In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Anssumane and the second or paternal family name is Biai.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Celton Anssumane Biai | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Dordrecht | ||
| Number | 63 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2019 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Benfica B | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Vitória Guimarães B | 52 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Vitória Guimarães | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Dordrecht | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Portugal U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | Portugal U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Portugal U19 | 15 | (0) |
| 2019 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Portugal U21 | 13 | (0) |
| 2023– | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:01, 19 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023 | |||
Celton Anssumane Biai (born 13 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eerste Divisie club Dordrecht. Born in Portugal, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Club career
Biai is a youth product of the academy Benfica, having joined them at the age of 9 in 2009. On 14 September 2018, he signed his first professional contract with Benfica until 2023. He was the named the goalie of the season for the U23 Liga Revelação for the 2018–19 season. On 30 January 2020, he transferred to Vitória SC where he was initially assigned to their reserves. He made his senior debut with Vitória SC in a 3–1 Taça de Portugal win over Canelas on 15 October 2022.
In January 2024, Biai signed for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Dordrecht on a two-and-a-half-year contract with the option for a further year.
International career
Born in Portugal, Biai is of Bissau-Guinean descent. He is a youth international for Portugal, having played up to the Portugal U21s.
In March 2023 he was called up to the senior Portugal squad for a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier against Luxembourg.
In October 2023, Biai was called up to the Guinea-Bissau national team for friendly matches against Guinea and Togo.
Career Statistics
Club
- As of match played 14 January 2024
| Club | Season | League | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2019–20 | LigaPro | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vitória SC B | 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Campeonato de Portugal | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 0 | — | — | — | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Vitória SC | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Career Total | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||
References
- Group, Global Media (14 September 2018). "Celton Biai brilha na Liga Revelação e é do Benfica até 2023". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - "Liga Revelação: Celton Biai recebeu o prémio de melhor guarda-redes". www.slbenfica.pt.
- "Celton Biai e Iuri Tavares trocam Benfica pelo V. Guimarães". www.ojogo.pt.
- "V. Guimarães arrumou o Canelas em jogo para a Taça de Portugal". www.cmjornal.pt.
- "Spectaculaire transfer voor FC Dordrecht" [Spectacular transfer for FC Dordrecht]. fcdordrecht.nl (in Dutch). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- "Celton Biai em Bissau para impulsionar prática de futebol". SAPO Desporto.
- "Celton Biai: "Mais um jogo sem sofrer golos pode fazer a diferença"". www.ojogo.pt.
- "Luxembourg 0-6 Portugal". BBC. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- "Celton Biai convocado para a Guiné-Bissau após representar sub-21 de Portugal" [Celton Biai called up by Guinea-Bissau after representing Portugal's U21s] (in European Portuguese). O Jogo. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- Celton Biai at Soccerway
External links
- Celton Biai at Soccerway
- Celton Biai national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
| FC Dordrecht – current squad | |
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lisbon
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
- Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Primeira Liga players
- S.L. Benfica B players
- Vitória S.C. players
- Vitória S.C. B players
- FC Dordrecht players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen