Dário Furtado

Dário

Personal information
Full name	Dário Osvaldo Dias Furtado
Date of birth	14 January 1979 (1979-01-14) (age 32)
Place of birth	Praia, Cape Verde
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Sporting Praia
Youth career
	Sporting Praia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2000	Sporting Praia
2000–2003	Gil Vicente	5	(0)
2001–2002	→ Ovarense (loan)	22	(0)
2003–2004	Marco	29	(0)
2004–2005	Paços Ferreira	19	(0)
2005–	Sporting Praia
National team‡
2004–	Cape Verde	13	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2011

Dário Osvaldo Dias Furtado (born 14 January 1979 in Praia), simply Dário, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Sporting Clube da Praia mainly as a left defender.

Club career

Dário moved in 2000 to Portugal to play for Gil Vicente FC. He would, however, only appear in five top division games for the Barcelos club over the course of two seasons, also being loaned to A.D. Ovarense whilst on contract.

He spent the majority of his career in the country in the second level (Ovarense included), appearing regularly for F.C. Marco and F.C. Paços de Ferreira, and attaining promotion with the latter in 2005.

Shortly after that season, Dário returned to his country and his first professional team Sporting Clube da Praia, going on to play the remainder of his career with his hometown club.

International career

Dário made his debut for Cape Verde in 2004, aged 25. He played once for the national team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, appearing 15 minutes in a 1–2 away loss against South Africa.

In August 2009, after Cape Verde was eliminated from the 2010 World Cup, Dário was called-up for friendlies with Malta and Angola,^[1] scoring in the latter game (1–1 draw).^[2] On 24 May, he appeared in a friendly in Covilhã with Portugal – who was preparing for the World Cup in South Africa – playing the entire match as the minnows (ranked 117th) managed a 0–0 draw.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Selecção nacional de futebol: divulgada lista para amistosos com Malta e Angola [National football team: list for friendlies with Malta and Angola released]" (in Portuguese). Expresso das Ilhas. 29 August 2009. http://www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv/pt/noticias/detail/id/11451. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
2. ^ "Futebol: Angola e Cabo Verde empatam no amistoso [Football: Angola and Cape Verde draw in friendly]" (in Portuguese). Expresso das Ilhas. 9 September 2009. http://www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv/index.php/pt/noticias/detail/id/11653. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
3. ^ "Portugal held to 0–0 draw by Cape Verde". USA Today. 24 May 2010. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-05-24-2037303516_x.htm. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Dário Furtado at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dário Furtado – FIFA competition record

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Name	Furtado, Dario
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Date of birth	14 January 1979
Place of birth	Praia, Cape Verde
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