Ivo Afonso

Ivo Afonso
Personal information
Full name	Ivo Rafael Brandão Afonso
Date of birth	17 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1988–1989	Coimbrões
1989–1995	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1996	Famalicão
1996–1997	Arrifanense
1997–1999	Marco
1999–2000	Canelas
2000–2004	Gil Vicente
2004–2005	Naval
2005–2006	Moreirense
2006–2007	Olympiakos Nicosia
2007	Panetolikos
2008	Kalamata
2008	Olympiakos Nicosia
2008–2009	Apollon Kalamarias
2009–2010	Oberkorn
2010–2011	Steinfort
2011–2013	US Esch-Alzette
2013–2014	Steinfort
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivo Rafael Brandão Afonso (born 17 December 1975) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career[edit]

Born in Porto, Afonso played four consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga with Gil Vicente FC, where he appeared mostly as a backup (an average of 14 games per campaign).

At nearly 31 he moved abroad, representing teams in Cyprus, Greece and Luxembourg. His only spell in these countries' top flight was with Olympiakos Nicosia, in 2006–07.^[1]^[2]

References[edit]

^ Marques Simões, Rui (3 January 2009). "Quando a emigração se torna um pesadelo" [When immigration becomes a nightmare]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
^ Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (19 May 2016). "Sem a família: as noites geladas num mercado do Luxemburgo" [Without the family: the icy nights in a Luxembourg market] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

External links[edit]

Ivo Afonso at ForaDeJogo (archived)

[1] Marques Simões, Rui (3 January 2009). "Quando a emigração se torna um pesadelo" [When immigration becomes a nightmare]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[2] Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (19 May 2016). "Sem a família: as noites geladas num mercado do Luxemburgo" [Without the family: the icy nights in a Luxembourg market] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

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