Babanco
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elvis Manuel Monteiro Macedo | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Praia, Cape Verde | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AEL Limassol | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Sporting Praia | ||
2009–2010 | Boavista (CPV) | ||
2010–2012 | Arouca | 54 | (7) |
2012–2013 | Olhanense | 22 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Estoril | 61 | (0) |
2016– | AEL Limassol | 5 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008– | Cape Verde | 47 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:37, 31 October 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2016 |
Elvis Manuel Monteiro Macedo (born 27 July 1985), known as Babanco, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club AEL Limassol as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Praia, Babanco started playing football with local Sporting Clube da Praia, moving in 2009 to another club in his hometown, Boavista FC.
In the 2010–11 season, he signed with F.C. Arouca in Portugal, which was competing for the first time ever in the country's second division. He was first-choice during his two-year spell, with the Aveiro side consecutively managing to retain their league status.
International career
A Cape Verdean international since 2008, Babanco was called up to the national team for exhibition games against Malta and Angola in August 2009.[1]
On 24 May 2010, he appeared in a friendly in Covilhã with Portugal – who was preparing for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa – playing 60 minutes as the minnows (ranked 117th) managed a 0–0 draw.[2]
International goals
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 7 June 2008 | Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2010 World Cup qualification |
2. | 8 June 2013 | Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2014 World Cup qualification |
References
- ^ "Selecção nacional de futebol: divulgada lista para amistosos com Malta e Angola" (in Portuguese). Expresso das Ilhas. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
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External links
- Template:Zerozero
- Babanco at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Babanco at National-Football-Teams.com
- Babanco – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Babanco at Soccerway
- Worldfootball profile
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Praia
- Footballers from Santiago, Cape Verde
- Cape Verdean footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Sporting Clube da Praia players
- Boavista FC (Cape Verde) players
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- F.C. Arouca players
- S.C. Olhanense players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- Cypriot First Division players
- AEL Limassol players
- Cape Verde international footballers
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Cape Verdean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Cape Verdean expatriates in Portugal