Vozinha Football Profile: Cape Verde's Goalkeeper, His Club, Caps and Net Worth

Vozinha is Josimar José Évora Dias, the Cape Verde goalkeeper born in Mindelo on 3 June 1986, and he joined Colo-Colo of Chile in 2026. He is best known for holding Spain to a goalless draw in the Blue Sharks' first ever match at the 2026 World Cup, when his seven saves earned the point. For readers in Johannesburg who call the game soccer, and for everyone else, the short answers are these: his live caps total sits in the caps module, and EssentiallySports estimated his net worth at USD 1 million to 3 million in 2026.

His story is the kind Lagos loves best, because it is the mechanic under the bridge who has been fixing engines for twenty years and is suddenly on television. Below you will find every club he has played for, from Mindelo to Angola, Moldova, Cyprus, Slovakia and Chile, his national team record with its dates, and each net worth figure with the outlet and year beside it. The live club details, caps and season numbers sit in the data modules, so the words here stay right after his next match.

Who Is Vozinha, the Cape Verde Goalkeeper?

Vozinha is a Cape Verdean goalkeeper, and his full name is Josimar José Évora Dias. Readers know him by the nickname Vozinha, and the nickname fits a keeper who organises his defence so well.

The record behind the name is long. He has won honours in Cape Verde, Cyprus and Chile, and his live caps total for Cape Verde sits in the caps module. He was named in the 2026 World Cup Dream XI, and a sea slug species, Aldisa vozinhai, carries his name, which is a tribute very few goalkeepers anywhere can claim. So, when a Super Eagles fan asks who the old keeper in blue was, that is the answer.

The Road From Mindelo: Every Club From Batuque to Colo-Colo

Vozinha started his senior career at Batuque in Cape Verde in 2007 and stayed until 2011, before moving to CS Mindelense for the 2011-12 season. Those were island years, far from any broadcast reaching Lagos or Nairobi, and he was already in his twenties when he began. But, they gave him the base for a career abroad.

His first move overseas was to Progresso do Sambizanga in Angola, where he played from 2012 to 2015 and made 51 league appearances. That spell matters to readers in Luanda and across Lusophone Africa, because it made him a familiar face in a Portuguese speaking league long before Europe noticed him. He then returned briefly to CS Mindelense in 2015 and won the Cape Verdean championship with them that year.

Europe came next, and it came in unusual places. He joined Zimbru Chișinău in Moldova for 2015-16, then moved to Gil Vicente in Portugal for 2016-17. In 2017 he signed for AEL Limassol in Cyprus, and he stayed five years, playing 116 league games and winning the Cypriot Cup in 2018-19. That Cyprus spell is the longest of his career.

He moved to AS Trenčín in Slovakia in 2022, and then to Chaves in Portugal from 2024 to 2026. He joined Colo-Colo in Chile in 2026. The table shows league appearances only where a count is recorded, and the others are marked Not recorded.

Why Did Vozinha Move to Colo-Colo at 40?

Vozinha moved to Colo-Colo after his Chaves deal had expired by July 2026, just as the World Cup put him in front of a global audience. Africasoccer reported on 23 July 2026 that he was a free agent and that Colo-Colo were monitoring his situation, and he joined the Chilean club later in 2026. He then won the Chilean Primera División with them that same year, which made his first season in South America a title season.

It is his seventh country as a professional, after Cape Verde, Angola, Moldova, Portugal, Cyprus and Slovakia. If you are anything like the regulars in a Lagos viewing centre, you will have expected a keeper aged 40 when he joined in 2026 to be winding down, not crossing an ocean. That being said, goalkeepers age differently from forwards, and his season numbers in Chile live in the data module above, where they update after each match.

What Does Vozinha Do on the Pitch?

Vozinha is a shot stopping goalkeeper whose value lies in calm positioning and in keeping a deep defence organised under long spells of pressure. He has spent much of his international career behind a Cape Verde side that often defends for long periods against bigger nations. As such, his game is built for the busy afternoon rather than the quiet one, and that suits the way the Blue Sharks have usually set up.

The defining match came in June 2026, when Cape Verde played Spain in their first ever World Cup game. He made seven saves, the match finished 0-0, and he was named Player of the Match. At 40 years and 12 days old he also became the oldest player to feature in a nation's first World Cup match, a record that will be hard to take from him. Clips of those saves travelled across Africa on phones within hours, and for many readers that game was their introduction to him.

The other quality is staying power. He played 116 league games across five seasons at AEL Limassol, and his AFCON appearances stretch from 2013 to 2023, which means a decade of tournament football with the same national side. It could be argued that a keeper who keeps finding new clubs in new countries into his late thirties has an adaptability that the record book does not capture in numbers.

For his current form, the records module is the place to look. It shows appearances, clean sheets and goals conceded for the season, and it updates after every Colo-Colo and Cape Verde match. Read the clean sheets beside the minutes played, because a keeper who plays every game will always collect more than one who rotates, and compare it against his own earlier seasons rather than against keepers in stronger defences.

Vozinha and the Blue Sharks: AFCON Tournaments and the Caps Module

Vozinha is the goalkeeper for Cape Verde, the Blue Sharks or Tubarões Azuis, the small island nation that bigger African sides have learned to respect. His international career is a story of steady service rather than a single moment, and the Spain match in 2026 is the high point.

He has played at four editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, in 2013, 2015, 2021 and 2023. So, fans across Africa, from the Black Stars to the Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana, have a reason to watch him, even if they are hoping he will have a quiet day.

The 2026 World Cup was Cape Verde's first, and it was followed across the continent as a shared African success story, from Accra to Kampala. He was named in the tournament's Dream XI, an honour that put a Cape Verdean keeper alongside the best players at the finals. It gave every veteran goalkeeper in Africa, whether at the Harambee Stars or the Cranes, a reference point for what a late career can still hold.

Any caps figure should always carry its date, because the total changes with every international window. The live total sits in the caps module above, which updates after each international window, and that is the number to quote in a viewing centre argument.

Vozinha net worth

EssentiallySports estimated Vozinha's net worth at USD 1 million to 3 million in 2026, in a piece published on 21 June 2026. That is a single published estimate with a year beside it, and it is best read as a range rather than a precise sum.

His salary is harder still. EssentiallySports said in June 2026 that his pay had never been publicly disclosed. No Colo-Colo salary figure is confirmed here, and any number quoted for his wages or image rights should be treated as unconfirmed until a club or reliable outlet states it.

His market value is a separate thing from his wealth. Africasoccer reported on 23 July 2026 that his Transfermarkt value rose from EUR 50,000 to EUR 500,000 after the World Cup, which is an estimate of what a club might pay for him, not money he holds. On endorsements, EssentiallySports reported in 2026 that the only reported sponsorship is a goalkeeper glove supply deal, and any bigger deals are speculation until announced.

All of these are published estimates, never accounts. A transfer fee is paid to the selling club, not to the player, and a wage is what arrives before agents, living costs and family support are taken out. Net worth is what remains in assets after everything owed, and no outlet has seen his. So, use the EssentiallySports range as a dated starting point, and read every other number with its outlet and year beside it.

How to Watch Vozinha From Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda

Colo-Colo league matches have a limited broadcast in Africa, so where they are shown in each country is held in the fixtures module rather than written here, because rights change between seasons. The module converts every kick-off into GMT for Accra, WAT for Lagos, SAST for Johannesburg and EAT for Nairobi and Kampala. Evening kick-offs in Santiago usually land around midnight GMT or later, which means the early hours in East Africa, so an alarm may be needed.

Cape Verde matches are easier to find, especially at the Africa Cup of Nations and during qualifiers, when pay TV and streaming rights usually cover the five countries. Most readers watch on mobile, and the fixtures module lists each Blue Sharks match with its time in WAT, EAT, SAST and GMT together. If Cape Verde are drawn against the Super Eagles, the Black Stars or Bafana Bafana, that fixture will appear there with the head to head record beside it.

Short video clips are how his Spain saves first reached most African phones, and they remain the quickest way to catch his highlights between full matches. For the full picture, check the fixtures module before each international window, set a reminder for the late Chilean kick-offs, and browse our profiles of other African footballers who built their careers far from home.