Johnson Monteiro Pinto Macaba (born November 23, 1978, in
Luanda
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, Angola), or simply Johnson Macaba, is an
Angola
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n
football
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striker.
Football career
The
striker has played for
Malatyaspor
Malatya Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Malatya, mainly concentrated on football.
History
Prior to 1984 the club colors were yellow and black. They played for 11 seasons on the top-level of Turkish football. Their best result ...
in Turkey,
Portuguesa de Desportos
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and
Goiás
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in
Brazil
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.
Johnson signed a three-year contract with
Malatyaspor
Malatya Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Malatya, mainly concentrated on football.
History
Prior to 1984 the club colors were yellow and black. They played for 11 seasons on the top-level of Turkish football. Their best result ...
in summer 2002. He made seven league appearances, and almost loaned to
Konyaspor
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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
Goiás
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of
Brazilian Série A
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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
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.
In February 2010, he came to China again and was loaned to
Chengdu Blades
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which was newly demoted from the top flight by
CFA for match-fixing scandal.
International career
Johnson is better known in
Brazil
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, than in his home country
Angola
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, where the people had doubts about his call-up for
2006 African Cup of Nations
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.
National team statistics
References
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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