Flávio Amado


Flávio da Silva Amado, better known as Flávio, is an Angolan former professional footballer striker. who works as an assistant coach for Petro Atletico in Angola.

Club career

Flávio helped his team Al Ahly to participate in the FIFA Club World Championship two successive times in 2005 and 2006.
In the FIFA Club World Championship 2006 opening match against Auckland City FC of New Zealand on 10 December 2006, he scored the first goal, helping Al-Ahly to a 2–0 win. In the semi-final on 13 December 2006, Al Ahly faced South American champions Internacional, and Flávio played and scored an equaliser with a header in the second half but Al-Ahly eventually lost the match 1–2.
After having a very unsuccessful first season with the team during which he scored only one goal in the league, and being jeered by fans at many times, most notably when he missed a penalty kick against rivals El Zamalek in the African Champions League, Flávio had a very successful second season in 2006–2007, seeing him top the goalscorers chart of the Egyptian Premier League with 17 goals, a single goal ahead of international Egyptian teammate Emad Moteab. He proved to be instrumental in Al Ahly's formation in the next years, scoring many vital goals in critical moments. Generally Flávio kept an extremely low profile and rarely appears in the media or give any press statements. Such attitude is highly appreciated by his club administration, since it agrees with the club's policies.
In his last season with Al Ahly, Flávio managed to score Al Ahly's only goal during the Egyptian Premier League play-off against Ismaily, handing the title to Al Ahly for the fifth time in row and rewarding himself with the second personal title of the Egyptian Premier League Top Goalscorer, for the third time as a foreign player in the Egyptian Premier League history after John Utaka with Ismaily during the 2000–2001 season, then Flávio himself formerly during the 2006–2007 season.
At his time with Al Ahly he was very known in Egypt for his heading accuracy and it was known that Al Ahly played a tactic that Flávio Amado's fellow Angola national football team and Al Ahly teammate Gilberto would play a long ball to him from the sides, and Flávio Amado would score with his head. He did this on multiple occasions, earning Al Ahly multiple titles domestically and continentally.

International career

He was a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup, in which he scored Angola's only goal of the tournament, with a header against Iran to clinch a 1–1 draw.
He scored three goals for Angola in African Cup of Nations Egypt 2006, although they went out from the second round. His goals were against Cameroon and Togo.

Career statistics

International

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 June 2001Estádio Municipal do Tafe, Cabinda, Angola2–12–12002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.30 September 2001National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe1–01–02001 COSAFA Cup
3.6 July 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola3–05–12004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.7 September 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola2–02–0Friendly
5.18 July 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–11–1 2004 COSAFA Cup
6.19 September 2004Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique1–01–02004 COSAFA Cup
7.10 October 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.23 February 2005Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo1–02–0Friendly
9.27 May 2005Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia1–31–4Friendly
10.5 June 2005Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–02–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.21 January 2006Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt1–11–32006 Africa Cup of Nations
12.29 January 2006Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt1–03–22006 Africa Cup of Nations
13.29 January 2006Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt2–13–22006 Africa Cup of Nations
14.21 June 2006Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany1–01–12006 FIFA World Cup
15.8 October 2006Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–03–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
16.8 October 2006Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola2–03–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
17.25 March 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–06–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
18.25 March 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola5–16–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
19.17 June 2007Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola3–03–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
20.22 August 2007Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo1–11–3Friendly
21.17 November 2007Stade de Melun, Melun, France2–02–1Friendly
22.13 January 2008Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca, Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal2–23–3Friendly
23.16 January 2008Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco1–01–2Friendly
24.27 January 2008Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana3–13–12008 Africa Cup of Nations
25.1 June 2008Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda, Angola1–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
26.8 June 2008Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger1–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
27.7 September 2008Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin1–12–32010 FIFA World Cup qualification
28.12 August 2009Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal1–02–0Friendly
29.14 November 2009Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola1–01–1Friendly
30.10 January 2010Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola1–04–42010 Africa Cup of Nations
31.10 January 2010Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola2–04–42010 Africa Cup of Nations
32.14 January 2010Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola1–02–02010 Africa Cup of Nations
33.4 September 2011Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola2–02–02012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
34.14 January 2012EstádioNacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola3–13–1Friendly

Honours and achievements

Club

Al Ahly
Petra Atletico
Angola
Awards
Performances