Juary Soares

Juary Martinho Soares (born 20 February 1992) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a defender. He plays for Portuguese Liga 3 side Amora.

Club career On 13 January 2013, Juary made his debut with Sporting B in a 2012–13 Segunda Liga match against Oliveirense.

After six years in the Portuguese second and third levels, split by a year in Macau with Benfica de Macau in 2014–15, Juary moved to France, joining Championnat National side Créteil in the summer of 2020.

International career Juary Soares was born in Guinea-Bissau, but raised in Portugal. He was called up to the Guinea-Bissau national football team for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Kenya, and made his debut in the 1–0 win. That qualification campaign was for the first time successful and at the Africa Cup Nations debut match for Guinea-Bissau, Juary Soares scored the equalising goal in stoppage time against host country Gabon.

International goals

Scores and results list Guinea-Bissau's goal tally first.

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1. 14 January 2017 Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon 1–1 1–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations