Johnson Monteiro Pinto Macaba (born November 23, 1978, in

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, Angola), or simply Johnson Macaba, is an

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striker.

Football career

The striker has played for

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in Turkey, Portuguesa de Desportos and

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. Johnson signed a three-year contract with

in summer 2002. He made seven league appearances, and almost loaned to

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in summer 2003. But the loan deal had failed. Johnson stayed with Malatyaspor, made two more league appearances, before the contract was mutually terminated in May 2004. He signed a contract run until December 2010 with

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in June 2006. He was on loan to Santa Cruz of Série B in July 2007. At the beginning of CSL Season 2008, He was transferred to Shenzhen Shangqingyin. In February 2010, he came to China again and was loaned to Chengdu Blades which was newly demoted from the top flight by CFA for match-fixing scandal.

International career

Johnson is better known in

, than in his home country

, where the people had doubts about his call-up for

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National team statistics

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macaba, Johnson 1978 births Living people Footballers from Luanda Angolan men's footballers Angola men's international footballers 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Angolan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Associação Atlética Francana players União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube players Sociedade Esportiva do Gama players Londrina Esporte Clube players Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Malatyaspor footballers América Futebol Clube (SP) players Clube Atlético Juventus players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Goiás Esporte Clube players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Expatriate men's footballers in China Shenzhen F.C. players Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players Süper Lig players Clube Atlético Sorocaba players Men's association football forwards