Flávio Amado


Flávio da Silva Amado, better known as Flávio, is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as striker. He is the assistant of Angolan side Petro Atlético.

Club career

Flávio helped his team Al Ahly to participate in the FIFA [Club World Championship] two successive times in 2005 and 2006.
In the FIFA [Club World Championship 2006] opening match against Auckland City FC of New Zealand on 10 December 2006, he scored the first goal, helping Al Ahly to a 2–0 win. In the semi-final on 13 December 2006, Al Ahly faced South American champions Internacional, and Flávio played and scored an equaliser with a header in the second half, but 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 Zamalek in the African Champions League, Flávio 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, Flávio kept 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.
In his last season with Al Ahly, Flávio managed to score Al Ahly's only goal during the Egyptian Premier League play-off against Ismaily, handing the title to Al Ahly for the fifth time in row and rewarding himself with the second personal title of the Egyptian Premier League Top Goalscorer, for the third time as a foreign player in the Egyptian Premier League history after John Utaka with Ismaily during the 2000–2001 season, then Flávio himself formerly during the 2006–2007 season.
At his time with Al Ahly he was very well known in Egypt for his heading accuracy, and it was known that Al Ahly played a tactic that Flávio's fellow Angola national football team and Al Ahly teammate Gilberto would play a long ball to him from the sides, and Flávio would score with his head. He did this on multiple occasions, earning Al Ahly multiple titles domestically and continentally.

International career

Flávio was a member of the Angola national team, and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in which he scored Angola's only goal of the tournament, with a header against Iran to earn a 1–1 draw. This was Angola's only appearance at a World Cup so far, so Flávio is the only Angolan player to score at a World Cup to date.
He scored three goals for Angola in 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt, although they went out in the second round. His goals were against Cameroon and Togo.

Career statistics

Club

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International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 June 2001Estádio Municipal do Tafe, Cabinda, Angola2–12–12002 [Africa Cup of Nations qualification]
230 September 2001National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe1–01–02001 COSAFA Cup
36 July 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola3–05–12004 Africa [Cup of Nations qualification]
47 September 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola2–02–0Friendly
518 July 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–11–1 2004 COSAFA Cup
619 September 2004Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–01–02004 COSAFA Cup
710 October 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–01–02006 [FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]
823 February 2005Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo1–02–0Friendly
927 May 2005Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia1–31–4Friendly
105 June 2005Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–02–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
1121 January 2006Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt1–11–32006 Africa Cup of Nations
1229 January 2006Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt1–03–22006 Africa Cup of Nations
1329 January 2006Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt2–13–22006 Africa Cup of Nations
1421 June 2006Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany1–01–12006 FIFA World Cup
158 October 2006Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–03–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
168 October 2006Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola2–03–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1725 March 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–06–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1825 March 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola5–16–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1917 June 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola3–03–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2022 August 2007Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo1–11–3Friendly
2117 November 2007Stade de Melun, Melun, France2–02–1Friendly
2213 January 2008Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal2–23–3Friendly
2316 January 2008Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco1–01–2Friendly
2427 January 2008Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana3–13–12008 Africa Cup of Nations
251 June 2008Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda, Angola1–03–02010 FIFA [World Cup qualification – CAF second round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]
268 June 2008Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger1–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
277 September 2008Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin1–12–32010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2812 August 2009Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal1–02–0Friendly
2914 November 2009Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–01–1Friendly
3010 January 2010Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola1–04–42010 Africa Cup of Nations
3110 January 2010Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola2–04–42010 Africa Cup of Nations
3214 January 2010Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola1–02–02010 Africa Cup of Nations
334 September 2011Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola2–02–02012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3414 January 2012Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola3–13–1Friendly

Honours

Al Ahly
Petro Atletico
Angola
Individual