Flávio Amado

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Personal information
Flávio
Full name	Flávio Amado da Silva
Date of birth	December 30, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	173cm
Nickname	Flávio
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	Al Ahly
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-05 2005-	Petro Atletico Al Ahly	?? (??) ?? (??)
National team²
2000-	Angola	47 (14)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

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.

In semi-final, Al-Ahly faced Brazilian Internacional on Dec 13th 2006, and Flavio played a good game, scoring the draw goal with a great header in the second half. But finally, Al-Ahly lost the match 2-1.

After having an unsuccessful first season with the team during which he scored only one goal in the league, Flavio had a very successful first half of the current 2006-2007 season seeing him scoring 12 goals with which he is top scorer of the Egyptian league in its first half ( 15 matches). He is the topscorer of the Egyptian League now with 17 goals, one ahed of his teammate Emad Moteab.

[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 (despite on playing for only nine minutes in the whole tournament).

Al-Ahly

Winner of CAF Champions League 2006.
Winner of CAF Champions League 2005.
Winner of Egyptian League(2005-2006).
Winner of CAF Super Cup 2007.
Winner of CAF Super Cup 2006.
Winner of Egyptian Soccer Cup 2006.
Winner of Egyptian Super Cup2005
Bronze Medal of FIFA Club World Cup 2006.

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