Aguinaldo (footballer)

Aguinaldo Policarpo Mendes da Veiga (born 25 March 1989), simply known as Aguinaldo, is an Angolan-Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bahraini Premier League club Al-Najma SC and the Angola national football team. Aguinaldo has played for thirteen clubs in three continents and seven countries.[1][2]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Veiga.
Aguinaldo
Personal information
Full name Aguinaldo Policarpo Mendes da Veiga
Date of birth (1989-03-25) March 25, 1989
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Najma
Number 16
Youth career
2004–2005 Sporting da Torre
2005–2007 Alta de Lisboa
2007–2008 Académica de Coimbra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Tourizense 50 (9)
2010 Tondela 14 (2)
2011–2013 Recreativo do Libolo 40 (25)
2012 → AE Paphos (loan) 13 (5)
2013–2015 CA Bizertin 12 (4)
2014–2015 → Al-Mesaimeer SC (loan) 15 (7)
2015 Interclube 4 (0)
2016 Doxa Katokopias 14 (5)
2016 AEL Limassol 2 (0)
2017 Gil Vicente 10 (1)
2017–2018 Eléctrico 4 (1)
2018 Ubon UMT United 17 (2)
2018–2019 Politehnica Iași 4 (1)
2019 Sabah 14 (5)
2020 Real SC 1 (0)
2021 Metaloglobus București 11 (4)
2021– Al-Najma 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Angola 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:52, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Bizertin

Tunisian championship competitors CA Bizertin gave Aguinaldo a two-season long contract back in 2013.[3]

Surprised by rumors circulating that he allegedly received some money from G.D. Interclube prior to leaving for Tunisia in 2014, the athlete denied such claims, stating that he had given it all back and that there is nothing they can do because he is not an Interclube player. He became a free agent when his contract with Recreativo do Libolo expired, before going to Tunisia.[4]

Doxa Katokopias

In January 2016, Aguinaldo joined Greek club Doxa Katokopias FC. He later chose the number 89 jersey.[5]

Sabah

On 15 May 2019, Aguinaldo signed by Malaysian Premier League club Sabah FA as one of two imports to fill their vacant player slots.[6] Aguinaldo scored the winning goal for Sabah to seal their first place in the 2019 Malaysia Premier League table during the match against UiTM F.C. since the team last lifted the old first division title back in 1996, subsequently making the team able to qualify to the 2020 Malaysia Super League.[7]

Honours

Club

Recreativo do Libolo

Sabah FC

References
  1. "Aguinaldo de volta a Liga cipriota" [Aguinaldo back to the Cypriot League] (in Portuguese). Claquemagazine.com. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. "Aguinaldo de volta a Liga cipriota" [Aguinaldo Player profile]. National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. "«Bem vindo» Aguinaldo Mendes" [«Welcome» Aguinaldo Mendes] (in Portuguese). Cab-officiel.com. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. "Não devo nada ao Interclube" [I do not owe anything to the Interclube] (in Portuguese). Angonoticias.com. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. "Πήρε Aguinaldo Veiga η Δόξα" [Signed the great Aguinaldo Veiga] (in Greek). Tvonenews.com. 20 January 2016. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  6. GL Oh (15 May 2019). "Tambadaus sign Angolan and Turkmen". Daily Express. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  7. GL Oh (10 July 2019). "Sabah crowned champs". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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