The 40-Year-Old Rookie Who Shocked The 2026 World Cup | Vozinha
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✎ Josimar Jose Evora Dias, better known as Vozinha, grew up playing street football in Kabu Verde. His father was in the military and his mother Ana Evora worked long hours to help the family get by. He was raised by his grandparents and played sports against older kids who knocked him around. The other kids teased him for running home to his grandmother, which is how he got his nickname that means little granny. Coaches turned him away for years because they thought he was too short to play in goal. He had to work as an electrician and do construction work to pay his bills. He did not get his first professional football contract until he was 25 years old.
✎ Vozinha kept working hard and played for teams in Angola, Moldova, Portugal, Cyprus, and Slovakia. He also represented Kabu Verde in four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. In 2025, the national team dropped him for a younger goalkeeper named Bruno Varela. Vozinha wanted to quit, but his teammates talked him into staying for the World Cup qualifiers. During a huge game against Cameroon, he made a massive save on a header by Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa. Kabu Verde won that game one to zero. On October 13, 2025, they beat Eswatini to qualify for their very first World Cup.
✎ At 40 years old, Vozinha stepped onto the field in Atlanta for the 2026 World Cup against Spain. Spain took 27 shots during the game, but Vozinha saved all seven shots on target to earn a zero to zero draw. He became the oldest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in his World Cup debut and was named player of the match. US Congressman Hakeem Jeffries helped his mother get her visa fees waived so she could watch him play against Uruguay. Later in the tournament, he made eight saves against Lionel Messi and Argentina. After the World Cup, he signed a big contract with Kolo-Kolo in Chile. His story proves that if you work hard and never give up, your moment will come.
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