Alexander Christovão
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandre Domingos Cristóvão M'Futila | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Landana, Angola | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012 | FC Groningen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Be Quick 1887 | ||
| 2012–2013 | FC Groningen | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | SC Cambuur | 8 | (0) |
| 2015 | Recreativo Libolo | 13 | (1) |
| 2016 | Porcelana | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Javor Ivanjica | 19 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Angola | 8 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 August 2016 | |||
Alexandre Domingos Cristóvão M'Futila, best known as Alexander Christovao (born 14 March 1993) is an Angolan footballer who last played as a striker for Javor Ivanjica in the Serbian SuperLiga.
Club career
Born in Landana, he started playing in the Netherlands with lower-league side Be Quick 1887.[1] Then he played with FC Groningen and SC Cambuur in the Eredivisie between 2012 and 2014.[2]
By then he already had debuted in the Angoolan national team so he called the attention of the leading Angolan clubs. Angolan premier league side Recreativo do Libolo brought him for their 2015 campaign which ended-up successfully as Libolo became national champions.[3] At the end of the season he left and signed with Porcelana[4] playing with them in the 2016 Girabola.[5]
On 8 August 2016, he signed a 3-year contract with Serbian club FK Javor Ivanjica.[6] He debuted for Javor in official matches, on 21 September 2016, in a Serbian Cup game against Proleter which Javor won by 1–0. He entered the game as a substitute in 66 minute.[2] In the SuperLiga he debuted on 15 October 2016, in an away game against Metalac.[2] Scoring 2 goals on 21 appearance in both domestic competitions for the club, he left the club in summer 2017.[7]
International career
Alexandre Cristóvão has been a regular member of the Angolan national team since his debut in 2014.[3]
International goals
- Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.[3]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 28 May 2014 | Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal |  Morocco | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 16 June 2015 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa |  South Africa | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Honours
- Recreativo Libolo
References
- ↑ Alexander Cristovão at zerozero.pt
- 1 2 3 Alexander Christovao profile at Soccerway
- 1 2 3 4 Alexander Christovao at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Porcelana 2016 squad at Girabola official website, retrieved 9-8-2016 (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Alexander profile at Girabola official website, retrieved 9-8-2916 (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Četiri zvučna pojačanja u Javor Matisu at FK Javor Ivanjica official website, 8-8-2016 (in Serbian)
- ↑ ""FUDBAL" 28/17 - page 1122" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
External links
- Alexander Christovão at National-Football-Teams.com
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)