Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha has had a brand new species of sea slug named after him following his excellent performances on the World Cup.
The 40-year-old was one of many heroes of his nation’s run to the last-32 stage earlier than they had been crushed 3-2 by Argentina after extra-time.
In addition to conserving a clear sheet towards Spain and Saudi Arabia, Vozinha made 18 saves throughout the event and outperformed his xG towards by 0.9.
He has develop into a cult determine over the previous month and Spanish researcher Jesus Ortea has now named a brand new species of marine mollusk after the keeper in his printed work Historias de la Biodiversidad, which interprets as Biodiversity Tales.
The species, which is a small crimson sea slug, was unfamiliar to scientists earlier than Ortea’s work and it has been named Aldisa vozinhai, which means Vozinha’s sea slug.
The Aldisa vozinhai was found close to Cuba and Guadeloupe within the Caribbean.
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha has had a brand new species of sea slug named after him
The keeper was one of many stars of Cape Verde’s run to the last-32 stage of the World Cup
Talking in regards to the title, Ortea revealed he needed to honour Vozinha’s ‘outstanding function’ on the event and added that the ‘crimson color of the devoted species is a reminder of his feat’.
The ‘feat’ is in relation to his Man of the Match efficiency towards Spain, a workforce who play in crimson and are nicknamed The Purple One or La Roja.
Ortea additionally insisted that it was a manner of him exhibiting gratitude in the direction of the Cape Verdean public after he was awarded the Medal of Environmental Advantage there in 2023 on account of his examine of Marine Biodiversity on the island.
The biologist has earlier expertise to find new species and naming them after footballers.
Again in 2019, he found a tiny marine sea snail that he named after former Actual Madrid and Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
Having a species of sea slug in his honour is the most recent step in Vozinha’s fame.
Initially of the Spain match in Cape Verde’s World Cup opener, he solely had 50,000 followers on Instagram, however after making a memorable seven saves, that quantity dramatically elevated, with Vozinha now having 28.6million followers.
The 40-year-old beforehand had a nomadic profession, enjoying for golf equipment in his homeland, Moldova, Slovakia, Cyprus and Portugal’s second tier, and he has received 91 caps for Cape Verde.
