Armandinho Boaventura Manjate (born June 30, 1970) is a Brazilian former

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and football manager.

Football career

Manjate began his football career in Portugal at the youth level with

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. He would have stints with

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its Association football, football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association Portuguese Di ...

. In 1985, he played in the

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with C.D. Cova da Piedade. In 1987, he played with S.C. Lusitânia, and later with Amora F.C. In 1989, he played in the

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with Toronto Italia, and with Toronto First Portuguese the following season. He returned in 1994 to play in the Portuguese

Terceira Divisão : The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Division'') was a football league in Portugal, situated at the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Por ...

with G.D. Samora Correia. In 1996, he signed with

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and served as the team captain for the 1996 CNSL season. In 1997, Manjate signed with expansion franchise

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in the

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, and his signing was announced in April 1997. He also played professionally in El Salvador.

Managerial career

Manjate serves as a technical director for EduKick Brazil Football Academy an affiliate club for

Fluminense FC Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest Association football, football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato B ...

. He has been a youth coach for a variety of teams in the Toronto area, including the Toronto Eagles SC. He was the U15 Boys Assistant Coach for the

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, and was affiliated with Guelph Royals as an academy coach.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manjate, Armandinho 1975 births Living people Footballers from Maputo Brazilian men's footballers C.D. Cova da Piedade players S.C. Lusitânia players SC Toronto players Amora F.C. players Toronto First Portuguese players Toronto Italia players Toronto Lynx players A-League (1995–2004) players Canadian National Soccer League players Men's association football defenders Segunda Divisão players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal