Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas (born 3 June 1977) is a Portuguese retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as an

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Club career

Born in

Penafiel Penafiel ( or () is a municipality and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) in the northern Portuguese district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion, the population was 72,265 in 2011, in an area of . History The region ...

, Damas' claim to fame came at the age of 20 when he scored three goals for lowly

F.C. Maia Futebol Clube da Maia is a Portuguese football club based in Maia, Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto. Founded on 4 April 1954, it currently plays in the Porto Regional League, holding home matches at the Estádio Professor Doutor Vieira de Carv ...

in a 4–5 home loss against country giants

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

in the

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. He was immediately bought by

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

in January 1998, but his career would never improve from there – he made his debut in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

with

F.C. Alverca Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira. It currently plays in the Portuguese 3rd Division. History F.C. Alverca was founded on 1 September 1939. After many ...

, and also served a two-year loan at

Sporting Clube Lourinhanense Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, simply Lourinhanense, is a Portuguese football club based in Lourinhã, Lisbon. It currently plays in the Regional Championships, and holds home games at ''Estádio Municipal da Lourinhã'', with a capacity of 2,0 ...

, the ''Lions

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, appearing very rarely for the first team. From his 2002 release from Sporting onwards, Damas played in almost every level of the

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, for instance representing F.C. Penafiel and

A.D. Lousada Associação Desportiva de Lousada or simply AD Lousada is a Portuguese club, based in Lousada, district of Porto. The club has various sports, specially football, field hockey and basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, ...

. For a short period of time, in 2008, he also had an unassuming abroad experience with

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cy ...

, but returned the following year to his country, joining amateurs A.C. Vila Meã (

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). Currently plays the role of head coach at CCD Sobrosa, a club that militates in the 1st division

AF Porto The Porto Football Association (Portuguese: Associação de Futebol do Porto; abbreviated as ''AF Porto'') is the district governing body for the all football and futsal competitions in the Portuguese district of Porto. It is also the regulator o ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Damas, Ivo 1977 births Living people People from Penafiel Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players U.S.C. Paredes players F.C. Maia players Sporting CP footballers F.C. Alverca players A.D. Ovarense players F.C. Penafiel players S.C. Dragões Sandinenses players A.D. Lousada players Anadia F.C. players Olympiakos Nicosia players AC Vila Meã players Cypriot Second Division players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Sportspeople from Porto District