Amaro (Angolan footballer)

Amaro
Personal information
Full name	Amândio Manuel Filipe da Costa
Date of birth	12 November 1986 (age 37)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Kabuscorp
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2010	Benfica de Luanda
2011–	Primeiro de Agosto
2015–	Benfica de Luanda
2017–	Kabuscorp
2020–	Bravos do Maquis
International career‡
2008–	Angola
	*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 November 12, 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.^{[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]

Amaro also has been capped by the Angola national team with his debut appearance in 2008.^[3]

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]

^ "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

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