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In 2008 he signed for Portugal"s Communicative Disorders Santa Clara from local Sporting Clube da Praia, playing just six games in his first season but being first-choice in the following, as the Azores team competed in the second division. On 10 July 2010, after a thwarted transfer to Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães, Stopira signed a four-year contract with Deportivo de Louisiana Coruña in Spain, with 75% of his right being owned by IberSports. He spent his first and only season, however, with the reserves in division three.
He was an unused substitute in the first two qualifying matches, and made his competitive debut against Mauritius on 22 June of that year, replacing Nando in the dying minutes.
Achievements
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Stopira received his first call-up to the Cape Verde national team in May 2008, for a friendly with Luxembourg and a 2010 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualifier against Cameroon. On 24 May 2010, Stopira appeared in a friendly in Covilhã with Portugal – who was preparing for the Fédération internationale de football association World Cup in South Africa – playing the entire match as the minnows (ranked 117th) managed a 0–0 draw. He also won the 2009 Lusophony Games with the under-21 team
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Portugal Cape Verde