Babanco

Babanco

Personal information
Full name	Elvis Manuel Monteiro Macedo
Date of birth	(1985-07-27) 27 July 1985
Place of birth	Praia, Cape Verde
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Estoril
Number	55
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Sporting Praia
2009–2010	Boavista (CPV)
2010–2012	Arouca	54	(7)
2012–2013	Olhanense	22	(0)
2013–	Estoril	42	(0)
International career‡
2008–	Cape Verde	42	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2015

Elvis Manuel Monteiro Macedo (born 27 July 1985), known as Babanco, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club G.D. Estoril Praia as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Praia, Babanco started playing football with local Sporting Clube da Praia, moving in 2009 to another team in his hometown, Boavista Futebol Clube.

In the 2010–11 season he signed with F.C. Arouca in Portugal, which was competing for the first time ever in the country's second division. He was first-choice during his two-year spell, with the Aveiro side consecutively managing to retain its league status.

International career

A Cape Verdean international since 2008, Babanco was called up to the national team for exhibition games against Malta and Angola in August 2009.

On 24 May 2010 he appeared in a friendly in Covilhã with Portugal – who was preparing for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa – playing 60 minutes as the minnows (ranked 117th) managed a 0–0 draw.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 June 2008	Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde	Tanzania	1–0	1–0	2010 World Cup qualification
2.	8 June 2013	Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	2–1	2014 World Cup qualification

External links

• Babanco at footballzz.co.uk
• Babanco profile at ForaDeJogo
• Babanco at National-Football-Teams.com
• Babanco – FIFA competition record
• Babanco at Soccerway
• Worldfootball profile