Joni (footballer)

Osvaldo Roque Gonçalves da Cruz (born March 25, 1970, in Luanda), nicknamed Joni, is a retired Angolan football midfielder.

Joni

Personal information
Full name	Osvaldo Roque Gonçalves da Cruz
Date of birth	(1970-03-25) March 25, 1970
Place of birth	Luanda, Portuguese Angola
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1985–1988	Oliveira de Frades
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	Oliveira de Frades
1992–1993	Tondela
1993–1997	Salgueiros	52	(4)
1997–1998	Académico Viseu	27	(0)
1998–1999	União Montemor	14	(2)
1999–2002	ASA
2002	Olhanense	16	(3)
2002–2003	Al Ahli
2003	Sagrada Esperança
2004	Benfica Luanda
2005	Primeiro de Maio
2006	Petro de Luanda
International career
1994–2001	Angola	46	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Joni has been a member of his national team, and was called up to the 1996 African Cup of Nations.

National team statistics

Angola national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1994	1	0
1995	7	2
1996	5	1
1997	4	0
1998	1	0
1999	7	0
2000	9	1
2001	10	1
Total	44	5

International goals

Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 July 1995	Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola	Botswana	1–0	4–0	1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.				2–0
3.	24 January 1996	Kings Park Stadium, Durban, South Africa	Cameroon	1–1	3–3	1996 Africa Cup of Nations
4.	23 April 2000	Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola	Swaziland	2–0	7–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	1 June 2001	May 19, 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria	Algeria	2–2	2–3	2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

External links

• Joni – FIFA competition record (archived)