Itaparica (footballer)

Manoel dos Santos Filho (Chinese: 伊達; born 8 July 1980), commonly known as Itaparica, is a former Brazilian-born Hong Kong professional football player who played as an attacking midfielder. He last played for Hong Kong Premier League club R&F.

Itaparica

Personal information
Full name	Manoel dos Santos Filho
Date of birth	8 July 1980
Place of birth	Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999	Brasília
2000	XV de Caraguatatuba
2001	Fraiburgo
2002	Tupã
2002–2003	Cruzeiro	1	(0)
2004	Portuguesa Santista
2004	Anapolina
2005	Portuguesa Santista
2005	São Bento
2005	Avaí
2006	Anapolina
2006–2007	Paysandu
2007	→ Brusque (loan)
2007–2008	South China	15	(3)
2008–2012	→ Pegasus (loan)	69	(43)
2012–2013	South China	17	(11)
2013–2014	Eastern	16	(4)
2014–2015	South China	19	(9)
2016	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	27	(7)
2016–2017	Tai Po	8	(1)
2017–2019	R&F	34	(6)
National team^‡
2015–2017	Hong Kong	8	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:45, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Club career

South China

Itaparica played in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for several clubs including Cruzeiro, Avai and Portuguesa. He joined South China[1] and made his debut for the team on the away league game against Lanwa Redbull on 15 September 2007, where the team won by 3–1. He scored his first goal for the team in the league match against Workable on 26 September 2007, where the team won by 6–1.

Pegasus

Since the 2009–10 season, Itaparica has been top scorer in Hong Kong three years in a row (currently leading the table). It was an outstanding achievement considering he played most of the time as an attacking midfielder for TSW Pegasus. He is able to score in all competitions he played with an amazing scoring percentage nearly 60%. With such superb and consistence performance he was named 'Hong Kong Best Eleven' in last 3 seasons. This article was not written by his agent.

South China

In the 2012–13 season, Itaparica rejoined South China.[2]

Eastern

On 11 June 2013, Eastern Salon announced their 22-men squad for the following season. Itaparica joined them after South China opted not to extend his contract.[3]

South China

Itaparica rejoins South China for the third time in summer 2014.

Tai Po

After a season with China League One club Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard, Itaparica decided to return to Hong Kong. He signed with HKPL side Tai Po on 30 December 2016.[4] On 18 March, Itaparica collided with a Southern player during a Premier League match. He sprained his right knee and was subsequently ruled out for six weeks.[5] He returned in time for Tai Po's Sapling Cup Final match against Pegasus on 3 May during which he won his first trophy since returning to Hong Kong.

R&F

In July 2017, the South China Morning Post reported that Itaparica would join R&F.[6]

On 19 June 2019, head coach Yeung Ching Kwong revealed that Itaparica would not be retained.[7] He announced his retirement from football after the season on 30 August 2019.

International career

Itaparica was born and raised in Brazil. In September 2014, Itaparica applied for the HKSAR passport and was granted one on 4 November 2015. As a result, he became eligible to play for the Hong Kong national team. On 31 December 2015, he earned his first cap for the national team during the 38th Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, an unofficial tournament.

On 3 January 2016, Itaparica scored his first goal for the national team. He made his formal debut for Hong Kong in a FIFA World Cup qualifying 2-0 loss against Qatar in March of that year.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 July 2017

Club	Season	League		Season Play-off		Senior Shield		League Cup		FA Cup		Sapling Cup		AFC Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South China	2007–08	13 (2)	3	N/A	N/A	1 (1)	0	4 (2)	1	2 (0)	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	20 (5)	5
TSW Pegasus	2008–09	19 (0)	8	N/A	N/A	4 (0)	4	4 (0)	1	4 (0)	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	31 (0)	16
	2009–10	17 (1)	13	N/A	N/A	2 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	21 (1)	18
	2010–11	16 (2)	11	N/A	N/A	1 (0)	0	3 (0)	2	2 (0)	4	N/A	N/A	6	2	28 (2)	19
	2011–12	14 (0)	11	N/A	N/A	6 (0)	4	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	21 (0)	15
South China	2012–13	17 (0)	11	N/A	N/A	3 (1)	1	N/A	N/A	2 (1)	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	22 (2)	13
Eastern	2013–14	13 (3)	4	N/A	N/A	3 (0)	0	N/A	N/A	1 (2)	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	17 (5)	4
South China	2014–15	12 (1)	4	2 (0)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (1)	1	2 (0)	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	18 (3)	5
	2015–16	4 (2)	3	N/A	N/A	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	1	0 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	N/A	N/A	7 (2)	4
Tai Po	2016–17	8 (0)	1	N/A	N/A	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	4 (0)	0	N/A	N/A	12 (0)	1
R&F	2017–18	0 (0)	0	N/A	N/A	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	N/A	N/A	0 (0)	0
All		144	68	2	0	23	10	19	6	18	13	5	0	6	2	217	100

Honours

Club

Pegasus

• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2009–10

South China

• Hong Kong First League: 2012–13

Eastern

• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2013–14

Tai Po

• Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2016–17

References

1. Scaafc.com 最新球員陣容 Archived 21 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
2. 2012–13 組軍消息 – 足主的話 – STEVEN LO'S BLOG Archived 12 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. "東方公佈下季大軍名單！". fanpiece.com. 11 June 2013.
4. "【回流港超】伊達加盟和富大埔 仍想爭奪錦標". 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily). Retrieved 30 December 2016. (in Chinese)
5. (in Chinese) "港超聯　伊達疑傷膝！南區大埔和住先". 東網. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
6. Chan, Kin-wa. "Eastern slam Hong Kong FA's special treatment of China-based Premier League club Guangzhou R&F". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
7. Tsang, Ngan Ping. "富力來季班費5,000萬楊正光：組軍已完成得八八九九". Apple Daily. Retrieved 19 June 2019. (in Chinese)
8. https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317414/index.html

External links

• Itaparica at Soccerway
• Itaparica at HKFA
• F&Z Sports Brazil: ITAPARICA