Afonso Abel de Campos (born 4 May 1962) is an Angolan retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...

, Campos started his career with local

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982 and is th ...

, where he won five

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championships in only six years. Subsequently, he caught the eye of Portuguese

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side

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, who signed him for the 1988–89 season. 31 of Campos' league appearances with them came in that first year – 19 starts – and he added three goals to help his team to the domestic title. He continued competing in the country in the following three years, with C.F. Estrela da Amadora

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and

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, the latter club in the Segunda Liga. Until his retirement, in 1998 at the age of 36, Campos alternated between Portugal and

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. In the latter nation, he shared teams at

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with former Benfica teammate Vata.

International career

Campos represented

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during eight years, making his debut in 1988. He appeared in six

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qualifying matches, and was part of the squad at the

1996 African Cup of Nations The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who replaced original hosts Kenya. The field expanded for the first time to 16 teams, s ...

Personal life

Campos' son, Djalma, was also a footballer. He too spent most of his career in Portugal.

Honours

Club

Petro Atlético *

: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 *

Taça de Angola :''This is about the Angolan football (soccer) competition. For the similarly named sports competitions, see Taça de Angola (basketball), Taça de Angola (handball) Taça de Angola (roller hockey)'' The Angolan football Cup is the main "knockout" ...

: 1987 Benfica *

: 1988–89 *

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: 1988 *

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

: Runner-up 1989–90

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Abel 1962 births Living people Footballers from Luanda Angolan men's footballers Men's association football wingers Girabola players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.L. Benfica footballers C.F. Estrela da Amadora players S.C. Braga players Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco players F.C. Alverca players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Deltras F.C. players 1996 African Cup of Nations players Angola men's international footballers Angolan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal