# Geovany Quenda

Geovany Tcherno Quenda (Portuguese pronunciation:; born 30 April 2007) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting CP as right-winger or right wing-back and Portugal national team. A promising young talent.
Coming through Sporting CP's youth system, Quenda was promoted to the first-team in 2024 and subsequently established himself as an integral player for them. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he represented Portugal at youth level, being part of the under-17 team that finished as runners-up in the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

## Club career
### Early career

Geovany Quenda was born in Guinea-Bissau on 30 April 2007. He moved to Portugal as a child and began his footballing career in Amadora, at the Damaiense's under-10s in the 2016–17 season. He attracted the interest of Benfica who took him to the Benfica Campus in Seixal. After two full seasons with Benfica's youth ranks (2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons), Quenda, who was 13 at the time, decided to leave the club for Sporting CP after Benfica failed to provide a room for him at the Benfica Campus as promised.

### Sporting CP
#### 2022–24: Youth career

In the 2021–22 season, already fully integrated as a youth player in Sporting CP's Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, he played for Sporting CP's under-15s team, winning the national championship, and the under-17s, scoring 20 goals in that season. In August 2023, he signed a professional contract with Sporting CP.
In the 2023–24 season, Quenda was part of Sporting CP's under-23 team in the Liga Revelação (U-23 league), despite being only 16 years old at the time. He also began to be called up by manager Ruben Amorim for the first team on several occasions, although as an unused substitute. On 17 February 2024, Quenda became the youngest ever player to play for Sporting's reserve team, when he started a Liga 3 game against Amora at the age of 16.

#### 2024–25: Rise to the first team and breakthrough

The following season, Quenda was fully integrated to the first team, where he was adapted to play as a right wing-back, despite being naturally a right winger, earning the praise of his manager Ruben Amorim, after impressing during the club's pre-season, stating that "he is very talented, very mature, and understands the game like an adult". He made his first team debut on 3 August, and he became the youngest player (aged 17 years and 95 days) to score for the club, netting the third goal in a 4–3 loss to rivals Porto in the 2024 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.
After impressing both offensively and defensively, especially for his young age, according to Ruben Amorim, he earned a place as a starter, with Quenda making his league debut for the club on 9 August in a 3–1 home win over against Rio Ave. On 12 September, he agreed to a contract extension to 2027, increasing his buyout clause from €45 million to €100 million. Five days later, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, starting in the 2–0 victory over Lille during the inaugural matchday of the newly formatted Champions League league phase. On 26 October, he scored his first league goal for the club in a 3–0 win over Famalicão; at 17 years, five months and 27 days, he became the youngest player to score a league goal for Sporting surpassing Sporting CP Youth Academy graduates Simão Sabrosa (17 years, six months and 16 days, in 1997) and Cristiano Ronaldo (17 years, eight months and 3 days, in 2002).
When new coach Rui Borges joined Sporting Portugal, the 3–4–3 tactical formation of Ruben Amorim and João Pereira changed to a conventional 4–4–2. In this tactical change, one of the alterations made was for Geovany Quenda to move to the left side of the midfield four, with Geny Catamo being utilised on the opposite flank, while Viktor Gyökeres, supported by Francisco Trincão, remained at the forefront of the attacking actions.
On 14 March 2025, Quenda agreed to join Premier League club Chelsea in summer 2026.
On 18 March 2025, Quenda was named #11 among 50 best teenage wonderkids in football by goal.com

## International career

Quenda chose to represent Portugal internationally. With the under-17 side, Quenda participated in the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Cyprus. Portugal finished as runners-up, after losing in the final 3–0 to Italy. For his performances throughout the competition, he was named in the "Team of the Tournament".
He was called up to the senior side for the first time, on 30 August 2024, ahead of the opening UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Scotland the following month.
On 11 October, Quenda made his under-21 debut, playing the entire 3–1 win in Faroe Islands in a qualifying match for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

## Style of play

In 2024, he was praised by Portugal's national coach Roberto Martinez in an interview with A Bola, who called him "a creative player" and praised his "one-on-one quality".

## Career statistics

    As of match played 15 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Taça de Portugal | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Taça da Liga | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sporting CP B | 2023–24 | Liga 3 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 2 |
| Sporting CP | 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 4 |
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

## Honours

Portugal U17
* UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2024
Individual
* UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2024