Cape Verde goalie
Definition
A colloquial reference to Vozinha, the professional goalkeeper for the Cape Verde national football team, noted for his late-career heroics at the age of 40.
A term associated with the specific narrative surrounding Vozinha's 2026 World Cup performance, involving his mother's visa administrative hurdles and his meteoric rise to internet fame.
Examples
If only international bureaucracies defended as well as the Cape Verde goalie, perhaps more moms would have seen their sons play in the World Cup.
At 40 years old, the Cape Verde goalie is living proof that you can be too old to care about your joints but still young enough to break the internet.
Watching the Cape Verde goalie rack up eight million Instagram followers overnight makes me wonder if his secret to success is just avoiding the visa office.