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Bissau-Guinean footballer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pami and the second or paternal family name is Costa.

Manuel Pami

Personal information
Full name Manuel Pami Costa
Date of birth (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team Rustavi
Number 6
Youth career
2007–2008 EAS Póvoa de Santa Iria
2008–2009 Povoense
2009–2016 Sporting CP
2016–2017 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Chaves II 26 (2)
2018–2019 Ideal 28 (0)
2019–2020 Canelas 2010 30 (1)
2020–2022 Varzim 0 (0)
2020–2022 → Canelas 2010 (loan) 27 (0)
2022–2024 Differdange 03 45 (1)
2025 Lahti 20 (3)
2026– Rustavi 0 (0)
International career‡
2022– Guinea-Bissau 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 November 2025‡ National team caps and goals as of 07:04, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Manuel Pami Costa (born 5 February 1999) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ykkösliiga club Lahti and the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Pami is a youth product of EAS Póvoa de Santa Iria, Povoense, Sporting CP and Vitória Guimarães.[1]

He began his senior career with the reserves of Chaves in 2017.

The following season, he had a one-year stint with Ideal before moving to Canelas 2010 in 2019.

On 12 June 2020, he transferred to Varzim.[2] He returned to Canelas 2010 on loan for 2 seasons starting on 21 December 2020.[3]

In June 2022, he transferred to the Luxembourgian club Differdange 03.[4]

In January 2025, he joined FC Lahti in Finnish second-tier Ykkösliiga.

International career

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Pami made his international debut with the Guinea-Bissau national team in a friendly 1–1 tie with Martinique on 24 September 2022.[5]

As of 9 June 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chaves B 2017–18 Vila Real FA Division of Honour 26 2 – – – 26 2
Ideal 2018–19 Campeonato de Portugal 28 0 2 0 – – 30 0
Canelas 2010 2019–20 Campeonato de Portugal 24 1 5 0 – – 24 1
Varzim 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Canelas 2010 (loan) 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal 9 0 0 0 – – 9 0
2021–22 Liga 3 17 0 1 0 0 0 – 18 0
Total 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
Differdange 03 2022–23 Luxembourg National Division 19 0 4 1 – 2[c] 0 25 1
2023–24 Luxembourg National Division 26 1 2 0 – 2[c] 0 30 1
Total 45 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 55 2
Lahti 2025 Ykkösliiga 5 0 0 0 4 0 – 9 0
Career total 154 4 14 1 4 0 4 0 176 5
  1. ^ Includes Taça de Portugal, Luxembourg Cup and Suomen Cup
  2. ^ Includes Ykkösliigacup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League

As of 24 September 2022

Guinea-Bissau
Year Apps Goals
2022 1 0
Total 1 0

Differdange 03

  1. ^ Pereira, David (28 April 2022). "O Blog do David: Os 10 jogadores com mais jogos pelo Canelas 2010 no Campeonato de Portugal".
  2. ^ "Manuel Pami: "Espero contribuir para que o Varzim alcance coisas boas"". www.record.pt.
  3. ^ "Varzim começa a arrumar a casa e empresta jogador ao Canelas 2010". www.ojogo.pt.
  4. ^ Mollereau, Julien. "[BGL Ligue] Moussa Maazou rebondit à Differdange, ainsi qu'une colonie lusophone".
  5. ^ "La Martinique accueille ce soir la Guinée-Bissau en match amical". martinique.franceantilles.fr. 26 September 2022.