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{{short description|Angolan footballer (born 1979)}}
{{Portuguese name|Silva|Amado}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Flávio Amado
| image = FlávioAmado.TV.jpg
| caption = Flávio in 2022
| full_name = Flávio da Silva dos Santos Amado
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|12|30}}
| birth_place = [[Luanda]], Angola
| height = 1.75 m<ref name="FCWC 2008">{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/12/84/fcwc2008_2008_squadlists_1205.pdf |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=5 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209121359/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/12/84/fcwc2008_2008_squadlists_1205.pdf |archive-date=9 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1996–1999
| youthclubs1 = [[Atlético Petróleos de Luanda|Petro Atlético]]
| years1 = 1999–2005
| clubs1 = [[Atlético Petróleos de Luanda|Petro Atlético]]
| caps1 = 148
| goals1 = 86
| years2 = 2005–2009
| clubs2 = [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]
| caps2 = 96
| goals2 = 35
| years3 = 2009–2011
| clubs3 = [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al Shabab]]
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 8
| years4 = 2011–2012
| clubs4 = [[Lierse S.K. (1906)|Lierse]]
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2012–2014
| clubs5 = [[Atlético Petróleos de Luanda|Petro Atlético]]
| caps5 = 28
| goals5 = 10
| totalcaps = 302
| totalgoals = 145
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2012
| nationalteam1 = [[Angola national football team|Angola]]
| nationalcaps1 = 86
| nationalgoals1 = 34
}}

'''Flávio da Silva Amado''' (born 30 December 1979), better known as '''Flávio''', is an Angolan former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He is the assistant of Angolan side [[Atlético Petróleos de Luanda|Petro Atlético]].

==Club career==
Flávio helped his team [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] to participate in the [[FIFA Club World Championship]] two successive times in 2005 and 2006.

In the [[FIFA Club World Championship 2006]] opening match against [[Auckland City FC]] of New Zealand on 10 December 2006, he scored the first goal, helping Al Ahly to a 2–0 win. In the semi-final on 13 December 2006, Al Ahly faced South American champions [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]], and Flávio played and scored an equaliser with a header in the second half, but Al Ahly eventually lost the match 1–2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.angop.ao/angola/pt_pt/noticias/desporto/2006/11/49/Futebol-Flavio-marca-primeiro-golo-Mundial-clubes,88abd006-edc3-4904-842c-85bf872adc7b.html |title=Futebol: Flávio marca primeiro golo no Mundial de clubes |publisher=ANGOP Angolan News Agency |date=10 December 2006 |access-date= 24 December 2018 |language=pt}}</ref>

After having a very unsuccessful first season with the team during which he scored only one goal in the league, and being jeered by fans at many times, most notably when he missed a penalty kick against rivals [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] in the African Champions League, Flávio had a very successful second season in 2006–2007, seeing him top the goalscorers chart of the [[Egyptian Premier League]] with 17 goals, a single goal ahead of international Egyptian teammate [[Emad Moteab]]. He proved to be instrumental in Al Ahly's formation in the next years, scoring many vital goals in critical moments. Generally, Flávio kept an extremely low profile and rarely appears in the media or give any press statements. Such attitude is highly appreciated by his club administration, since it agrees with the club's policies.

In his last season with Al Ahly (2008–2009), Flávio managed to score Al Ahly's only goal during the Egyptian Premier League play-off against [[Ismaily]], handing the title to Al Ahly for the fifth time in row and rewarding himself with the second personal title of the Egyptian Premier League Top Goalscorer, for the third time as a foreign player in the Egyptian Premier League history after [[John Utaka]] with Ismaily during the 2000–2001 season, then Flávio himself formerly during the 2006–2007 season.

At his time with Al Ahly he was very well known in Egypt for his heading accuracy, and it was known that Al Ahly played a tactic that Flávio's fellow [[Angola national football team]] and Al Ahly teammate Gilberto would play a long ball to him from the sides, and Flávio would score with his head. He did this on multiple occasions, earning Al Ahly multiple titles domestically and continentally.

==International career==
Flávio was a member of the [[Angola national football team|Angola national team]], and was called up to the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], in which he scored Angola's only goal of the tournament, with a header against [[Iran national football team|Iran]] to earn a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4853320.stm|title=Iran 1–1 Angola|date=21 June 2006|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=25 May 2010}}</ref> This was Angola's only appearance at a World Cup so far, so Flávio is the only Angolan player to score at a World Cup to date.

He scored three goals for Angola in [[2006 African Cup of Nations]] in Egypt, although they went out in the second round. His goals were against [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] and [[Togo national football team|Togo]].

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|6 December 2023}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|League Cup 
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Atlético Petróleos de Luanda|Petro de Luanda]]
|[[1999 Girabola|1999]]
|rowspan="9"|[[Girabola]]
|12||5||colspan="2"|–||||||colspan="2"|–||0||0||17||10
|-
|[[2000 Girabola|2000]]
|22||14||colspan="2"|–||||||colspan="2"|–||0||0||28||20
|-
|[[2001 Girabola|2001]]
|25||23||colspan="2"|–||||||||7{{efn|name=CAFCL}}||0||0||30||21
|-
|[[2002 Girabola|2002]]
|24||11||colspan="2"|–||||||3||1{{efn|name=CAFCL}}||0||0||41||20
|-
|[[2003 Girabola|2003]]
|20||10||||1{{efn|name=ACWC|Goals in the [[African Cup Winners' Cup]]}}||||||colspan="2"|–||0||0||42||19
|-
|[[2004 Girabola|2004]]
|24||10||||4{{efn|name=CAFCC}}||||||||3{{efn|name=CAFCL}}||||||43||32
|-
|[[2005 Girabola|2005]]
|21||13||colspan="2"|–||||||colspan="2"|–||0||0||||
|-
|[[2013 Girabola|2013]]
|15||7||colspan="2"|–||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||7
|-
|[[2014 Girabola|2014]]
|13||3||1||2{{efn|name=CAFCC|Goals in the [[CAF Confederation Cup]]}}||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||6
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!176!!96!!!!7!!!!!!!!11!!0!!0!!!!
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]
|[[2005–06 Egyptian Premier League|2005–06]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Egyptian Premier League|EPL]]
|20||1||colspan=2|—||1||0||9{{efn|name=CAFCL|Appearances in the [[CAF Champions League]]}}||3||0||0||33||1
|-
|[[2006–07 Egyptian Premier League|2006–07]]
|24||17||colspan=2|—||4||2||14{{efn|name=CAFCL}}||6||4||2||46||27
|-
|[[2007–08 Egyptian Premier League|2007–08]]
|23||5||colspan=2|—||0||0||9{{efn|name=CAFCL}}||3||1||0||33||8
|-
|[[2008–09 Egyptian Premier League|2008–09]]
|29||12||2{{efn|name=CAFCC}}||0||2||0||13{{efn|name=CAFCL}}||7||4||3||50||22
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!96!!35!!2!!0!!7!!2!!45!!19!!9!!5!!159!!61
|-
|[[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al Shabab]]
|[[2009–10 Saudi Pro League|2009–10]]
|[[Saudi Pro League|SPL]]
|16||8||colspan="2"|—||3||2||7{{efn|name=AFCCL|Appearances in the [[AFC Champions League]]}}||5||colspan="2"|—||26||15
|-
|[[Lierse S.K. (1906)|Lierse]]
|[[2011–12 Belgian Pro League|2011–12]]
|[[Belgian Pro League|BPL]]
|5||1||colspan="2"|—||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||1
|}
'''Notes'''
{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|187|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[Angola national football team|Angola]]
|2000||1||0
|-
|2001||10||2
|-
|2002||5||0
|-
|2003||7||2
|-
|2004||7||3
|-
|2005||8||3
|-
|2006||8||6
|-
|2007||7||5
|-
|2008||13||6
|-
|2009||8||2
|-
|2010||4||3
|-
|2011||2||1
|-
|2012||4||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||84||34
|}

:''Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Flávio goal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ango-intres0009.html|title=Angola - Details of International Matches 2000-2009|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=12 May 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Flávio
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 17 June 2001 || [[Estádio Municipal do Tafe]], [[Cabinda (city)|Cabinda]], Angola || {{fb|BDI}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || [[2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 30 September 2001 || [[National Sports Stadium (Zimbabwe)|National Sports Stadium]], [[Harare]], Zimbabwe || {{fb|ZIM}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[2001 COSAFA Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || 6 July 2003 || [[Estádio da Cidadela]], [[Luanda]], Angola || {{fb|MAW}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|5–1 || [[2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 7 September 2003 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|NAM}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|5 || 18 July 2004 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|BOT}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 (5–3 [[Penalty shootout|pen.]]) || [[2004 COSAFA Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|6 || 19 September 2004 || [[Estádio da Machava]], [[Maputo]], Mozambique || {{fb|MOZ}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 2004 COSAFA Cup
|-
| align="center"|7 || 10 October 2004 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|ZIM}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|8 || 23 February 2005 || [[Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat]], [[Brazzaville]], [[Republic of Congo|Congo]] || {{fb|CGO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|9 || 27 May 2005 || [[Stade Olympique de Radès]], [[Radès]], Tunisia || {{fb|TUN}} || align="center"|1–3 || align="center"|1–4 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|10 || 5 June 2005 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|ALG}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|11 || 21 January 2006 || [[Cairo Military Academy Stadium]], [[Cairo]], Egypt || {{fb|CMR}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–3 || [[2006 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|12 || rowspan="2"|29 January 2006 || rowspan="2"|[[Cairo International Stadium]], Cairo, Egypt || rowspan="2"|{{fb|TOG}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align:center"|3–2 || rowspan="2"|2006 Africa Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|13 || align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|14 || 21 June 2006 || [[Zentralstadion]], [[Leipzig]], Germany || {{fb|IRN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup Group D|2006 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|15 || rowspan="2"|8 October 2006 || rowspan="2"|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || rowspan="2"|{{fb|KEN}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="2"|[[2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|16 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|17 || rowspan="2"|25 March 2007 || rowspan="2"|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ERI}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align:center"|6–1 || rowspan="2"|2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| align="center"|18 || align="center"|5–1
|-
| align="center"|19 || 17 June 2007 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| align="center"|20 || 22 August 2007 || [[Stade des Martyrs]], [[Kinshasa]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]] || {{fb|COD}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–3 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|21 || 17 November 2007 || Stade de Melun, [[Melun]], France || {{fb|CIV}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|22 || 13 January 2008 || Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca, [[Alverca do Ribatejo]], Portugal || {{fb|EGY}} || align="center"|2–2 || align="center"|3–3 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|23 || 16 January 2008 || [[Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (1983)|Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium]], [[Rabat]], Morocco || {{fb|MAR}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|24 || 27 January 2008 || [[Tamale Stadium]], [[Tamale, Ghana|Tamale]], Ghana || {{fb|SEN}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|25 || 1 June 2008 || [[Estádio dos Coqueiros]], Luanda, Angola || {{fb|BEN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|26 || 8 June 2008 || [[Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché]], [[Niamey]], Niger || {{fb|NIG}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–1 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|27 || 7 September 2008 || [[Stade de l'Amitié]], [[Cotonou]], Benin || {{fb|BEN}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–3 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|28 || 12 August 2009 || [[Estádio do Restelo]], [[Lisbon]], Portugal || {{fb|TOG}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|29 || 14 November 2009 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|CGO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|30 || rowspan="2"|10 January 2010 || rowspan="2"|[[Estádio 11 de Novembro]], Luanda, Angola || rowspan="2"|{{fb|MLI}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align:center"|4–4 || rowspan="2"|[[2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group A|2010 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
| align="center"|31 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|32 || 14 January 2010 || Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|MAW|2010}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
|-
| align="center"|33 || 4 September 2011 || [[Estádio Nacional do Chiazi]], Cabinda, Angola || {{fb|UGA}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|34 || 14 January 2012 || Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola || {{fb|SLE}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || Friendly
|}

==Honours==
'''Al Ahly'''
* [[Egyptian Premier League]]: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
* [[Egypt Cup]]: 2006, 2007
* [[Egyptian Super Cup]] 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
* [[CAF Champions League]]: [[CAF Champions League 2005|2005]], [[CAF Champions League 2006|2006]], [[CAF Champions League 2008|2008]]
* [[CAF Super Cup]]: 2006, 2007, 2009
* [[FIFA Club World Cup]] third place: [[2006 FIFA Club World Cup|2006]]

'''Petro Atletico'''
* [[Girabola]]: 2000, 2001
* [[Taça de Angola]]: 2000, 2002, 2013
* [[Angolan SuperCup]]: 2002

'''Angola'''
* Qualified for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] with Angola for the first time ever, and scored Angola's only World Cup goal in their history so far (despite playing for only thirty-nine minutes during the whole tournament).
* He scored 7 goals so far for [[Angola national football team|Angola]] in [[African Cup of Nations]] so far, in [[Egypt 2006]], [[Ghana 2008]], [[Angola 2010]].

'''Individual'''
* [[CAF Awards#African Champions League Best Player|CAF Champions League best player]]: 2001
* [[Egyptian Premier League]] top goalscorer: 2006–07, 2008–09
* [[Girabola]] top goalscorer: 2001, 2002
* [[CAF Champions League]] top goalscorer: 2001

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|198046}}

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