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Also known as Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves

Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves (born 7 March 1983), commonly known as Manucho, is a former Angolan professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Manucho Gonçalves is an Angolan association football player who was born in Luanda in 1983. He plays as a forward and wears the number 9 shirt. His professional career began in 1999, and he speaks Portuguese.

He has played for several clubs, including S.L. Benfica, Bucaspor, Panathinaikos F.C., and Manchester United F.C. During his time in the Premier League, he competed in that competition. He also represented Angola in international tournaments, participating in the 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Thános Coloring Book

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
574
Total plays
1,758

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/manucho">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Football biography.name
Manucho
Football biography.image
Manucho.jpg
Football biography.image_size
250
Football biography.caption
Manucho playing for Real Valladolid in 2010
Football biography.fullname
Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves
Football biography.birth_place
Luanda, Angola
Football biography.position
Striker
Football biography.youthyears1
1997–1999
Football biography.youthclubs1
Flaminguinhos
Football biography.years1
1999–2002
Football biography.clubs1
Benfica de Luanda
Football biography.caps1
12
Football biography.goals1
5
Football biography.years2
2002–2008
Football biography.clubs2
Petro Atlético
Football biography.caps2
78
Football biography.goals2
34
Football biography.years3
2008–2009

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Position
Forward
Nationality
Angola

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Gonçalves
Gender
male
Citizenship
Angola
Place of birth
Luanda
Languages spoken
Portuguese
Position played
forward
Mass
83
Image
Manucho.jpg
Height
188
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date of birth
1983-03-07
sport number
9
start of work period
1999-00-00
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Club career
  • Early career
  • Manchester United, loans at Panathinaikos and Hull City
  • Real Valladolid
  • Bucaspor (loan)
  • Manisaspor (loan)
  • Rayo Vallecano
  • Cornellà
  • International career
  • International goals
  • Honours
  • References
  • External links

Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves (born 7 March 1983), commonly known as Manucho, is a former Angolan professional footballer who played as a striker.

Manucho moved from Petro Atletico to Manchester United in January 2008. Before playing a game for United, however, he was loaned out to Greek side Panathinaikos for the remainder of the 2007–08 season due to issues with obtaining a UK work permit. Manucho received a work permit soon after returning to Manchester United for pre-season training in July 2008, and made his debut for the club in the League Cup against Middlesbrough on 23 September 2008. Short of first team opportunities at Old Trafford, however, on 16 January 2009 he joined Hull City on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season. Having failed to break into the Manchester United first team, Manucho joined Real Valladolid in July 2009.

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