Lito

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Lito (Cape Verdean footballer)

Cláudio Zélito da Fonseca Fernandes Aguiar (born 3 February 1975), known as Lito, is a Cape Verdean retired footballer who played mainly as a forward.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 224 games and 41 goals over the course of eight seasons, representing in the competition Moreirense, Naval, Académica and Portimonense.

Club career

Born in Pedra Badejo, Santiago, Lito played his entire football career in Portugal, playing in nearly every level. He started out with Águias de Camarate in the regional leagues of Lisbon, going on to represent A.D. Fafe, S.C. Espinho, Imortal de Albufeira and F.C. Maia.

In the 2003–04 season, at the age of 28, Lito made his Primeira Liga debuts, with Moreirense FC. After suffering relegation in his second year he stayed in that level, signing for Associação Naval 1º de Maio.

Aged 32, Lito joined Académica de Coimbra, enjoying his best seasons in his first two years (17 league goals combined, including a hat-trick in a 3–3 home draw against C.F. Estrela da Amadora on 4 November 2007). After still being an important attacking unit in the 2009–10 campaign, again helping the Students maintain their top division status, he moved to freshly promoted club Portimonense SC for an undisclosed fee.

Lito Vidigal

José Carlos Fernandes Vidigal (born 11 July 1969), commonly known as Lito, is a former Angolan professional footballer who played as a defender, and the current coach of F.C. Arouca.

Playing career

Born in Luanda, Angola, Vidigal spent his entire career in Portugal, representing at the professional level O Elvas CAD, S.C. Campomaiorense, C.F. Os Belenenses and C.D. Santa Clara and retiring in 2003 at the age of 34, playing 212 matches the first and second divisions combined.

Internationally, Vidigal appeared for Angola at the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, gaining a total of 16 caps.

Coaching career

Immediately after retiring in 2004, Vidigal took up coaching, starting with lowly A.D. Pontassolense and G.D. Ribeirão. In 2008 he moved to C.F. Estrela da Amadora – coaching his younger brother Luís after he returned from a lengthy spell in Italy – and joined second level's Portimonense SC.

In late October 2009, as Manuel Fernandes bought out his contract at U.D. Leiria to return to his favorite club Vitória de Setúbal, Vidigal was named his successor. On 8 January 2011, he was appointed coach of the Angolan national team.