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Itaparica
Personal information
Full name	Manoel dos Santos Filho
Date of birth	8 July 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999	Brasília
2000	XV de Caraguatatuba
2001	Fraiburgo
2002	Tupã
2002–2003	Cruzeiro
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
2008–2012	→ Pegasus (loan)
2012–2013	South China
2013–2014	Eastern
2014–2015	South China
2016	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
2016–2017	Tai Po
2017–2019	R&F
International career‡
2016–2017	Hong Kong
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 October 2017

Manoel dos Santos Filho (Chinese: 伊達; born 8 July 1980), commonly known as Itaparica, is a former Brazilian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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 consecutive seasons. 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 and returned to Brazil in November of the same year.^[8]

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.^[9]

On 24 March 2016, Itaparica made his international debut for Hong Kong in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Qatar.

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
Club	Season	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
South China	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

International

As of 5 October 2017

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong	2016	5	1
Hong Kong	2017	3	0
Total		8	1

International goals

As of match played 1 September 2016.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 September 2016	Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong	4	Cambodia	2–1	4–2	Friendly

Honours

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

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^ 2012–13 組軍消息 – 足主的話 – STEVEN LO'S BLOG Archived 12 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ "東方公佈下季大軍名單！". fanpiece.com. 11 June 2013.
^ "【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)
^ (in Chinese) "港超聯伊達疑傷膝！南區大埔和住先". 東網. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
^ 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.
^ 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. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019. (in Chinese)
^ "【新冠肺炎】上季掛靴返巴西前港腳伊達與家人確診 (00:06) - 20200719 - 體育". 明報新聞網 - 即時新聞 instant news (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^ FIFA.com

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Wisdom Fofo Agbo	Pegasus captain August 2011 – July 2012	Succeeded by Ng Wai Chiu
Preceded by Chan Wai Ho	Hong Kong League XI captain 2013	Succeeded by Incumbent