Catanha

Catanha

Personal information
Full name	Henrique Guedes da Silva
Date of birth	(1972-03-06) 6 March 1972
Place of birth	Recife, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Fluminense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1992	São Cristóvão
1992–1993	União São João
1993–1995	CSA	53	(32)
1995	Paysandu
1995–1996	Belenenses	13	(12)
1996–1998	Salamanca	13	(1)
1997–1998	→ Leganés (loan)	34	(14)
1998–2000	Málaga	73	(49)
2000–2004	Celta	115	(37)
2004	→ Krylia Sovetov (loan)	11	(1)
2005	Belenenses	8	(0)
2005	Marília	8	(4)
2005	Atlético Mineiro	17	(5)
2006–2008	Linares	69	(26)
2008–2010	Estepona	48	(23)
2010	Corinthians-AL	0	(0)
2010–2011	CSA	7	(3)
2012	Sport Atalaia
International career
2000	Spain	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Guedes and the second or paternal family name is Da Silva.

Henrique Guedes da Silva (born 6 March 1972), known as Catanha, is a retired footballer who played as a striker.

He played almost exclusively for modest clubs in his native Brazil (seven teams in total), except for a brief spell with Atlético Mineiro. Over the course of 12 seasons he competed in Spain, most notably with Celta, amassing La Liga totals of 148 games and 62 goals in five years.

Catanha represented the Spanish national team.

Club career

Catanha was born in Recife. After having played with modest clubs in his native country, he arrived in 1995 in Portugal to play for C.F. Os Belenenses, teaming up with countryman Everton Giovanella with whom he would later play in two teams in Spain; there, he started competing in the second division, with UD Salamanca and CD Leganés.

Moving to Málaga CF for the 1998–99 season, Catanha contributed with 26 goals to the Andalusia side's La Liga promotion, and also won the Pichichi Trophy. He scored a further 24 in 1999–2000's top flight, tied for second with Atlético Madrid's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Catanha joined Celta de Vigo in July 2000, being an instrumental part of the Galicians' domestic and European exploits in a three-year span. However, when the club played UEFA Champions League in the 2003–04 campaign, he only backed up Savo Milošević, and also suffered team relegation.

After that Catanha went pretty much unnoticed, representing FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, Belenenses, Marília Atlético Clube and Clube Atlético Mineiro. In January 2006 he returned to Spain, playing with modest CD Linares (third level, two 1/2 seasons) and Unión Estepona CF (division four).

In early 2010, aged nearly 38, Catanha returned to his nation of birth, resuming his career in the lower leagues.

International career

Catanha gained three caps for the Spanish national team – all in 2000 – despite being born in Brazil. His debut came on 7 October in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Israel, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for Ismael Urzaiz in a 2–0 home win.

Catanha was one of five black or mixed-race players to have played for Spain along with Thiago Alcântara, Donato, Vicente Engonga and Marcos Senna, all but the third being Brazilian-born.

External links

• Catanha at footballzz.co.uk
• Catanha profile at ForaDeJogo
• Catanha profile at BDFutbol
• National team data
• Catanha at National-Football-Teams.com
• Catanha – FIFA competition record

• Catanha; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 3 April 2008 (Spanish)
• España gana con sosería (Spain wins dully); El País, 8 October 2000 (Spanish)
• Jonas Ramalho helping to dispel longstanding Athletic Bilbao myth; Sports Illustrated, 23 November 2011