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Itaparica (footballer)

Itaparica (footballer)

Brazilian-born Hong Kong footballer (born 1980)


Manoel dos Santos Filho (Chinese: 伊達; born 8 July 1980), commonly known as Itaparica, is a former Brazilian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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Club career

South China

Itaparica played in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for several clubs including Cruzeiro, Avai and Portuguesa. He joined South China[1] and made his debut for the team on the away league game against Lanwa Redbull on 15 September 2007, where the team won by 3–1. He scored his first goal for the team in the league match against Workable on 26 September 2007, where the team won by 6–1.

Pegasus

Since the 2009–10 season, Itaparica has been top scorer in Hong Kong three years in a row (currently leading the table). It was an outstanding achievement considering he played most of the time as an attacking midfielder for TSW Pegasus. He is able to score in all competitions he played with an amazing scoring percentage nearly 60%. With such superb and consistence performance he was named 'Hong Kong Best Eleven' in last 3 seasons. This article was not written by his agent.

South China

In the 2012–13 season, Itaparica rejoined South China.[2]

Eastern

On 11 June 2013, Eastern Salon announced their 22-men squad for the following season. Itaparica joined them after South China opted not to extend his contract.[3]

South China

Itaparica rejoins South China for the third time in summer 2014.

Tai Po

After a season with China League One club Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard, Itaparica decided to return to Hong Kong. He signed with HKPL side Tai Po on 30 December 2016.[4] On 18 March, Itaparica collided with a Southern player during a Premier League match. He sprained his right knee and was subsequently ruled out for six weeks.[5] He returned in time for Tai Po's Sapling Cup Final match against Pegasus on 3 May during which he won his first trophy since returning to Hong Kong.

R&F

In July 2017, the South China Morning Post reported that Itaparica would join R&F.[6]

On 19 June 2019, head coach Yeung Ching Kwong revealed that Itaparica would not be retained.[7] He announced his retirement from football after the season on 30 August 2019 and returned to Brazil in November of the same year.[8]

International career

Itaparica was born and raised in Brazil. In September 2014, Itaparica applied for the HKSAR passport and was granted one on 4 November 2015. As a result, he became eligible to play for the Hong Kong national team. On 31 December 2015, he earned his first cap for the national team during the 38th Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, an unofficial tournament.

On 3 January 2016, Itaparica scored his first goal for the national team. He made his formal debut for Hong Kong in a FIFA World Cup qualifying 2-0 loss against Qatar in March of that year.[9]

On 24 March 2016, Itaparica made his international debut for Hong Kong in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Qatar.

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 July 2017

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International

As of 5 October 2017
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International goals

As of match played 1 September 2016.
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Honours

Pegasus

South China

Eastern

Tai Po


References

  1. Scaafc.com 最新球員陣容 Archived 21 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
  2. "東方公佈下季大軍名單!". fanpiece.com. 11 June 2013.
  3. "【回流港超】伊達加盟和富大埔 仍想爭奪錦標". 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily). Retrieved 30 December 2016. (in Chinese)
  4. (in Chinese) "港超聯 伊達疑傷膝!南區大埔和住先". 東網. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. Tsang, Ngan Ping. "富力來季班費5,000萬楊正光:組軍已完成得八八九九". Apple Daily. Retrieved 19 June 2019. (in Chinese)
  6. "【新冠肺炎】上季掛靴返巴西 前港腳伊達與家人確診 (00:06) - 20200719 - 體育". 明報新聞網 - 即時新聞 instant news (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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