Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, 40, has agreed to join Chilean club Colo Colo after the 2026 World Cup, club president Anibal Mosa announced on July 24. "Vozinha will be a Colo Colo player. In the coming days he will travel to Chile, undergo the usual medical examinations and then be presented here at the Estadio Monumental," Mosa said [1]. The goalkeeper’s signing was confirmed publicly on July 25 ahead of Colo Colo’s league match in Santiago [2].
Vozinha impressed widely at the World Cup, earning praise for helping Cape Verde hold eventual champions Spain to a 0-0 draw and taking Argentina to extra time in the round of 32 [1, 3, 4, 5, 2]. He was also voted into FIFA’s fan-selected World Cup dream team [1, 4, 5]. His performances catapulted his social media following from 50,000 to nearly 30 million Instagram followers [5, 2].
Before the World Cup, Vozinha was a free agent after leaving Portuguese second-division side Chaves [1, 3, 4, 5, 2]. Over his career, he has also played professionally in Cyprus, Slovakia, Moldova, and Angola [3, 2].
Colo Colo is Chile's most successful football club with 34 league titles and currently leads the Liga de Primera Santiago league [3, 5, 2]. Mosa added, "He’s in very good form; that’s why we’re signing him" [2]. The club teased his arrival on social media with an image showing Vozinha’s trademark curly hair [1, 3, 4, 5].
Vozinha will travel to Chile soon for his medical examinations before being officially presented at the Estadio Monumental [1, 3, 4, 5, 2]. His World Cup heroics also drew attention to his family; his mother initially missed the tournament due to visa issues but later obtained a visa after intervention by U.S. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries [5].
