Baby, summoned with Cape Verde: “I had been waiting for this for a long time”

Baby is going through a very sweet moment. The 31-year-old winger has vindicated himself in his last performances and knocks on the doors of ownershipthanks to his great free-kick goal against Betis in the Cup, which for ten minutes lit up the hope of rayismo for playing the first final in its history, and another house brand to Seville, which ended up translating into a point that cut the team’s losing streak in the League. The last two goals of the Strip bear his signature.

That good work has not gone unnoticed for Bubistathe Cape Verde coach, who has called him up for friendlies against Guadeloupe (March 23), Liechtenstein (25-M) and San Marino (28-M) in preparation for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. This is his first time with Cape Verde, although before that, Baby had already been selected in the lower categories of Portugal (Under-19 and U21, with the latter he played 323 minutes in six games).

And it is that the winger is from Loures (Lisbon), but his parents come from Cape Verde. Hence, he made a move in January 2019 and began the procedures that would allow him to fulfill this dream. “Very proud to be part of the list and to represent the country of my family and the one that was partly mine as well. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time, but good things always come in time“He explained excitedly on his social networks.