Amândio Manuel Filipe da Costa best known as Amaro (born 12 November 1986) is an

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who plays for

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as a

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in the Angolan premier league

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Club career

Amaro played for Benfica de Luanda between 2006 and 2010, before joining

Primeiro de Agosto Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan armed forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional basketball t ...

in 2011. In

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, he signed to Kabuscorp. In 2019–20, he signed to Bravos do Maquis in the Angolan league, the

International career

Amaro also has been capped by the Angola national team with his debut appearance in 2008.

International goals

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

Honours

Angola *

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: runner-up

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References

1986 births Living people Angolan men's footballers Angola men's international footballers Men's association football defenders C.D. Primeiro de Agosto players F.C. Bravos do Maquis players Kabuscorp S.C.P. players S.L. Benfica (Luanda) players Girabola players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2011 African Nations Championship players Angola men's A' international footballers {{Angola-footy-bio-stub