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Cape Verde's Vozinha gets hero's welcome in first appearance before Chile fans

Cape Verde's Vozinha gets hero's welcome in first appearance before Chile fans
France 24 Thursday 06 August 2026, 09:43 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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At the Colo-Colo stadium on August 5, in the Chilean capital, the scenes of joy could have been mistaken for a World Cup victory. The trophy was not a championship, but the arrival of Vozinha, Cape Verde's 40-year-old goalkeeper who rose to international stardom during the recent FIFA World Cup, helping the small African island nation get past the group stage before suffering a narrow defeat to Argentina in the round of 32. Keywords for this article

At the Colo-Colo stadium on August 5, in the Chilean capital, the scenes of joy could have been mistaken for a World Cup victory. The trophy was not a championship, but the arrival of Vozinha, Cape Verde's 40-year-old goalkeeper who rose to international stardom during the recent FIFA World Cup, helping the small African island nation get past the group stage before suffering a narrow defeat to Argentina in the round of 32. Keywords for this article
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