Vozinha, mai tsaron raga na Cape Verde, ya wuce mabiya 20 miliyan a Instagram — tsalle mai ban mamaki daga mabiya 50,000 kawai da yake da su kafin FIFA World Cup 2026 ta fara — yana tabbatar da matsayinsa a matsayin mai tsaron raga mafi bibiyu a dandalin, ya wuce shahararrun kamar Iker Casillas.

Wannan nasara ce ta kai tsaye sanadiyar kyawawan wasannin Vozinha a gasar, inda ya kasance ginshikin tarihin da Cape Verde ta yi na kai har zuwa zagayen 16 — wanda shine karo na farko da Blue Sharks suka shiga matakin fitar da masu rauni a Kofin Duniya.

Gasar da za a tuna da ita har abada

Cape Verde ta shiga FIFA World Cup a karo na farko da nuna juriya mai ban sha'awa. Vozinha ya kasance gindin daidaito mai ban mamaki 0-0 da Spain a wasansu na farko, sannan ya sake tsayuwa a goshinsu yayin da tawagarsa ta dakatar da Uruguay a daidaito 2-2. Daidaito na uku a jere — ba da kwallon da Saudi Arabia — ya isa don tura Cape Verde zuwa zagayen 32, inda aka doke su 3-2 ta hannun zakaru masu riƙe kofin, Argentina.

Yana da shekaru 40 da kwanaki 12 a lokacin wasansu na farko, Vozinha ya zama tsofin dan wasa da ya taba buga wasan farko na FIFA World Cup na wata kasa — ya karya tarihin da Eloy Room na Curaçao ya kafa awanni 24 kawai a baya — kuma ya kasance na tara a jerin tsofin 'yan wasa da suka taba shiga gasar.

Wasan da ya kashe da Spain kuma ya sanya shi na uku a jerin tsofin masu tsaron raga da suka taba kiyaye ragar su ba bata a wasa na Kofin Duniya, bayan Peter Shilton da Dino Zoff. Har ila yau, ya koma matsayin na biyu a cikin masu tsaron raga masu shekaru 40 da haka ta fuskar adadin toshewar da aka yi rikodin a wasa daya na Kofin Duniya tun shekarar 1966.

Tafiyar ɗan wasan tsohon kwarewa

Vozinha ya fara wakiltar Cape Verde a watan Satumba na shekarar 2012, yana kiyaye raga a nasarar da suka yi da Cameroon da kwallo 2-0 a farkon zagayen cancantar Africa Cup of Nations. Ya sake kasancewa tsakanin ginshiƙai a wasan dawowa a Yaoundé a ranar 14 ga Oktoba — hasara 2-1 wacce duk da haka ta ba Cape Verde gurbin shiga babban gasar karo na farko. A ƙarshen gasar a Afirka ta Kudu, Blue Sharks sun kai zagayen kusa da na karshe kafin su fadi 2-0 ga Ghana.

Fiye da shekara goma bayan haka, wannan mutumin mai shekaru 40 ya sake rubuta tarihin rayuwarsa — kuma ta yin haka, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane da ake magana a kai a FIFA World Cup 2026.