Angolan Players in Europe

December 17th, 2008 | By: kiko | 3 Comments »

There are still many Angolan players in Europe that are unknown to the people in Angola. The Angolan FA (FAF) needs to step up and start approaching these players.

Luwamo Garcia (born 1 May 1985) is a midfielder, who currently plays for RKC Waalwijk (Dutch league)

Antonio Correia (born 22 October 1983)- striker – FC Inter Turku (Finnish league)

Guilherme Afonso (born 15 November 1985)- striker – BV Veendam (Dutch league)

Eldon Martins Maquemba (born 8 June 1984)- striker – Olympiakos Nicosia (Cypriot league)

Francisco Zuela (born 3 August 1983)- Defender- Skoda Xanthi (Greek league)

Hélder Graca Neto (September 5, 1982)- striker – Doxa Katokopias (Cyprus)

Pedro Kamata (born 6 September 1981 in Luanda)- midfielder – Bari (Italian Serie B)

Frederico de Castro Roque dos Santos (Freddy) [Has played for the national team before] (born 14 August 1978 in Malanje)- Striker – Enosis Neon Paralimni (Cypriot league)

Last but not least

Evandro Brandao (May 7 1991)- striker- Manchester United Academy [Although young, it would be great if the coaches started to call him for the under-21 squads. He seems promising and if FAF fail to do their jobs (again), he will end up playing for the Portuguese national team in the future]

There is inumerous talent in Europe. If only the national team staff had the patience to scout players, the national team would certainly be better.

Mabi de Almeida needs to “discover” some of these players, in order to gain more credibility as a serious coach.
Fingers crossed that Mabi de Almeida will read this article and do some research on Angolan players (This is how much we need new talent).

Tags: Angola, Angolan players, Antonio Correia, Eldon Maquemba, Evandro Brandao, Francisco Zuela, Freddy, Group B, Guilherme Afonso, Helder Neto, Luwamo Garcia, Pedro Kamata

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Comments

By Pedro | December 23rd, 2008 at 11:00 am

Just by glancing quickly one thing is certain, there are no shortages of strikers that may don the national team jersey. However I just think its hard, at least for now, to break into the national team set up if you are a striker.
Its plain obvious Flavio is the cog in which the Palancas rely upfront, then you get Manucho…moreover factor in the fact that angolans don’t like the fact that they national team doesn’t comprise of any “local” player, therefore you have to call up Love, Santana etc to shore up the national support.
I also think that Luwamo “Diangi” Garcia has already once played for the national team, and in my opinion he was mistreated has he was not given enough chances for him to establish himself, reason which I think influenced Kivuvu in stalling for playing for the Palancas as both Diangi and Kivuvu are very good friends.
Also there were talks before of Kamata playing for Palancas but he is also stalling.
That is the main reason I think it would be best to have a “famous” coach in place as it is much better and easier to convince someone to come and play for Angola when your name is Jose Mourinho, Zico or Artur Jorge than Mabi de Almeida or Oliveira Gonçalves.

By Kiko | December 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am

Pedro,

Luwamo Garcia and Diangi Matusiwa are different players.

Garcia is a midfielder for RKC Waalwijk, while, Diangi plays for Den Bosch.

I agree with you regarding the more experienced coach. A more experienced coach is more likely to persuade players to join the national team.
If Angola was to have a foreign coach, he would certainly select players on form rather than by their status.

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