Manucho
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Manucho playing for Real Valladolid in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Flaminguinhos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2002 | Benfica de Luanda | 12 | (5) |
| 2002–2008 | Petro Atlético | 78 | (34) |
| 2008–2009 | Manchester United | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Panathinaikos (loan) | 10 | (4) |
| 2009 | → Hull City (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2009–2014 | Valladolid | 98 | (19) |
| 2010 | → Bucaspor (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Manisaspor (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2018 | Rayo Vallecano | 112 | (14) |
| 2018–2019 | Cornellà | 16 | (1) |
| Total | 361 | (81) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2017 | Angola | 53 | (22) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves (born 7 March 1983), commonly known as Manucho, is a former Angolan professional footballer who played as a striker.
Manucho moved from Petro Atletico to Manchester United in January 2008. Before playing a game for United, however, he was loaned out to Greek side Panathinaikos for the remainder of the 2007–08 season due to issues with obtaining a UK work permit. Manucho received a work permit soon after returning to Manchester United for pre-season training in July 2008, and made his debut for the club in the League Cup against Middlesbrough on 23 September 2008. Short of first team opportunities at Old Trafford, however, on 16 January 2009 he joined Hull City on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season. Having failed to break into the Manchester United first team, Manucho joined Real Valladolid in July 2009.
He was also a member of the Angolan national team, representing them at four Africa Cups of Nations.
During his career, he had many nicknames, given by his fans, but the one that remains most famous and by which he is still known is "El Ciola", given to him by Real Valladolid fans in 2009.