Amaro (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.

Amaro

Personal information
Full name	Amândio Manuel Filipe da Costa
Date of birth	(1986-11-12) November 12, 1986
Playing 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 #	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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]

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