Akwá

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.

Akwá
Akwá at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco[1]
Date of birth (1977-05-30) 30 May 1977
Place of birth Benguela, Angola
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Nacional de Benguela 32 (11)
1994–1997 Benfica 5 (0)
1995–1997 → Alverca (loan) 15 (9)
1997–1998 Académica 19 (1)
1998 Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)
1998–1999 Al-Wakrah 11 (11)
1999–2000 Al-Gharafa 28 (12)
2000–2006 Qatar 72 (44)
2006–2008 Al-Wakrah 12 (4)
2008–2009 Petro Atlético 19 (12)
International career
1995–2006 Angola 78 (39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 accumulated 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 assembly. He is interested in major developments in sports in Angola.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Emir of Qatar Cup Qatar Cup Sheikh Jassim Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Wakrah 1998–99 1211342300001716
Al-Gharafa 1999–2000 1474231574[lower-alpha 1]33022
2000–01 1453000132[lower-alpha 2]22212
Total 28127231610655234
Qatar 2001–02 118000000118
2002–03 18123021002[lower-alpha 3]12514
2003–04 181324312318
2004–05 25111110202912
Total 7244656220218852
Al-Wakrah 2005–06 12400000000124
Career total 12471161111681086176104
  1. Appearances in Arab Cup Winners' Cup
  2. Appearances in Arab Cup Winners' Cup
  3. Appearances in GCC Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Angola 199563
199631
199784
199872
199923
200095
2001116
200231
200364
200432
200582
2006126
Total7839
Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akwá goal.
List of international goals scored by Akwá[2]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
123 April 1995Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Guinea1–03–01996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
23–0
34 June 1995Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Mali1–01–01996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
410 November 1996Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Zimbabwe1–02–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
56 April 1997Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Togo2–13–11996 FIFA World Cup qualification
68 June 1997Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Cameroon1–11–11996 FIFA World Cup qualification
722 June 1997Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Ghana1–01–01998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
827 July 1997Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Zimbabwe2–02–11998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
916 August 1998Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Benin1–02–02000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
102–0
1124 January 1999Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Gabon1–03–12000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
122–0
133–1
1419 June 2000Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Zambia1–12–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
152–0
166 July 2000Praia, Cape Verde Cape Verde1–1Friendly
1716 July 2000Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Equatorial Guinea2–04–12002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1823 July 2000Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho Lesotho2–02–02000 COSAFA Cup
1924 January 2001Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Libya3–13–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2011 March 2001Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Togo1–11–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2125 March 2001Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Burkina Faso2–02–02002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
226 May 2001Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Cameroon1–02–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2329 July 2001Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Togo1–01–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2418 August 2001Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia Zambia1–01–1 (4–2 pen.)2001 COSAFA Cup
2525 June 2002Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique1–01–1Friendly
2621 June 2003Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, Nigeria Nigeria2–02–22004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
276 July 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Malawi2–05–12004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2820 September 2003Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Namibia3–13–1Friendly
2916 November 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Chad1–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3020 June 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Nigeria1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
313 July 2004Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon Gabon1–02–22006 FIFA World Cup qualification
325 June 2005Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola Algeria2–02–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
338 October 2005Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3417 January 2006Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Morocco1–22–2Friendly
3529 April 2006Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho Mauritius1–15–12006 COSAFA Cup
362–1
373–1
384–1
392 June 2006Fortuna Sittard Stadion, Sittard, Netherlands Turkey1–02–3Friendly

Honours

Al-Gharafa

  • Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 1999, 2000
  • Cheikh Qassim Cup: 1999

Qatar SC

  • Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2002, 2004

Angola

Individual

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

References

  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Angola" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. "Akwa". RSSSF.
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