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unusual facts about Angola national football team



Fighton Simukonda

He was left out of Zambia’s CAN 1986 squad but made a comeback in December 1986 when he captained the team to a 1-0 win over Angola to lift the MPLA trophy in Luanda.

G.D. Interclube

Two players from Inter represented the Angola national team in its first FIFA World Cup tournament, in 2006 in Germany: Miloy and Mário.

Hermenegildo da Costa Paulo Bartolomeu

The player's first game for the Angolan national team was played in Houston, United States, on May 13, 2010, in his country defeat against Mexico 1-0, when he came as a substitute for Minguito.

Manuel Alexandre Jamuana

Manuel Alexandre Jamuana, known simply as Jamuana, in an Angolan footballer who plays as a defender for Petro Atlético in Luanda and for the Angola national team.

Norberto Mulenessa Maurito

Norberto Mauro da Costa Mulenessa known as Maurito (born June 24, 1981 in Luanda) is an Angolan football striker and winger currently playing for Minangkabau F.C. in Liga Primer Indonesia and the Angola national football team.

Sebastião Gilberto

In the second half he scored from penalty-kick for Angola 3–0 lead and later in the game Seydou Keita penalised him for another penalty kick for Angola.

Zeca Amaral

José Jorge do Amaral, best known as Zeca Amaral is a former manager of the Angolan national team, a job he took up in October 2010 following the resignation of Hervé Renard.


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