Amaro (Angolan footballer)
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| Full name | Amândio Manuel Filipe da Costa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Amaro played for Benfica de Luanda between 2006 and 2010, before joining Primeiro de Agosto in 2011.[citation needed]
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
[edit]Amaro also has been capped by the Angola national team with his debut appearance in 2008.[3]
International goals
[edit]- 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
[edit]Angola
- African Nations Championship: runner-up 2011[6] [7]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
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