Career
Following good showings with the club, he was signed by Progresso Football Club in Luanda, Angola. He will make a return to Mindelense in 2013, where he will play in the São Vicente Island League. Vozinha made his debut for Cape Verde in 2012 in a friendly against Ghana at Lisbon.
After an injury to Fock, he was called up to play for Cape Verde in their qualifying play-offs against Cameroon for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
He was a major part of the side that stunned the "Indomitable Lions" 3–2 on aggregate, thus becoming the first Cape Verdean side good enough to qualify for a major tournament, the Africa Cup of Nations. He is now considered a core player of the national side.