Mário Damião Hipólito (born 1 June 1985) is an

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n football

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Career

Hipólito was born in

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. He was called up to the

2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

, despite never having previously appeared for the

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

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* * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Luanda Angolan footballers Angola men's international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Men's association football goalkeepers Kabuscorp S.C.P. players F.C. Bravos do Maquis players G.D. Interclube players 2016 African Nations Championship players Angola men's A' international footballers {{Angola-footy-bio-stub