Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rufino Walter Gama | ||
Date of birth | 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) |
2024 | São José | 9 | |
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 |
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. In 2024 while playing for São José, Rufino scored the game winning goal in the final of the Copa FFTL.[2]