Vozinha's performances ‌for ⁠the small African island nation at the ⁠World Cup in North America helped Cape Verde get past the group stage before a narrow loss to Argentina in the ​last 32. They held ‌eventual winners Spain and twice world champions Uruguay to draws in the group phase and Vozinha played a major role in his country's debut appearance ‌at the global tournament. The possibility he might be banned from using the name he had on his World Cup kit proved less contentious than ‌originally thought, however, with other Chilean clubs agreeing to Colo-Colo's ​request. The nickname Vozinha, which means “little grandmother” in Portuguese, was given by the older kids when ⁠he was a boy and would cry after losing ⁠games of street football and storm home to his grandparents, with whom he lived. The goalkeeper ‌was last at Portuguese second division side Chaves and has played for clubs in Angola, Cyprus, ​Moldova and Slovakia.