Flávio Amado

Flávio da Silva Amado (born 30 December 1979), better known as Flávio, is an Angolan former professional footballer striker. He is currently the assistant of Angolan side Petro Atlético.

Flávio
Personal information
Full name Flávio da Silva dos Santos Amado
Date of birth (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1996–1999 Petro Atlético
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2005 Petro Atlético 151 (79)
2005–2009 Al Ahly 97 (35)
2009–2011 Al Shabab 23 (13)
2011–2012 Lierse 7 (1)
2012–2014 Petro Atlético 39 (18)
Total 320 (163)
National team
2000–2014 Angola 91 (34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Amado.

Club career

Flávio helped his team Al Ahly to participate in the FIFA Club World Championship two successive times in 2005 and 2006.

In the FIFA Club World Championship 2006 opening match against Auckland City FC of New Zealand on 10 December 2006, he scored the first goal, helping Al-Ahly to a 2–0 win. In the semi-final on 13 December 2006, Al Ahly faced South American champions Internacional, and Flávio played and scored an equaliser with a header in the second half but Al-Ahly eventually lost the match 1–2.[1]

After having a very unsuccessful first season with the team during which he scored only one goal in the league, and being jeered by fans at many times, most notably when he missed a penalty kick against rivals El Zamalek in the African Champions League, Flávio had a very successful second season in 2006–2007, seeing him top the goalscorers chart of the Egyptian Premier League with 17 goals, a single goal ahead of international Egyptian teammate Emad Moteab. He proved to be instrumental in Al Ahly's formation in the next years, scoring many vital goals in critical moments. Generally Flávio kept an extremely low profile and rarely appears in the media or give any press statements. Such attitude is highly appreciated by his club administration, since it agrees with the club's policies.

In his last season with Al Ahly (2008–2009), Flávio managed to score Al Ahly's only goal during the Egyptian Premier League play-off against Ismaily, handing the title to Al Ahly for the fifth time in row and rewarding himself with the second personal title of the Egyptian Premier League Top Goalscorer, for the third time as a foreign player in the Egyptian Premier League history after John Utaka with Ismaily during the 2000–2001 season, then Flávio himself formerly during the 2006–2007 season.

At his time with Al Ahly he was very known in Egypt for his heading accuracy and it was known that Al Ahly played a tactic that Flávio Amado's fellow Angola national football team and Al Ahly teammate Gilberto would play a long ball to him from the sides, and Flávio Amado would score with his head. He did this on multiple occasions, earning Al Ahly multiple titles domestically and continentally.

International career

He was a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup, in which he scored Angola's only goal of the tournament, with a header against Iran to clinch a 1–1 draw.[2]

He scored three goals for Angola in African Cup of Nations Egypt 2006, although they went out from the second round. His goals were against Cameroon and Togo.

Career statistics

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Angola 200010
2001102
200250
200372
200473
200583
200686
200775
2008136
200982
201043
201121
201241
Total8434
Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Template goal.[4]
List of international goals scored by Flávio Amado
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
117 June 2001Estádio Municipal do Tafe, Cabinda, Angola Burundi2–12–12002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
230 September 2001National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe1–01–02001 COSAFA Cup
36 July 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Malawi3–05–12004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
47 September 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Namibia2–02–0Friendly
518 July 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Botswana1–11–1 (5–3 pen.)2004 COSAFA Cup
619 September 2004Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique1–01–02004 COSAFA Cup
710 October 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Zimbabwe1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
823 February 2005Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo Congo1–02–0Friendly
927 May 2005Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia Tunisia1–31–4Friendly
105 June 2005Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Algeria1–02–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
1121 January 2006Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Cameroon1–11–32006 Africa Cup of Nations
1229 January 2006Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Togo1–03–22006 Africa Cup of Nations
132–1
1421 June 2006Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany Iran1–01–12006 FIFA World Cup
158 October 2006Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Kenya1–03–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
162–0
1725 March 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Eritrea1–06–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
185–1
1917 June 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Swaziland3–03–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2022 August 2007Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo DR Congo1–11–3Friendly
2117 November 2007Stade de Melun, Melun, France Ivory Coast2–02–1Friendly
2213 January 2008Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal Egypt2–23–3Friendly
2316 January 2008Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Morocco1–01–2Friendly
2427 January 2008Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana Senegal3–13–12008 Africa Cup of Nations
251 June 2008Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda, Angola Benin1–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
268 June 2008Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Niger1–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
277 September 2008Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Benin1–12–32010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2812 August 2009Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal Togo1–02–0Friendly
2914 November 2009Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Congo1–01–1Friendly
3010 January 2010Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Mali1–04–42010 Africa Cup of Nations
312–0
3214 January 2010Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Malawi1–02–02010 Africa Cup of Nations
334 September 2011Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola Uganda2–02–02012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3414 January 2012Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola Sierra Leone3–13–1Friendly

Honours and achievements

Club

Al Ahly

Petra Atletico

International

Angola

Individual

Awards

Performances

References
  1. "Futebol: Flávio marca primeiro golo no Mundial de clubes" (in Portuguese). ANGOP Angolan News Agency. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. "Iran 1–1 Angola". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  3. "Flávio Amado". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  4. "Angola - Details of International Matches 2000-2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
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