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Luís Delgado

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Luís Delgado
Personal information
Full name Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado[1]
Date of birth (1979-11-01) November 1, 1979 (age 44)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2006

Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado (born 1 November 1979 in Luanda), is a retired Angolan professional footballer who played mainly as a left defender.

Club career

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Delgado 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

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Delgado has represented Angola in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.[5]

National team statistics

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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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Angola - Record International Players".
  3. ^ Profile Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine - FC Metz
  4. ^ Delgado signs for EAG[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Luís DelgadoFIFA competition record (archived)
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