Luís Delgado

Luis Delgado

Personal information
Full name	Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado
Date of birth	(1979-11-01) November 1, 1979
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Petro Atletico
2003–2005	Primeiro Agosto
2005–2006	Petro Atletico
2006–2009	FC Metz	29	(0)
2009–2010	En Avant de Guingamp	7	(0)
International career‡
1998–2008	Angola	20	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2006

For other people named Luis Delgado, see Luis Delgado (disambiguation).

Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado, better known as Delgado (born 1 November 1979 in Luanda, Angola), is an Angolan football left defender.

Career

Delgado began his career with Petro Atletico and joined later to rivals Primeiro de Agosto the best two major football teams in Angolan Championship Girabola. After good performances in the 2006 FIFA Worldcup, Delgado transferred to French club FC Metz, as result of the promotion of FC Metz to the French League Le Championat, Delgado will become (as of July 2007) the first Angolan football player to play for a team in the top league of the French football. On June 5, 2009 the Angola international left-back signed a two year contract with En Avant de Guingamp on a free transfer.

International career

Delgado is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.

National team statistics

Angola national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1998
1999	3	0
2000	0	0
2001	0	0
2002	0	0
2003	1	0
2004	0	0
2005	1	0
2006	11	0
2007	1	0
2008	1	0
Total

External links

• Player profile – L'Equipe.fr