Ivo Damas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Pinheiro, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1997 | Paredes | ||
| 1997 | Maia | 5 | (1) |
| 1998–2002 | Sporting CP | 8 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | → Lourinhanense (loan) | ||
| 2000–2001 | → Alverca (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | → Ovarense (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Penafiel | 12 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Dragões Sandinenses | 45 | (9) |
| 2005–2006 | Vitória Pico | ||
| 2006 | Madalena | 8 | (0) |
| 2007 | Lousada | 13 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Anadia | 16 | (1) |
| 2008 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Vila Meã | ||
| National team | |||
| 1998 | Portugal U21 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas (born 3 June 1977) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.
Football career
Born in the small village of Pinheiro in Penafiel, Damas' claim to fame came at age 20, when he scored for lowly F.C. Maia to oust country giants Sporting Clube de Portugal from the Portuguese Cup. He was immediately bought by the latter, but his career would never improve from there – he made his debuts in the first division with F.C. Alverca, and also served a two-year loan at Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, the Lions' feeder club, appearing very rarely for the first team.
From his 2002 release from Sporting onwards, Damas played in almost every level of the Portuguese football league system, for instance representing F.C. Penafiel and A.D. Lousada. For a short period of time, in 2008, he also had an unassuming abroad experience, with Cyprus' Olympiakos Nicosia, but returned the following year to his country, joining amateurs A.C. Vila Meã (fourth division).