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After winning plaudits across the globe for his World Cup performances with Cape Verde, goalkeeper Vozinha has another honour – with a newly discovered species of sea slug being named after him.<\/b><\/p>\n
The small red mollusc was discovered by biologist Jesus Ortea in the Caribbean, and he opted to name it after the 40-year-old star of the tiny nation’s campaign.<\/p>\n
It now has the name Aldisa vozinha.<\/p>\n
Cape Verde are the second smallest nation to ever reach the World Cup finals. Having come through the group stage they took holders Argentina all the way before exiting the competition with a 3-2 extra-time defeat<\/a> in the last 32.<\/p>\n Before then, Vozinha’s heroics had seen them claim their first World Cup point in a goalless draw with European champions Spain.<\/p>\n In a report outlining his discovery, external<\/span><\/a>, Ortea said he wanted to mark Vozinha’s “prominent role” and pointed out it also came against a team nicknamed La Roja – The Red One.<\/p>\n “The red colour of the dedicated species is a reminder of his feat,” his report added.<\/p>\n