Flávio Amado

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Flávio
Personal information
Full name	Flávio Amado da Silva
Date of birth	December 30, 1979 (age 26)
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	173cm
Position	forward
Club information
Current club	Al Ahly
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2000-05 2005-	Petro Atletico Al Ahly	40(14)
National team**
2000-	Angola	47 (14)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2006.

Flávio Amado da Silva (born 30 December 1979), better known as Flávio, is an Angolan football forward who currently, as of May 2006, plays for Al Ahly in Egypt.

He is 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.

He scored 3 goals for Angola in African Cup of Nations Egypt 2006, although they went out from the first round. His goals were against Cameroon and Togo.

He helped his team Al-Ahly to participate in the FIFA Club World Championship two successive times in 2005 and 2006. In FIFA Club World Championship 2006 opening match against Auckland City FC of New Zealand, 10 Dec 2006, Flavio scored the first goal with an accurate shot, giving Al-Ahly a 2-0 win.

[edit] Honours

National Team

• Qualified to 2006 World Cup with Angola for the first time ever, and scored Angola's only goal in the history.

Al-Ahly

• Winner of CAF Champions League 2006.
• Winner of CAF Champions League 2005.
• Winner of Egyptian League(2005-2006).
• Winner of African Super Cup 2006.
• Winner of Egyptian Soccer Cup 2006.
• Winner of Egyptian Super Cup2006.
• Winner of Egyptian Super Cup2005.

Petro Atletico

• Winner of Angolan League 2000.
• Winner of Angolan League 2001.
• Winner of Angolan Cup 2000.
• Winner of Angolan Cup 2002.
• Winner of Angolan SuperCup 2002.

Individual

• The best player in the CAF Champions League 2001 playing for Petro Atletico of Luanda.

[edit] External Links

• Download Flavio's goal in Iran, World Cup 2006

	Angola squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 João Ricardo | 2 Marco Airosa | 3 Jamba | 4 Lebo Lebo | 5 Kali | 6 Miloy | 7 Figueiredo | 8 André | 9 Mantorras | 10 Akwá | 11 Mateus | 12 Lamá | 13 Édson | 14 Mendonça | 15 Rui Marques | 16 Flávio | 17 Zé Kalanga | 18 Love | 19 Titi Buengo | 20 Locó | 21 Delgado | 22 Mário | 23 Marco Abreu | Coach: Gonçalves