Niki Torrão

Nicholas Mario Torrão de Almeida (Chinese: 艾美達; born 18 November 1987 in Johannesburg, South Africa), simply known as Niki Torrão, is a South African-born Macanese professional football striker who plays for Liga de Elite club Chao Pak Kei[1] and previously for Sporting de Macau.[2] He also plays for the Macau national football team.[3]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Torrão and the second or paternal family name is de Almeida.
Niki Torrão
Torrão with Macau in 2013
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Mário de Almeida Torrão
Date of birth (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 MUST CPK
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2005 Estrela Amadora
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Casa Pia
2006–2007 Igreja Nova
2007–2008 Atlético Cacém 12 (1)
2008–2009 Cheleirense
2009–2011 Bocal
2011–2013 Windsor Arch Ka I 41 (45)
2014–2019 Benfica de Macau 77 (80)
2020–2021 Sporting de Macau 8 (5)
2021- MUST CPK 34 (56)
International career‡
2011– Macau 20 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023 (UTC)

International career

In 2011, Torrão scored the winning goal for Macau in the 67th Interport Cup against Hong Kong's under-21 team.[4]

On 11 October 2017, Torrão equalised for Macau against India at Sree Kanteerava Stadium eight minutes before half-time in a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification third round match. It was Macau's first ever goal in the final round of the qualifiers.[5]

Goals for senior national team
Scores and results list Macau's goal tally first.[3]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 October 2014Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau Singapore2–22–2Friendly
2.3 November 2016Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia Mongolia1–02–12016 AFC Solidarity Cup
3.2–1
4.6 November 2016 Laos3–14–1
5.4–1
6.2 October 2017Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau Laos3–13–1Friendly
7.11 October 2017Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru, India India1–11–42019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8.14 November 2017Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau Kyrgyzstan2–33–4
9.12 October 2023Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar1–11–52026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "澳門足球總會球會資料甲組隊員" (PDF) (in Chinese). Macau Football Association. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. "澳門足球總會球員資料" (PDF) (in Chinese). Macau Football Association. 28 February 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. Niki Torrão at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "67th Hong Kong Macau Interport Hong Kong 0:1 Macau". Hong Kong Football Association. 11 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. "JOB NOT DONE FOR INDIA DESPITE AFC ASIAN CUP 2019 QUALIFICATION". Asian Football Confederation. 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  • Niki Torrão at playmakerstats.com (formerly thefinalball.com)


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