Jovane Cabral

Jovane Eduardo Borges Cabral (born 14 June 1998) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Sporting CP as a winger.

Club Career

Born in Assomada, Sotavento Islands, Cabral joined Sporting CP's youth academy at the age of 16 from Gremio Nhagar. On 20 August 2016 he made his senior debut with the reserve side, coming on as a 61st-minute substitute in a 2–4 home loss against AD Fafe in the LigaPro. His first goal in the competition came on 19 March 2017, netting through a free kick in a 2–1 away victory over Leixoes SC. Still that year, he helped the juniors win the national championship.

Cabral was called by first-team manager Jorge Jesus for the 2017 pre-season, but eventually returned to the B team. He made his competitive debut for the former on 12 October, replacing Mattheus Oliveira for the final 12 minutes of the 4–2 victory at ARC Oleiros in the third round of the Taca de Portugal.

Cabral scored his first official goal for Sporting on 1 September 2018, his 88th-minute strike earning the hosts a 1–0 Primeira Liga home win against C.D. Feirense. On 3 December, in what was new manager Marcel Keizer's first match in charge, he netted through a 20-meter curl to close the score in a 3–1 defeat of Rio Ave F.C. at the Estadio dos Arcos; the goal was later named as the best of the season at the annual awards ceremony.

In June 2020, after the season resumed following the COVID-19 shutdown, Cabral scored four goals over three consecutive games. This concluded with two in a 3–1 win at Belenenses SAD on 26 June, when he was replaced injured at half-time; he was named the league's Player of the Month.

On 19 January 2021, after having replaced fellow youth graduate Tiago Tomas late into the second half, Cabral scored twice to help his team come from behind and beat FC Porto 2–1 in the semi-finals of the Taca da Liga.

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