Armandinho Manjate

Armandinho Manjate
Personal information
Full name Armando Manjate
Date of birth 1970
Place of birth Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1987-1990 Toronto Italia
1991-1992 Toronto First Portuguese
1993 North York Rockets
1996 Toronto Supra 9 (0)
1997 Toronto Lynx 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Armandinho Manjate (born 1970) is a former Brazilian footballer and currently the U15 Boys Assistant Coach for the Ontario Soccer Association.

Football Career

Manjate began his football career in Portugal at the youth level with Sporting Clube de Portugal.[1] He would have stints with S.C. Olhanense, and FC Volendam. In the late 1980's he moved to Canada to play in the Canadian National Soccer League with Toronto Italia. He had a successful career with Italia winning two regular season championships, and two CNSL Championship. In 1991, he signed with Toronto First Portuguese. and signed with the North York Rockets in 1993. In 1996, he signed with Toronto Supra and was appointed the team captain for the 1996 CNSL season.[2] Manjate would help Toronto finish third in the league standings and thus secured a postseason berth. In the postseason Supra faced St. Catharines Wolves in the semi-finals, but lost to score of 2-1 on goals on aggregate.

In 1997, Manjate signed with newly expansion franchise Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League, and his signing was announced on April, 1997.[3] He made his debut for the club on April 12, 1997 in a match against Jacksonville Cyclones.[4] He helped Toronto reach the playoffs by finishing fourth in the Northeastern Division.

References

  1. ↑ Koreen, Mike. "Kids get kicks with former pro". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  2. ↑ Glover, Robin. "Sunday June 23rd, 1996". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  3. ↑ Bailey, Dave. "Soccer News Story". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  4. ↑ Abao, G. Warren. "Jacksonville Cyclones (1) 3:1 (0) Toronto Lynx".
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