Fernando Sousa

{{short description|Angolan retired footballer (born 1967)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fernando Sousa

| image =

| fullname = Fernando Manuel Gomes Sousa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|8|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Luanda, Angola

| height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1980–1981 | youthclubs1 = Vitória Lisboa

| youthyears2 = 1981–1982 | youthclubs2 = Oriental

| youthyears3 = 1982–1986 | youthclubs3 = Sporting CP

| years1 = 1986–1987 | clubs1 = Alverca | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1987–1989 | clubs2 = Vialonga | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1989–2000 | clubs3 = Campomaiorense | caps3 = 227 | goals3 = 14

| years4 = 2001–2002 | clubs4 = O Elvas | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 2002–2004 | clubs5 = Benavilense | caps5 = | goals5 =

| nationalyears1 = 1997–1998 | nationalteam1 = Angola | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 1

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}}

Fernando Manuel Gomes de Sousa (born 4 August 1967) is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Luanda, Sousa played his entire career in Portugal. His spell as a professional consisted of {{frac|11|1|2}} seasons with S.C. Campomaiorense which he represented in all four major levels, with Primeira Liga totals of 73 games and two goals.

Sousa part of the side who reached the final of the Portuguese Cup, being an unused substitute in the 0–1 loss to S.C. Beira-Mar.{{cite news|url=http://www.zerozero.pt/jogo.php?id=315466|title=Beira-Mar 1–0 Campomaiorense|publisher=Zerozero|date=19 June 1999|accessdate=6 June 2014}} He retired in 2004, at the age of 36.

International career

Sousa played 13 times for the Angola national team, scoring his only goal on 6 April 1997 against Togo, in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match.{{cite news|url=http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1998/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CAF/G4/AGOVSTGO.HTM|title=Angola vs Togo 3:1 (2:1) CAF|publisher=All World Cup|date=6 April 1997|access-date=19 October 2013}}

=International goals=

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!Date

!Venue

!Opponent

!Result

!Competition

1

|6 April 1997

|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola

|{{fb|Togo}}

|{{center|3–1}}

|1998 World Cup qualification

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