Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado (born 1 November 1979 in Luanda), is a retired Angolan professional footballer who played mainly as a left defender.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado[1] | ||
| Date of birth | November 1, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Petro Atletico | ||
| 2003–2005 | Primeiro Agosto | ||
| 2005–2006 | Petro Atletico | ||
| 2006–2009 | FC Metz | 35 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Guingamp | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–2008 | Angola[2] | 26 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2006 | |||
Club career
editDelgado began his career with Petro Atletico and joined later to rivals Primeiro de Agosto the best two major football teams in Angolan Championship Girabola. After good performances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Delgado transferred to French club FC Metz. As result of the promotion of FC Metz to the French Ligue 1, Delgado became the first Angolan football player to play for a team in the top tier of the French football.[3]
On June 5, 2009, the Angola international left-back signed a two-year contract with En Avant de Guingamp on a free transfer.[4]
International career
editDelgado has represented Angola in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.[5]
National team statistics
edit| Angola national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1998 | ||
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 11 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | ||
References
edit- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Angola" (PDF). FIFA. March 21, 2014. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2019.
- ^ "Angola - Record International Players".
- ^ Profile Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz
- ^ Delgado signs for EAG[permanent dead link]
- ^ Luís Delgado – FIFA competition record (archived)
External links
edit- Luís Delgado at National-Football-Teams.com
- Luís Delgado at L'Équipe Football (in French)
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