Osvaldo Couto Cardoso Pinto (born 5 March 1969 in

Malanje Malanje is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola, with a population of 455,000 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 506,847 (2014 census). Projected to be the thirteenth fastest growing city on the African continent be ...

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), commonly known as Vado, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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