Ivo Damas

Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas (born 3 June 1977) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Ivo Damas
Personal information
Full name Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas
Date of birth (1977-06-03) 3 June 1977
Place of birth Penafiel, Portugal
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1988–1991 Penafiel
1992–1995 Paredes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Paredes
1997–1998 Maia 5 (1)
1998–2002 Sporting CP 8 (0)
1998–2000 → Lourinhanense (loan) 20 (8)
2000–2001 → Alverca (loan) 6 (1)
2001–2002 → Ovarense (loan) 8 (0)
2002–2003 Penafiel 12 (0)
2003–2005 Dragões Sandinenses 45 (9)
2005–2006 Vitória Pico
2006 Madalena 8 (0)
2007 Lousada 13 (0)
2007–2008 Anadia 16 (1)
2008 Olympiakos Nicosia 2 (0)
2009–2010 Vila Meã 0 (0)
National team
1997–1998 Portugal U20 3 (0)
1998 Portugal U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Penafiel, Damas' claim to fame came at the age of 20 when he scored three goals for lowly F.C. Maia in a 4–5 home loss against country giants FC Porto in the Portuguese Cup.[1] He was immediately bought by Sporting CP in January 1998, but his career would never improve from there – he made his debut in the Primeira Liga with F.C. Alverca, and also served a two-year loan at Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, the Lions' feeder club, appearing very rarely for the first team.

From his 2002 release from Sporting onwards, Damas played in almost every level of the Portuguese football league system, for instance representing F.C. Penafiel and A.D. Lousada. For a short period of time, in 2008, he also had an unassuming abroad experience with Cyprus' Olympiakos Nicosia, but returned the following year to his country, joining amateurs A.C. Vila Meã (fourth division).

References
  1. Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (15 October 2014). "Ivo Damas: a segunda vida como comercial de automóveis" [Ivo Damas: the second life as car dealer] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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