Ko da Mozambique na mutane kimanin miliyan 33, amma ƙasar tana da tarihi mai ɗaukaka wajen ƙwallon ƙafa. An taɓa bayyana fitaccen dan wasan ta a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan wasan da Afirka ta taɓa samarwa, yayin da ƙungiyar ƙasar ta yanzu — Mambas — na da 'yan wasa a Premier League da kuma UEFA Champions League.

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira

An haifi Eusébio a Lourenço Marques, wato Maputo na yau, a shekara ta 1942, kuma ya shiga Benfica daga Sporting de Lourenço Marques a 1960 ya fara rubuta ɗaya daga cikin fitattun tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa. Ya ci kwallaye 473 a wasanni 440 na hukuma don Benfica, ya lashe gasar Premier ta Portugal sau 11, kuma ya kasance ɓangaren ƙungiyar da ta ɗauki Kofin Turai a 1962. Ballon d'Or ya zo a 1965. A gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na 1966 ya ƙare a matsayin babban mai zura kwallo da kwallaye tara yana ja-gorantar Portugal zuwa matsayi na uku, ya kuma ƙare aikinsa na ƙasa da ƙasa da kwallaye 41 daga wasanni 64. Kofuna biyu na Zinare na Turai — a 1968 da 1973 — suna tabbatar da dacewarsa mai ban mamaki.

Mário Coluna

Shi ma an haife shi a Maputo, a 1935, Coluna ya sami laƙabi "O Monstro Sagrado" — Mugu Mai Tsarki — saboda ikon da yake kawo wa tsakiyar filin Benfica. A cikin lokaci na shekaru 16, ya yi wasanni 525 na hukuma ya ci kwallaye 127, ya kuma ci kwallo a nasarar Benfica ta biyu a zagaye karshe na Kofin Turai: a kan Barcelona a 1961 da Real Madrid a 1962. Ya buga zagayen karshe na Turai guda biyar gaba ɗaya. Ga Portugal, ya sami kap 57, ya ci kwallaye takwas kuma ya jagoranci ƙungiyar zuwa matsayi na uku a 1966. Daga baya ya dawo gida ya horar da Mozambique kuma ya yi aikin minista na wasanni.

Tico-Tico

Manuel José Luís Bucuane shi ne mai rikodi na kwallaye na tarihi ga Mozambique, da kwallaye 30 a wasanni 94 a tsawon aiki da ya ɗauke shi zuwa Africa Cup of Nations na 1996, 1998 da 2010. Bayan ya fara a Desportivo de Maputo ya kuma shafe lokaci na kakar wasa uku tare da Estrela da Amadora a Portugal, ya shahara a Afirka ta Kudu. Lokutansa a Jomo Cosmos, SuperSport United, Orlando Pirates, da Maritzburg United sun kawo masa kwallaye 108 na gasar, har yanzu rikodin Premier Soccer League. Ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da Tampa Bay Mutiny a MLS ya kasance a tsakiyar waɗannan lokutan.

Reinildo Mandava

Mafi kyawun Mozambique na zamani. An haife shi a Beira a 1994, mai tsaron hagu ya samu horo a ajiyar Benfica da Belenenses kafin ya koma Lille, inda ya lashe Ligue 1 a 2021 kuma aka saka shi a ƙungiyar mafi kyau na kakar wasa. Atlético Madrid sun sanya hannu a gare shi a Janairu 2022 kuma ya yi wasanni 103 a Spain, sannan ya shiga Sunderland a 2025 don cimma manufarsa ta tsawo ta buga Premier League. Yana jagorantar Mambas a matsayin kyaftin, kuma kwallonsa ta daidaitawa da Ghana a AFCON 2023 na daga cikin manyan abubuwa da aka yi murna da su a tarihin ƙungiyar ƙasa.

Simão Mate Junior

Mai karfi a tsakiyar filin tsaro daga Maputo, Simão ya shafe kakar wasa biyar a Panathinaikos — wasanni 112 da taken Girka a 2009-10 — kafin ya koma Shandong Luneng a China. Kakar wasa uku a Levante daga 2013 sun ba shi lokaci mai tsawo a La Liga, wani abu da ba kowa daga Mozambique ke samu ba, kuma daga baya ya buga a Qatar da Japan tare da Al Ahli da Vegalta Sendai. Shi ne muhimmin ɓangare na ƙungiyar da ta kai Africa Cup of Nations 2010.

Makomar ƙwallon ƙafa a Mozambique

Ci gaba na zuwa a ƙarshe. A AFCON 2025 a Morocco, Mambas sun doke Gabon 3-2 don samun nasarar farko a tarihin gasar, sun ƙare jerin wasanni 16 ba tare da nasara ba a cikin shekaru arba'in, kafin Nigeria ta ci 4-0 a Fes a zagayen 16. Ana horar da su ne ta hannun Chiquinho Conde, tsohon ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa, an kuma gina su a kan ƙananan 'yan wasan matasa. Ɗan wasan gefe na Sporting CP Geny Catamo shi ne mafi faarar shaida kan wannan sauyi: ɗan Mozambique da ke karya hanya zuwa wata ƙungiya da ke buga UEFA Champions League ba kawai zuwa Turai ba. Gasar gida ta Moçambola, wacce Black Bulls, Costa do Sol da Ferroviário de Maputo ke jagoranta, na ci gaba da gina wannan hanyar. Mozambique ba ta taɓa rasa iya ba. Abin da ya sauya yanzu shi ne cewa mafi yawa daga cikinsu ana ganinsu.