Rufino Gama

Rufino Walter Gama (born 20 June 1998)[1] is a Timorese professional footballer and top scorer of the national team, the current record scorer for the Timor-Leste national football team with 7 goals. He played for Karketu Dili FC since 2018. He came to Lalenok United in January 2020, to strengthen the Club in the AFC Cup 2020 Playoff match against PSM Makassar.

Rufino Gama
Personal information
Full name Rufino Walter Gama
Date of birth (1998-06-20) 20 June 1998
Place of birth Baucau, East Timor, Indonesia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Lalenok United
Number 99
Youth career
–2015 AS Académica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 AS Académica
2017–2018 Cecusan
2018–2019 Karketu Dili 28 (15)
2020– Lalenok United 10 (2)
International career‡
Timor-Leste U16
2012–2016 Timor-Leste U20 12 (4)
2015–2019 Timor-Leste U23 16 (2)
2016–2021 Timor-Leste 22 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2022

International career

Gama made his international debut as an 81st-minute substitute against Malaysia.[2] He scored his first international goal for Timor Leste in the game against Chinese Taipei which ended with a 1–2 defeat.[3]

In September 2018, he was selected for the two-legged 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying matches against Brunei.[4] He started both games as Timor-Leste win to advance to the competition proper, win 3–2 on aggregate.[5]

The following year, Gama was selected for the 23 squad man for two-legged 2022 World Cup qualification in June. He started in both games and scored one goal in the second leg at home for a 1–5 loss over Malaysia.[6]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played 16 July 2022.
National teamYearAppsGoals
Timor-Leste 201662
201731
201873
201921
202000
202130
202210
Total227

International goals
Scores and results list East Timor's goal tally first.[1]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 October 2016National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Chinese Taipei1–01–22019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.15 October 2016Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Brunei1–01–22016 AFF Championship qualification
3.4 December 2017Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan Chinese Taipei1–11–32017 CTFA International Tournament
4.12 October 2018Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia2–12–2Friendly
5.13 November 2018Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia1–01–32018 AFF Championship
6.21 November 2018National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Singapore1–11–6
7.11 June 2019Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia1–51–52022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Karketu Dili

Lalenok United

References
  1. Rufino Gama at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Rufino Gama at Soccerway
  3. "the-afc.com".
  4. "Minister urges national team to make impact at AFF Suzuki Cup qualifier". Borneo Bulletin. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. "Brunei win 1-0 against Timor Leste but miss out on AFF final round". Borneo Bulletin. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  6. Devinder Singh (22 March 2018). "Search for win continues". nst.com.my. Retrieved 3 January 2019.


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