Amaro (Angolan footballer)

Amândio Manuel Filipe da Costa best known as Amaro (born November 12, 1986) is an Angolan footballer who plays for FC Bravos do Maquis as a midfielder in the Angolan premier league Girabola.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Filipe and the second or paternal family name is da Costa.
Amaro
Personal information
Full name Amândio Manuel Filipe da Costa
Date of birth (1986-11-12) November 12, 1986
Position(s) Defender
Club 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
National team‡
2008– Angola 41 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 July 2016

Club career

Amaro played for Benfica de Luanda between 2006 and 2010, before joining Primeiro de Agosto in 2011.

In 2017, he signed in for Kabuscorp.[1]

In 2019-20, he signed in for Bravos do Maquis in the Angolan league, the Girabola.[2]

International career

Amaro also has been capped by the Angolan national football team with his debut taking place in 2008.[3]

International goals
Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.[4]
Goal #DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 December 2012Estádio Nacional de Ombaka, Benguela, Angola Gambia1–11–1Friendly match
2.23 March 2013Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea Senegal1–11–12014 FIFA World Cup qual.
Correct as of 9 March 2017[5]

References
  1. "Girabola2018/19: Kabuscorp do Palanca - PLANTEL" (in Portuguese). ANGOP Angolan News Agency. 24 Oct 2018. Retrieved 22 Dec 2018.
  2. "Futebol: Plantel do Petro de Luanda 2019/20" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 19 Aug 2019.
  3. "Amaro". National-Football-Teams.com.
  4. Amaro at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. Amándio Felipe da Costa "Amaro" - International Appearances


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