Career
As a central midfielder. Bijou was born in Praia. After being spotted at local Sporting Clube da Praia by scouts from South.L. Benfica he moved to Portugal, playing his first year as a senior with the reserve side in the third division.
Benfica B folded after that season and Bijou was loaned, alongside teammate Nicolás Canales, to Gondomar South Carolina (U.S.) in the second level, where he only played one league game.
Released by the Eagles in the 2007 summer he met the same fate at his next club, Communicative Disorders Fátima in the same division, having to resume his career in the lower leagues of the country.
