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Akwá

{{short description|Angolan footballer (born 1977)}}

{{BLP sources | date= January 2024}}

{{Portuguese name|Alcebiades|Maieco}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Akwá

| image = FIFA World Cup 2006, Iran 1-1 Angola (07).jpg

| caption = Akwá at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

| full_name = Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Angola |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}

| height = 1.81 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|5|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Benguela, Angola

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1993–1994 |clubs1 = Nacional de Benguela |caps1 = 32 |goals1 = 11

| years2 = 1994–1997 |clubs2 = Benfica |caps2 = 5 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1995–1997 |clubs3 = → Alverca (loan) |caps3 = 15 |goals3 = 9

| years4 = 1997–1998 |clubs4 = Académica |caps4 = 19 |goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1998 |clubs5 = Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) |caps5 = |goals5 =

| years6 = 1998–1999 |clubs6 = Al-Wakrah |caps6 = 11 |goals6 = 11

| years7 = 1999–2000 |clubs7 = Al-Gharafa |caps7 = 28 |goals7 = 12

| years8 = 2000–2006 |clubs8 = Qatar |caps8 = 72 |goals8 = 44

| years9 = 2006–2008 |clubs9 = Al-Wakrah |caps9 = 12 |goals9 = 4

| years10 = 2008–2009 |clubs10 = Petro Atlético |caps10 = 19 |goals10 = 12

| totalcaps = |totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 1995–2006 |nationalteam1 = Angola |nationalcaps1 = 78 |nationalgoals1 = 39

}}

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.

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.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

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.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

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=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Emir of Qatar Cup

!colspan="2"|Qatar Cup

!colspan="2"|Sheikh Jassim Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="3"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Wakrah

|1998–99

|12

11342300001716
rowspan="3"|Al-Gharafa

|1999–2000

|14

74231574{{efn|Appearances in Arab Cup Winners' Cup}}33022
2000–01

|14

53000132{{efn|Appearances in Arab Cup Winners' Cup}}22212
Total

!28

127231610655234
rowspan="5"|Qatar

|2001–02

|11

8000000colspan="2"|–118
2002–03

|18

123021002{{efn|Appearances in GCC Champions League}}12514
2003–04

|18

132431colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–2318
2004–05

|25

11111020colspan="2"|–2912
Total

!72

44656220218852
Al-Wakrah

|2005–06

|12

400000000124
colspan="2"|Career total

!124

71161111681086176104

{{notelist}}

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="12"|Angola

|1995

63
199631
199784
199872
199923
200095
2001116
200231
200364
200432
200582
2006126
colspan="2"|Total7839

:Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akwá goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Akwá{{cite web |title=Akwa |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/akwa-intlg.html |website=RSSSF}}

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

style="text-align:center"|1rowspan="2"|23 April 1995rowspan="2"|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angolarowspan="2"|{{fb|GUI}}style="text-align:center"|1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0rowspan="2"|1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|2style="text-align:center"|3–0
style="text-align:center"|34 June 1995Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|MLI}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|1–01996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|410 November 1996Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|ZIM}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|2–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|56 April 1997Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|TOG}}style="text-align:center"|2–1style="text-align:center"|3–11996 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|68 June 1997Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|CMR}}style="text-align:center"|1–1style="text-align:center"|1–11996 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|722 June 1997Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|GHA}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|1–01998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|827 July 1997Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|ZIM}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|2–11998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|9rowspan="2"|16 August 1998rowspan="2"|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angolarowspan="2"|{{fb|BEN}}style="text-align:center"|1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–0rowspan="2"|2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|10style="text-align:center"|2–0
style="text-align:center"|11rowspan="3"|24 January 1999rowspan="3"|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angolarowspan="3"|{{fb|GAB}}style="text-align:center"|1–0rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–1rowspan="3"|2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|12style="text-align:center"|2–0
style="text-align:center"|13style="text-align:center"|3–1
style="text-align:center"|14rowspan="2"|19 June 2000rowspan="2"|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angolarowspan="2"|{{fb|ZAM}}style="text-align:center"|1–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|15style="text-align:center"|2–0
style="text-align:center"|166 July 2000Praia, Cape Verde{{fb|CPV}}style="text-align:center"|style="text-align:center"|1–1Friendly
style="text-align:center"|1716 July 2000Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|EQG}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|4–12002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|1823 July 2000Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho{{fb|LES|1987}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|2–02000 COSAFA Cup
style="text-align:center"|1924 January 2001Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|LBY|1977}}style="text-align:center"|3–1style="text-align:center"|3–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|2011 March 2001Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo{{fb|TOG}}style="text-align:center"|1–1style="text-align:center"|1–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|2125 March 2001Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|BFA}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|2–02002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|226 May 2001Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|CMR}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|2–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|2329 July 2001Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|TOG}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|1–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|2418 August 2001Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia{{fb|ZAM}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|1–1 (4–2 pen.)2001 COSAFA Cup
style="text-align:center"|2525 June 2002Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo, Mozambique{{fb|MOZ}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|1–1Friendly
style="text-align:center"|2621 June 2003Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, Nigeria{{fb|NGA}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|2–22004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|276 July 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|MAW}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|5–12004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
style="text-align:center"|2820 September 2003Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia{{fb|NAM}}style="text-align:center"|3–1style="text-align:center"|3–1Friendly
style="text-align:center"|2916 November 2003Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|CHA}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|2–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|3020 June 2004Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|NGA}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|1–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|313 July 2004Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon{{fb|GAB}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|2–22006 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|325 June 2005Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola{{fb|ALG}}style="text-align:center"|2–0style="text-align:center"|2–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|338 October 2005Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda{{fb|RWA}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|1–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"|3417 January 2006Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco{{fb|MAR}}style="text-align:center"|1–2style="text-align:center"|2–2Friendly
style="text-align:center"|35rowspan="4"|29 April 2006rowspan="4"|Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesothorowspan="4"|{{fb|MRI}}style="text-align:center"|1–1rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|5–1rowspan="4"|2006 COSAFA Cup
style="text-align:center"|36style="text-align:center"|2–1
style="text-align:center"|37style="text-align:center"|3–1
style="text-align:center"|38style="text-align:center"|4–1
style="text-align:center"|392 June 2006Fortuna Sittard Stadion, Sittard, Netherlands{{fb|TUR}}style="text-align:center"|1–0style="text-align:center"|2–3Friendly

Honours

Al-Gharafa

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

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090120130630/http://www.girabola.com/fabrice-alcebiades-maieco-akwa/ Girabola.com - Akwá]}}
  • [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/170066_AKWA.html Yahoo! sports profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312213324/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/170066_AKWA.html |date=12 March 2007 }}
  • [http://allafrica.com/stories/200706050736.html Football - Akwá, Petro's New Reinforcement] AllAfrica.com, 5 June 2007

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