Akwá (soccer player)
| Akwá | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco | |
| birthday | May 30, 1977 | |
| place of birth | Benguela , Angola | |
| size | 181 cm | |
| position | Center Forward | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1993 | Clube Nacional de Benguela | 32 (11) |
| 1994-1997 | Benfica Lisbon | 5 (0) |
| → FC Alverca (loan) | 36 (13) | |
| 1997-1998 | Académica de Coimbra | 19 (1) |
| 1998-1999 | al-Wakrah SC | 27 (11) |
| 1999-2001 | al-Ittihad | |
| 2001-2005 | Qatar SC | |
| 2005-2006 | al-Wakrah SC | |
| 2007-2009 | Atlético Petróleos Luanda | at least 19 (12) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1995-2006 | Angola | 74 (38) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco "Akwá" (born May 30, 1977 in Benguela ) is a former Angolan football player . He is one of the most important national players in his country and took part in the 2006 World Cup in Germany .
Club career
After first appearances in the domestic league at Clube Nacional de Benguela , the striker Akwá moved to Europe in 1994 for the Portuguese record champions Benfica Lisbon . After he hardly got any playing time here, he was loaned to the second division club FC Alverca . His last stop in Portugal was Académica de Coimbra from 1997 to 1998 . From 1998 to 2006 Akwá played for various clubs in Qatar. In 1999 he became Qatari champion with al-Wakrah and in 2003 with Qatar SC from Doha. In his first championship season he was also the league's top scorer. He spent the last years of his career back in his homeland, where he played for Atlético Petróleos Luanda from 2007 to 2009 and was two Angolan champions with them.
National team
Akwá played for the Angolan national team from 1995 to 2006 and is according to the data of the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation his country's record scorer. In 2001 he also won the South African Championship with Angola . With five goals, including the winning goals in the important 1-0 successes against tied Nigeria and against Rwanda in the last qualifying game, he played a major role in Angola's first and so far only qualification for a football World Cup in 2006. He was then called Angola Awarded athlete of the year 2005. At the World Cup, he led his team in Angola's three preliminary round matches as captain.
successes
With the club
- Qatari champion: 1999, 2003
- Angolan champion: 2008, 2009
With the national team
- South African Champion: 2001
Individual successes
- Qatari League Top Scorer: 1999
- Angola's Sportsman of the Year: 2005
Political career
Akwá sat from 2008 to 2012 for the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola party in the National Assembly of Angola .
Web links
- Akwá in the database of weltfussball.de
- Akwá in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Akwá in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Video with Akwá's decisive goal for qualifying for the 2006 World Cup on the Angola Online Instagram channel.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the top scorers of the Qatari league up to 2004 in the database of the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation .
- ↑ Angola's record scorers in the database of the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation .
- ^ South African Championship 2001 in the database of the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation .
- ↑ Qualification of the African teams for the 2006 World Cup in the database of the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation .
- ↑ Angola relies on Akwa on fifa.com , May 7, 2006.
- ^ Angola at the 2006 World Cup on fifa.com (English).
- ↑ Fabiana André: Akwá on redeangola.info, July 30, 2014 (Portuguese).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Akwá |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maieco, Fabrice Alcebiades |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Angolan soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Benguela |