Manoel da Silva Filho

Manoel

Personal information
Full name	Manoel Lourenço da Silva Filho
Date of birth	February 2, 1978 (1978-02-02) (age 33)
Place of birth	Feira de Santana, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre forward
Club information
Current club	América-SP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1998	Internacional	3	(0)
1999	PSV	?	(?)
1999–2000	Vitória	14	(4)
2000–2001	Vitória Guimarães	13	(2)
2001–2003	Gil Vicente	60	(15)
2003–2005	Moreirense	62	(13)
2005–2006	Sporting CP	0	(0)
2005–2006	→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)	19	(0)
2006	Belenenses	9	(0)
2007	CRB	3	(0)
2007–2008	Nanchang Bayi
2009	Vihren	5	(0)
2010	Bahrain Riffa Club	?	(?)
2011–	América-SP
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Manoel Lourenço da Silva Filho, simply Manoel (born 2 February 1978 in Feira de Santana, Bahia), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for América Futebol Clube (SP), as a centre forward.

Football career

Manoel started his professional career with Sport Club Internacional. In January 1999, he moved abroad and signed for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, but returned shortly after to his country.

Manoel would spend the following seven years in Portugal, playing for Vitória de Guimarães, Gil Vicente FC (scoring ten first division goals in 2002–03, as the Barcelos outfit finished eighth) and Moreirense FC. In the 2005 summer, he joined Sporting Clube de Portugal, but was immediately loaned to Vitória Guimarães, and never appeared officially for the Lions. During his spell with the Minho club, he failed to find the net in the league, in an eventual relegation-ending season.

After starting the 2006–07 season with C.F. Os Belenenses, also in the top flight, Manoel left Portugal and returned to his country, with lowly Clube de Regatas Brasil. In the following years, he moved teams - and continents - constantly, playing for teams in Bulgaria, China and Bahrain.

External links

• SambaFoot profile
• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)

Persondata
Name	Manoel Da Silva Filho
Alternative names	Manoel
Short description	Brazilian footballer
Date of birth	2 February 1978
Place of birth	Feira de Santana, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death