Gustavo Manduca

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Gustavo Manduca
Personal information
Full nameGustavo Manduca
Date of birth (1980-06-08) 8 June 1980
Place of birthUrussanga, Brazil
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionWinger
Club information
Current clubAPOEL
Number21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1997Grêmio
1998–1999HJK2(0)
1998→ Atlantis (loan)10(2)
1999Felgueiras14(2)
2000Esposende18(7)
2000–2003Chaves69(22)
2003–2004Paços Ferreira29(3)
2004–2005Marítimo46(11)
2006–2007Benfica16(1)
2006–2007→ AEK Athens (loan)23(5)
2007–2010AEK Athens82(13)
2010–APOEL97(33)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gustavo Manduca (born 8 June 1980) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for APOEL F.C. in Cyprus, mainly as a left winger.

He also holds an Italian passport, and played professionally in five different countries, mainly in Portugal – where he represented six teams in as seven years, including a very brief spell with Benfica.

Club career

Manduca was born in Urussanga, Criciúma. After a brief spell with Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense he moved in 1998 to Finland with HJK Helsinki and, after only two matches, he was loaned to Atlantis FC of the country's second division for the remainder of the season.

Manduca moved to Portugal in 1999, successively representing F.C. Felgueiras, AD Esposende and G.D. Chaves, all in the second level. In the 2003–04 season he made his top flight debuts, joining F.C. Paços de Ferreira.

Manduca blossomed into a top division player with C.S. Marítimo, where he scored in a 2004–05 UEFA Cup first round penalty shootout exit against Rangers, moving to Sport Lisboa e Benfica in January 2006 on a four 1/2-year contract.[1] He appeared in 16 league games in his only season, netting in a 1–3 loss at União de Leiria on 4 February.

In August 2006 Manduca signed a one-year loan deal with the option for a permanent move with AEK Athens FC,[2] as he was deemed surplus to requirements by new Benfica boss Fernando Santos. He made three appearances in the season's UEFA Champions League, and helped the capital club to the second place in the domestic league; on 16 May 2007, he signed a permanent three-year contract.[3]

After three years (his on-loan season notwithstanding) of regular use at AEK, 30-year old Manduca signed a three-year deal with APOEL FC, from neighbouring Cyprus. In his first season with the club he won the national championship (the first in his career), scoring ten goals and providing as many assists.

On 13 September 2011, in a home game against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg for the season's UEFA Champions League, Manduca scored the equaliser in the 73rd minute and, two minutes later, assisted compatriot Aílton for the final 2–1 win, in APOEL's first ever win in that stage of the competition.[4] On 1 November, he netted in the last minute against F.C. Porto (same competition, venue and result);[5] in the round-of-16's second leg against Olympique Lyonnais, on 7 March 2012, he netted the 1–0 at home which levelled the tie, being sent off before the penalty shootout triumph.[6] On 4 April 2012, Manduca scored APOEL's first goal against Real Madrid in an eventual 2–5 quarter-final loss at the Santiago Bernabéu (2–8 on aggregate).[7]

In the 2012–13 season he won his second Cypriot league, starting in all 32 league matches and scoring twelve goals, breaking his personal league goalscoring record for a single season; on 31 May 2013, he signed a two-year contract extension.[8]

Honours

HJK
AEK Athens
APOEL

References

  1. ↑ Manduca to bolster Benfica attack; UEFA.com, 28 December 2005
  2. ↑ AEK make Manduca move; UEFA.com, 4 August 2006
  3. ↑ AEK make Manduca move permanent; UEFA.com, 17 May 2007
  4. ↑ APOEL recovery leaves Zenit reeling; UEFA.com, 13 September 2011
  5. ↑ APOEL's Manduca floors Porto late on; UEFA.com, 1 November 2011
  6. ↑ Lyon stunned as APOEL fairy tale continues; UEFA.com, 7 March 2012
  7. ↑ Madrid make serene progress past APOEL; UEFA.com, 4 April 2012
  8. ↑ "Συνεχίζει ο Gustavo" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013. 

External links

APOEL F.C. – current squad
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