:Guilherme Afonso

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Guilherme Afonso

| image = Guilherme Afonso.jpg

| image_size = 220

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Luanda, Angola

| height = 1.87 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = Mendrisio-Stabio

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2001–2003

| clubs1 = Étoile Carouge

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2003–2004

| clubs2 = Valence

| caps2 = 3

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2004–2007

| clubs3 = Twente

| caps3 = 32

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2007–2008

| clubs4 = Veendam

| caps4 = 44

| goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2009–2012

| clubs5 = Sion

| caps5 = 17

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2009–2010

| clubs6 = → Grasshopper (loan)

| caps6 = 7

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2010–2011

| clubs7 = → Lugano (loan)

| caps7 = 29

| goals7 = 10

| years8 = 2012–2013

| clubs8 = Vaduz

| caps8 = 15

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2013–2014

| clubs9 = 1º de Agosto

| caps9 = 3

| goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2014–2015

| clubs10 = Kabuscorp

| caps10 = ?

| goals10 = ?

| years11 = 2016–????

| clubs11 = FC Azzurri LS 90

| caps11 = ?

| goals11 = ?

| years12 = 2019–

| clubs12 = Mendrisio-Stabio

| caps12 = ?

| goals12 = ?

| nationalyears1 = 2006

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U21

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2013–

| nationalteam2 = Angola

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| club-update = 1 August 2013

| ntupdate = 7 September 2013

}}

Guilherme Afonso (born 15 November 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Mendrisio-Stabio. He has dual Angolan-Swiss nationality.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4110822.stm|title=Afonso eyes Angola switch|date=20 June 2005|author=Tope Agboola|publisher=BBC Sport}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=9102/news/newsid=98967.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001160833/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=9102/news/newsid=98967.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2007|title=Football without borders in the Lowlands|date=30 June 2005|publisher=FIFA}}

Club career

Afonso has played club-football in Switzerland for Étoile Carouge, Sion, Grasshopper, Lugano and FC Vaduz; in France for Valence; and in the Netherlands for Twente and Veendam.{{cite web |language=nl |url=http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/GuilhermeAfonso.htm |website=Voetbal International |title=Guilherme Afonso |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307172111/http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/GuilhermeAfonso.htm |archive-date=7 March 2008}}{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/guilherme-afonso/ |language=de |title=Guilherme Afonso |access-date=17 June 2024 |website=weltfussball.de}}{{cite web |language=nl |url=http://www.ronaldzwiers.0catch.com/Spelers/A/Afonso,%20Guilherme/Guilherme%20Afonso.htm |website=Ronald Zwiers |title= Guilherme Afonso |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401003544/http://www.ronaldzwiers.0catch.com/Spelers/A/Afonso,%20Guilherme/Guilherme%20Afonso.htm |archive-date=1 April 2018}} In 2009 he scored the winning goal as Sion defeated BSC Young Boys 3–2 in the Swiss Cup Final.{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwitcuphistfull.html|title=Switzerland Cup Details|website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=18 August 2022}}

In the summer 2012 he signed a two-year contract with FC Vaduz.{{cite web|url=http://www.fussball.ch/Afonso+verlaesst+Sitten+Richtung+Vaduz/547652/detail.htm|title=Afonso verlässt Sitten Richtung Vaduz|date=27 June 2012|accessdate=10 July 2012|language=de|website=fussball.ch}} In the summer of 2013 he signed a year and half contract with Primeiro de Agosto.{{cite web |url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/desporto/2013/6/28/Guilherme-Afonso-pledges-commitment-new-club,02f181f8-caf9-440f-b600-aeb86e305f87.html |title=Guilherme Afonso pledges commitment to new club |publisher=ANGOP |accessdate=1 August 2013}}

Afonso signed with Mendrisio-Stabio in December 2018.{{cite web |url=https://chalcio.com/altro-colpaccio-del-mendrisio-arriva-la-punta-guilherme-afonso/ |title=Altro colpaccio del Mendrisio, arriva la punta Guilherme Afonso! |website=chalcio.com |date=21 December 2018 |language=it |first=Walter |last=Savigliano |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126220854/https://chalcio.com/altro-colpaccio-del-mendrisio-arriva-la-punta-guilherme-afonso/ |archive-date=26 January 2019}}

International career

Afonso, who has previously played for Switzerland at under-21 level, was selected by Angola for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20945821|title=Angola pick Guilherme Afonso in final Nations Cup squad|date=8 January 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}