Akwá Biography

Angolan footballerIn this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alcebiades and the second or paternal family name is Maieco.

Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco (born 30 May 1977), commonly known as Akwá, is an Angolan former professional football player who played as a forward for the Angolan national team. From his international debut in 1995, Akwá represented Angola 78 times, scoring a record 39 goals. He played for them in three Africa Cup of Nations and captained the side at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Akwá has a brother, Rasca, who was a professional football player for Atlético Sport Aviação in Angola.

Club career

Akwá was born in Benguela. He played for three football clubs in Portugal at the start of his career: Benfica, F.C. Alverca, and Académica de Coimbra. He spent four years in Portugal before moving to Qatar where he had the most successful period of his career.

He spent seven years there, playing for three different teams in the Qatar Stars League. He played for Al-Wakrah, Al-Gharrafa and Qatar SC. In his time in Qatar he won the Arab Champions League, Qatar Crown Prince Cup and was the league's top scorer in 1999 with 11 goals. After leaving Al-Wakrah for the second time in 2006, he remained unattached until 2007, when he moved to Angolan club Petro Atlético. Akwá remained there for one season before retiring from professional football.

International career

Akwá won his first cap for Angola in 1995 against Mozambique. He ac*ulated 78 caps in total, scoring 39 goals. One was the winning goal that sent Angola to their first ever World Cup. He played in all three of Angola's games at the 2006 World Cup, but did not score, and they were eliminated from their group. Akwá retired from international football after the tournament.

Politics

Akwa is currently a member of the Angolan legislative *embly. He is interested in major developments in sports in Angola.

Career statistics

Club

    International

    Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akwá goal.

    Honours

    Al-Gharafa

    • Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 1999, 2000
    • Cheikh Q*im Cup: 1999

    Qatar SC

    • Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2002, 2004

    Angola

    • COSAFA Cup: 1999, 2001, 2004

    Individual

    • Qatar Stars League: Top scorer 1998–99
    • Best stranger player in Qatar: 1999, 2004, 2005
    • Angolan Player Of The Year: 2006

    References

      External links

      • Girabola.com - Akwá Archived 20 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
      • Yahoo! sports profile Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
      • Football - Akwá, Petro's New Reinforcement AllAfrica.com, 5 June 2007

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