| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Pami Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | União de Santarém | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | EAS Póvoa de Santa Iria | ||
| 2008–2009 | Povoense | ||
| 2009–2016 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2016–2017 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Chaves II | 26 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Ideal | 28 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Canelas 2010 | 30 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Varzim | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | → Canelas 2010 (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Differdange 03 | 45 | (1) |
| 2025 | Lahti | 20 | (3) |
| 2026 | Rustavi | 12 | (0) |
| 2026– | União de Santarém | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 07:04, 12 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Manuel Pami Costa (born 5 February 1999) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese Liga 3 club União de Santarém and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Pami is a youth product of EAS Póvoa de Santa Iria, Povoense, Sporting CP and Vitória Guimarães.
He began his senior career with the reserves of Chaves in 2017.
The following season, he had a one-year stint with Ideal before moving to Canelas 2010 in 2019.
On 12 June 2020, he transferred to Varzim. He returned to Canelas 2010 on loan for 2 seasons starting on 21 December 2020.
In June 2022, he transferred to the Luxembourgish club Differdange 03.
In January 2025, he joined FC Lahti in Finnish second-tier Ykkösliiga.
Pami made his international debut with the Guinea-Bissau national team in a friendly 1–1 tie with Martinique on 24 September 2022.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chaves B | 2017–18 | Vila Real FA Division of Honour | 26 | 2 | – | – | – | 26 | 2 | |||
| Ideal | 2018–19 | Campeonato de Portugal | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| Canelas 2010 | 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| Varzim | 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Canelas 2010 (loan) | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Liga 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Differdange 03 | 2022–23 | Luxembourg National Division | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Luxembourg National Division | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 2 | ||
| Lahti | 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | |
| Rustavi | 2026 | Erovnuli Liga | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 181 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 203 | 8 | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Differdange 03