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Gion Fadri Chande (born 3 May 1998) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Mozambique national team.
Career
Chande is a youth product of his local clubs FC Thusis/Cazis and Team Graubünden, before spending time with St. Gallen, and finally joining the youth academy of Basel in 2013 to finish his development. He began his senior career in 2016 on loan to the reserves of Vaduz for the first half of the 2017–17 season, and in 2017 moved to Grasshoppers' reserves for the second half; at both clubs, he was also the third goalkeeper for their main squads. He returned to Basel for the 2017–18 season where he played for their U21s, but managed to appear on their main squad's bench a couple of times in the season due to injuries to other goalkeepers ahead of him.
In the summer of 2018, he moved to Wil where he was again a reserve goalkeeper. He transferred to the Liechtenstein club FC Vaduz in May 2019, and helped the club achieve promotion to the Swiss Super League. In February 2021, he extended his contract with the club for 2 more years. On 19 December 2021, he finally made his senior and professional debut as a late substitute in a 3–2 Swiss Challenge League win over FC Winterthur.
International career
Chande was born in Switzerland to a Mozambican father and a Swiss mother. He was a youth international for Switzerland, having played all levels up to the Switzerland U20s. He was called up to the senior Mozambique national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2023. He debuted with Mozambique in a 5–1 loss to Senegal on 24 March 2023.
Honours
Club
Vaduz
- Liechtenstein Cup: 2021–22
Individual
- Bündner Verbandssportpreis: 2015