Mexer
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Edson André Sitoe, aka Mexer (born 8 September 1987), is a Mozambican
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

 footballer who plays for S.C. Olhanense on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal, as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Maputo
Maputo
Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its...

, Mexer began his career with Grupo Desportivo de Maputo
Grupo Desportivo de Maputo
Grupo Desportivo de Maputo, usually known as Desportivo de Maputo, Desportivo Maputo or by the acronym GDM, is a association football club from Maputo, Mozambique.- History :...

. In January 2010, he moved to Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 giants Sporting Clube de Portugal for a fee of
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...

173,000, signing for two 1/2 years, with a further three of option.

On 24 February, Mexer made his debut with a Sporting jersey in a reserve team match against C.F. Os Belenenses, for Liga Intercalar
Liga Intercalar
The Liga Intercalar or Reserves Championship is an alloy that serves mainly to rotate players less used or junior players and players returning from injury....

. In the 2010–11 season, he was loaned to fellow first divisioner S.C. Olhanense, making his competition debut on 11 September 2010, playing six minutes in a 0–0 draw at precisely Sporting.

In August 2010, 50% interests on future transfer revenue received by Sporting was sold to Traffic Group
Traffic Group
Traffic Group is a sports event management company founded in Brazil, headquartered in São Paulo.-History:Traffic Group holds the television rights to a number of association football matches in the Americas including Copa América, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, South American Under-17...

, for €87,000.

International career

Mexer made his debut for Mozambique
Mozambique national football team
The Mozambique national football team , popularly known as Os Mambas, represents Mozambique in association football and is controlled by the Federação Moçambicana de Futebol, the governing body for football in Mozambique...

 in 2007, and represented the nation at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

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