Salifo Caropitche
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Salifo Caropitche Mendes | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Guadalajara (on loan from Tenerife) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Estefut | |||
| Lanzarote | |||
| Estefut | |||
| Altavista | |||
| Orientación Marítima | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Tahíche | ||
| 2021–2022 | Mensajero | 22 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Mirandés B | 25 | (3) |
| 2022 | Mirandés | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Tenerife B | 47 | (13) |
| 2023– | Tenerife | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Guadalajara (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 April 2025 | |||
Salifo Caropitche Mendes (born 19 June 2001), sometimes known as just Salifo, is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club CD Guadalajara, on loan from CD Tenerife.
Early life
Born in the small village of Bafatá, Salifo moved abroad as a baby with his family, staying in Dakar for a week before boarding a plane towards the Canary Islands. They went on to live in Arrecife.[1]
Club career
After beginning his career at CD Estefut, Salifo played for UD Lanzarote and Altavista CF before finishing his training with CD Orientación Marítima.[1] In 2020, he moved to the Interinsular Preferente de Las Palmas side CD Tahíche, and scored on a regular basis during the season.
On 23 July 2021, Salifo joined the Segunda División RFEF side CD Mensajero.[2] Roughly one year later, he signed a two-year contract with CD Mirandés, being initially assigned to the reserves in the Tercera Federación.[3]
Salifo made his professional debut with the Jabatos on 13 August 2022, coming on as a late substitute for Raúl García in a 1–1 Segunda División home draw against Sporting de Gijón.[4] On 8 July of the following year, he moved to another reserve team, CD Tenerife B also in the fifth division.[5]
Salifo made his first team debut with Tete on 26 November 2023, replacing Roberto López late into a 1–1 home draw against FC Cartagena, and helped the B's to achieve promotion to Segunda Federación at the end of the campaign. On 14 July 2025, he renewed his contract for two years, and was loaned to Primera Federación newcomers CD Guadalajara, for one year.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Salifo Caropitche y el vuelo hacia su sueño" [Salifo Caropitche and the flight towards his dream] (in Spanish). CD Mensajero. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Salifo se incorpora a la delantera rojinegra" [Salifo joins the red-and-black forward lines] (in Spanish). CD Mensajero. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Salifo Caropitche, nuevo delantero del filial jabato" [Salifo Caropitche, new forward of the reserve team jabato] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "En Anduva mandó la cabeza" [The head ruled in Anduva]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "El CD Tenerife "B" confirma el fichaje del delantero Salifo Caropitche" [CD Tenerife "B" confirm the signing of forward Salifo Caropitche] (in Spanish). Lanzarote Deportiva. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Salifo, cedido al CD Guadalajara" [Salifo, loaned to CD Guadalajara] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
External links
- Salifo Caropitche at BDFutbol
- Salifo Caropitche at Soccerway