Amaro (Angolan footballer)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Amândio Manuel Filipe da Costa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Kabuscorp | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Benfica de Luanda | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Primeiro de Agosto | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Benfica de Luanda | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Kabuscorp | 18 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Bravos do Maquis | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008– | Angola | 41 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 July 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Amândio Manuel Filipe da Costa best known as Amaro (born 12 November 1986) is an Angolan footballer who plays for FC Bravos do Maquis as a midfielder in the Angolan premier league Girabola.
Club career
Amaro played for Benfica de Luanda between 2006 and 2010, before joining Primeiro de Agosto in 2011.
In 2017, he signed to Kabuscorp.[1]
In 2019–20, he signed to Bravos do Maquis in the Angolan league, the Girabola.[2]
International career
Amaro also has been capped by the Angola national team with his debut appearance in 2008.[3]
International goals
- Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.[4]
| Goal # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
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| 1. | 15 December 2012 | Estádio Nacional de Ombaka, Benguela, Angola | Gambia | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly match | |||||
| 2. | 23 March 2013 | Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea | Senegal | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qual. | |||||
| Correct as of 9 March 2017[5] | |||||||||||
Honours
Angola
- African Nations Championship: runner-up 2011[6][7]
References
- ^ "Girabola2018/19: Kabuscorp do Palanca - PLANTEL" (in Portuguese). ANGOP Angolan News Agency. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Futebol: Plantel do Petro de Luanda 2019/20" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Amaro". National-Football-Teams.com.
- ^ Amaro at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ Amándio Felipe da Costa "Amaro" - International Appearances
- ^ "Chan Champion: Tunisia". Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ "2011 African Nations Championship-Angola Squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2025.