Aldair Sapalo Amaro Neto (born 22 July 1994) simply Aldair or Aldair Neto, is an Angolan

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who plays for

Shamakhi Shamakhi ( az, Şamaxı, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving it ...

as a

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Football 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 ...

, Neto spent his youth career in Portugal, with G.D. Rio de Mouro,

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, Real SC, C.F. União de Coimbra and

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. He made his senior debut in 2013 with A.D. Oeiras of the

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's first district league, and in the new year joined

C.D. Fátima Centro Desportivo de Fátima, simply known as Fátima, is a Portuguese football club based in Fátima, in the municipality of Ourém. Founded in 1966, it holds home matches at ''Estádio Papa Francisco'', with a capacity of 1,545 spectators. Clu ...

in the third tier. On 8 August 2014, Neto signed a five-year contract with

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in Segunda Liga. He made his professional debut the next day in a 2–1 loss at

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, as a 61st-minute substitute for Gonçalo Reyes. He became a regular in the third tier following the

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ns' relegation, and in August 2018 he transferred across the league to

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. He scored on his debut, a 1–1 home draw with

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on 12 August. In August 2019, after a successful trial following his release from Marítimo, Neto joined

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in the

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, the second tier of Welsh football. He and

Yalany Baio Yalany Cuino Baio (born 10 October 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Welsh club Cefn Druids. Football career After playing for the youth team of S.L. Benfica, he joined Liverpool Liverpool is a city and ...

were released in December.

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