Aguinaldo (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aguinaldo Policarpo Mendes da Veiga | ||
Date of birth | March 25, 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sabah | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2005 | Sporting da Torre | ||
2005–2007 | Alta de Lisboa | ||
2007 | Académica de Coimbra | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Tourizense | 50 | (9) |
2010 | Tondela | 14 | (2) |
2011–2013 | Recreativo do Libolo | 19 | (7) |
2012–2013 | → AE Paphos (loan) | 12 | (3) |
2013–2015 | CA Bizertin | 12 | (4) |
2014–2015 | → Mesaimeer (loan) | 15 | (7) |
2015–2016 | Interclube | 4 | (0) |
2016 | Doxa Katokopias | 14 | (5) |
2016 | AEL Limassol | 2 | (0) |
2017 | Gil Vicente | 10 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Eléctrico | 4 | (1) |
2018 | Ubon UMT United | 17 | (2) |
2018–2019 | Politehnica Iași | 3 | (0) |
2019– | Sabah | ||
International career‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Angola | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 December 2018 |
Aguinaldo Policarpo Mendes da Veiga (born 25 March 1989), simply known as Aguinaldo, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malaysian Premier League club Sabah and the Angola national football team. Aguinaldo has played for thirteen clubs in three continents and seven countries.[1][2]
Club career
Bizertin
Tunisian championship competitors CA Bizertin gave Aguinaldo a two-season long contract back in 2013.[3]
Surprised by rumors circulating that he allegedly received some money from G.D. Interclube prior to leaving for Tunisia in 2014, the athlete denied such claims, stating that he had given it all back and that there is nothing they can do because he is not an Interclube player. He became a free agent when his contract with Recreativo do Libolo expired, before going to Tunisia.[4]
Doxa Katokopias
In January 2016, Aguinaldo joined Greek club Doxa Katokopias FC. He later chose the number 89 jersey.[5]
Sabah
On 15 May 2019, Aguinaldo signed by Malaysian Premier League club Sabah FA as one of two imports to fill their vacant player slots.[6] Aguinaldo scored the winning goal for Sabah to seal their first place in the 2019 Malaysia Premier League table during the match against UiTM F.C. since the team last lifted the old first division title back in 1996, subsequently making the team able to qualify to the 2020 Malaysia Super League.[7]
References
- ^ "Aguinaldo de volta a Liga cipriota" [Aguinaldo back to the Cypriot League] (in Portuguese). Claquemagazine.com. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Aguinaldo de volta a Liga cipriota" [Aguinaldo Player profile]. National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "«Bem vindo» Aguinaldo Mendes" [«Welcome» Aguinaldo Mendes] (in Portuguese). Cab-officiel.com. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Não devo nada ao Interclube" [I do not owe anything to the Interclube] (in Portuguese). Angonoticias.com. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Πήρε Aguinaldo Veiga η Δόξα" [Signed the great Aguinaldo Veiga] (in Greek). Tvonenews.com. 20 January 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ GL Oh (15 May 2019). "Tambadaus sign Angolan and Turkmen". Daily Express. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ GL Oh (10 July 2019). "Sabah crowned champs". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
External links
- Angolan football biography stubs
- 1989 births
- Portuguese people of Angolan descent
- People from Luanda
- Living people
- Angolan footballers
- Angola international footballers
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football forwards
- G.D. Tourizense players
- C.D. Tondela players
- C.R.D. Libolo players
- Girabola players
- AEP Paphos FC players
- Angolan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Cypriot First Division players
- CA Bizertin players
- Expatriate footballers in Tunisia
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- Al-Mesaimeer SC players
- Expatriate footballers in Qatar
- G.D. Interclube players
- Doxa Katokopias FC players
- AEL Limassol players
- Gil Vicente F.C. players
- LigaPro players
- Qatari Second Division players
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Thailand
- Ubon United F.C. players
- Sabah FA players