Gustavo Manduca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gustavo Manduca | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Urussanga, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | Grêmio | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | HJK | 2 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Atlantis (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 1999 | Felgueiras | 13 | (2) |
| 2000 | Esposende | 18 | (6) |
| 2000–2003 | Chaves | 70 | (22) |
| 2003–2004 | Paços Ferreira | 29 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Marítimo | 46 | (11) |
| 2006–2007 | Benfica | 16 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | → AEK Athens (loan) | 23 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | AEK Athens | 73 | (9) |
| 2010–2015 | APOEL | 125 | (45) |
| Total | 395 | (106) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015 | APOEL (caretaker coach) | ||
| 2016 | Othellos Athienou | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gustavo Manduca (born 8 June 1980) is a former Brazilian footballer who played mainly as a left winger, and a current coach.
He also holds an Italian passport, and played professionally in five different countries, mainly in Portugal – where he represented six teams in seven years, including a very brief spell with Benfica. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 91 games and 15 goals, during three seasons.
In 2010 Manduca signed with APOEL, remaining with the club until his retirement and winning eight major titles.
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 campaign he made his Primeira Liga 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 S.L. Benfica in January 2006 on a four 1/2-year contract. He appeared in 16 league games in his only season, netting in a 1–3 loss at U.D. Leiria on 4 February.
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