Alfredo Esteves

{{short description|Portuguese-East Timorese footballer}}

{{Portuguese name|Mousinho|Esteves}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alfredo Esteves

| image =

| fullname = Alfredo Manuel Mousinho Esteves

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1976|4|6}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}

| currentclub =

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1998–2003

| years2 = 2003

| years3 = 2003

| years4 = 2003–2004

| years5 = 2004–2005

| years6 = 2005–2006

| years7 = 2006–2007

| years8 = 2007–2010

| clubs1 = G.D. Gafanha

| clubs2 = New Hampshire Phantoms

| clubs3 = Paternò Calcio

| clubs4 = UD Tocha

| clubs5 = Oliveira do Bairro SC

| clubs6 = CD Aves

| clubs7 = Minnesota Thunder

| clubs8 = South Coast Wolves

| caps1 = 154

| caps2 = 18

| caps3 = 0

| caps4 = 19

| caps5 = 28

| caps6 = 6

| caps7 = 17

| caps8 = 19

| goals1 = 12

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2004–2008

| nationalteam1 = East Timor

| nationalcaps1 = 14

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2014– | managerclubs1 = Timor-Leste (assistant)

| pcupdate = 29 September 2012

| ntupdate = 25 October 2008

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Alfredo Manuel Mousinho Esteves (born 6 April 1976 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese-East Timorese former footballer. He began his management career at Albion Park White Eagles before being sacked in the 2012 season. He is now currently the coach of Fernhill under 20s as well as being the coaching coordinator at Albion Park Junior Football Club.

International career

Esteves was the captain of the Timor-Leste national football team,{{Cite news |last=Madra |first=Ek |date=2008-10-30 |title=World's worst soccer team happy to win first point |language=en |agency=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-asia-timor-idUSTRE49T3MR20081030 |access-date=2022-08-20}} and earned 14 caps for the squad between 2003 and 2008 when he decided to retire from the national team.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} He made his senior international debut in the 2004 Tiger Cup against Malaysia on 12 December 2004 and last played for the national team in the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification against Laos on 25 October 2008 when he scored his first ever international goal.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

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|25 October 2008

|Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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|2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification

Personal life

Although born in Portugal, Esteves holds dual citizenship with Timor-Leste.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

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