Úmaro Embaló (born 6 May 2001) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for Portuguese

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club

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on loan from the Dutch club

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. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he was a youth international for Cuba.

Club career

Benfica

Embaló progressed through Benfica's youth academy, after being scouted AD Oeiras in 2015. On 12 September 2017, Embaló made his debut for the under-19 team in the

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in a 5–1 home victory against

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, replacing

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in the 75th minute and scoring the final goal of the game in the 89th minute. On 27 October 2018, he made his debut for Benfica's reserves in the Segunda Liga, coming on as a late substitute for Chris Willock in a 3–2 home win against

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. In the 2018–19 season, he appeared in all six games with the under-19 team in the UEFA Youth League, scoring once and reaching the knockout stage, where they eventually lost to

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. He made three appearances for the reserves in the second division that

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. Embaló scored his first Segunda Liga goal on 11 August 2019 against

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, catching opposing goalkeeper António Filipe on the wrong foot with a misplaced cross which sailed into the top corner, to secure a 2–1 victory. He played in nine games in the second division and scored twice that

, before it was abandoned due to the

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. In the UEFA Youth League, the team made it to the final after defeating

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(3–1) and

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(3–0). However, Benfica lost 3–2 to Real Madrid's under-19s in the final in which Embaló started, despite

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' brace. Embaló made seven appearances and scored three goals in the Youth League that season. In the 2020–21 season, he missed the entire first half of the season due to various reasons, including testing positive for

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. In the second half of the season, he made sixteen appearances. During his time at Benfica, he was reported to having received interest by

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and

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, but a move failed to come to fruition.

Fortuna Sittard

In August 2022, Embaló signed a four-year contract with

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club

for a fee reported to be in the region of €1 million with a 50% sell-on clause. He made his debut for the club on 17 September in a 1–0 league victory against

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, replacing Tijjani Noslin in the 55th minute. On 2 October, he scored on his first ever start for Fortuna, curling a strike from distance into the top corner in a 2–0 Eredivisie win over

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. On 29 August 2023, Embaló was loaned to Spanish

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side Cartagena for the 2023–24 season. On 31 January 2024, he moved on a new loan to Rio Ave. One year later, on 28 January 2025, he signed a half-season loan deal with

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Career statistics

Honours

Benfica U19 *

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: 2017–18 *

runner-up: 2019–20

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Embalo, Umaro 2001 births Living people Footballers from Bissau Portuguese men's footballers Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent Black Portuguese sportspeople Portugal men's youth international footballers Men's association football wingers Liga Portugal 2 players Eredivisie players S.L. Benfica B players Fortuna Sittard players FC Cartagena footballers Segunda División players Rio Ave F.C. players Vitória S.C. players Primeira Liga players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Spain 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen