Nicholas Mário Torrão de Almeida (; born 18 November 1987), simply known as Niki Torrão, is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Liga de Elite Liga de Elite (; ), previously known as Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol, is the top division of the Associação de Futebol de Macau, Macau Football Association, created in 1973. The league features local players and professional foreign pl ...

club S.L Benfica de Macau. Born in South Africa, he represents the Macau national team.

International career

In 2011, Torrão scored the winning goal for Macau in the 67th Interport Cup against Hong Kong's under-21 team. On 11 October 2017, Torrão equalised for Macau against

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eight minutes before half-time in a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification third round match. It was Macau's first ever goal in the final round of the qualifiers.

Career statistics

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International

:''Scores and results list Macau's goal tally first.''

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* 1987 births Living people Soccer players from Johannesburg 21st-century Macau people Macau men's footballers Macau men's international footballers Naturalized citizens of Macau Naturalised association football players South African emigrants to Macau South African men's soccer players Macau people of Portuguese descent South African people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent Men's association football forwards S.L. Benfica de Macau players Liga de Elite players White South African people 21st-century South African sportsmen {{Macau-footy-bio-stub