Flavio Amado
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Flávio da Silva dos Santos Amado | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1999 | Petro Atletico | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2005 | Petro Atletico | 151 | (79) |
| 2005–2009 | Al Ahly | 100 | (52) |
| 2009–2011 | Al Shabab | 23 | (13) |
| 2011–2012 | Lierse | 7 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Petro Atletico | 39 | (18) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2014 | Angola | 84 | (34) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05 August 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05 August 2014 |
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Flávio da Silva Amado (born 30 December 1979), better known as Flávio, is an Angolan former football forward whp is currently working as an assistant coach for Petro Atletico in Angola.
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 second 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 South American champions Internacional on 13 Dec 2006, and Flavio played a decent game, scoring the draw goal with a great header in the second half. However, Al-Ahly eventually lost the match 1–2.
After having a very unsuccessful first season with the team during which he scored only one goal in the league, and being jeered by fans at many times, most notably when he missed a penalty kick against rivals El Zamalek in the African Champions League, Flavio had a very successful second season in 2006–2007, seeing him top the goalscorers chart of the Egyptian Premier League with 17 goals, a single goal ahead of international Egyptian teammate Emad Moteab. He proved to be instrumental in Al Ahly's formation in the next years, scoring many vital goals in critical moments. Generally Flavio keeps an extremely low profile and rarely appears in the media or give any press statements. Such attitude is highly appreciated by his club administration, since it agrees with the club's policies.
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