented the Spanish national team.

Club career

Catanha was born in Recife. After having played with modest clubs in his native country, he arrived in 1995 in Portugal to play for C.F. Os Belenenses, teaming up with countryman Everton Giovanella with whom he would later play in two teams in Spain; there, he started competing in the second division, with UD Salamanca and CD Leganés.

Moving to Málaga CF for the 1998–99 season, Catanha contributed with 26 goals to the Andalusia side's La Liga promotion,[1] and also won the Pichichi Trophy.[2] He scored a further 24 in 1999–2000's top flight, tied for second with Atlético Madrid's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.[3]

Catanha joined Celta de Vigo in July 2000, being an instrumental part of the Galicians' domestic and European exploits in a three-year span. However, when the club played UEFA Champions League in the 2003–04 campaign, he only backed up Savo Milošević, and also suffered team relegation.[4]

After that Catanha went pretty much unnoticed, representing FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, Belenenses, Marília Atlético Clube and Clube Atlético Mineiro. In January 2006 he returned to Spain, playing with modest CD Linares (third level, two 1/2 seasons) and Unión Estepona CF (division four).[5]

In early 2010, aged nearly 38, Catanha returned to his nation of birth, resuming his career in the lower leagues.

International career

Catanha gained three caps for Spain – all in 2000 – despite being born in Brazil. His debut came on 7 October in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Israel, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for Ismael Urzaiz in a 2–0 home win.[6]

Catanha was one of five black or mixed-race players to have played for Spain along with Thiago Alcântara, Donato, Vicente Engonga and Marcos Senna, all but the first and the third being Brazilian-born.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "El nuevo Málaga cumple los 20 años en Champions" [New Málaga celebrates 20 years in Champions] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Catanha: “El Málaga CF me dio la oportunidad de ir a la selección”" [Catanha: “Málaga CF gave me the chance to reach the national team”] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Catanha: ´En Málaga pasé los mejores años de mi vida´" [Catanha: ´I spent the best years of my life in Málaga´] (in Spanish). La Opinión de Málaga. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Catanha; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 3 April 2008 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ "El delantero ex malaguista Catanha se convierte en nuevo jugador del Estepona" [Former malaguista forward Catanha becomes new Estepona player] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  6. ↑ España gana con sosería (Spain wins dully); El País, 8 October 2000 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Jonas Ramalho helping to dispel longstanding Athletic Bilbao myth; Sports Illustrated, 23 November 2011

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