Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco (born 30 May 1977), commonly known as Akwá, is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a forward for the Angola national team. From his international debut in 1995, Akwá represented Angola 78 times, being their all time top goalscorer, and setting a record 39 goals. He played for them in three Africa Cup of Nations and captained the side at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Akwá has a brother, Rasca, who was a professional football player for Atlético Sport Aviação in Angola.

Club career Akwá was born in Benguela. He played for three football clubs in Portugal at the start of his career: Benfica, F.C. Alverca, and Académica de Coimbra. He spent four years in Portugal before moving to Qatar where he had the most successful period of his career.

He spent seven years there, playing for three different teams in the Qatar Stars League. He played for Al-Wakrah, Al-Gharafa and Qatar SC. In his time in Qatar he won the Arab Champions League, Qatar Crown Prince Cup and was the league's top scorer in 1999 with 11 goals. After leaving Al-Wakrah for the second time in 2006, he remained unattached until 2007, when he moved to Angolan club Petro Atlético. Akwá remained there for one season before retiring from professional football.

International career Akwá won his first cap for the Angola national team in 1995 against Mozambique. He accumulated 78 caps in total, scoring 39 goals. One was the winning goal that sent Angola to their first ever World Cup. He played in all three of Angola's games at the 2006 World Cup, but did not score, and they were eliminated from their group. Akwá retired from international football after the tournament.

Politics Akwa is currently a member of the Angolan legislative assembly. He is interested in major developments in sports in Angola.

Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueEmir of Qatar CupQatar CupSheikh Jassim CupContinentalTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAl-Wakrah1998–991211342300001716Al-Gharafa1999–20001474231574330222000–01145300013222212Total28127231610655234Qatar2001–02118000000–1182002–0318123021002125142003–0418132431––23182004–052511111020–2912Total7244656220218852Al-Wakrah2005–0612400000000124Career total12471161111681086176104

International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAngola19956319963119978419987219992320009520011162002312003642004322005822006125Total7838

Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akwá goal.

+ List of international goals scored by AkwáNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 23 April 1995 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 3–0 1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification2 3–03 4 June 1995 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 1–0 1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification4 10 November 1996 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 2–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification5 6 April 1997 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 2–1 3–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification6 8 June 1997 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification7 22 June 1997 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 1–0 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification8 27 July 1997 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 2–0 2–1 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification9 16 August 1998 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 2–0 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification10 2–011 24 January 1999 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 3–1 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification12 2–013 3–114 19 June 2000 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–1 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification15 2–016 6 July 2000 Praia, Cape Verde 1–1 Friendly17 16 July 2000 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 2–0 4–1 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification18 23 July 2000 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho 2–0 2–0 2000 COSAFA Cup19 24 January 2001 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 3–1 3–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification20 11 March 2001 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification21 25 March 2001 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 2–0 2–0 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification22 6 May 2001 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification23 29 July 2001 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification24 18 August 2001 Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia 1–0 1–1 (4–2 pen.) 2001 COSAFA Cup25 25 June 2002 Estádio do Maxaquene, Maputo, Mozambique 1–0 1–1 Friendly26 21 June 2003 Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, Nigeria 2–0 2–2 2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification27 6 July 2003 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 2–0 5–1 2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification28 20 September 2003 Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 3–1 3–1 Friendly29 16 November 2003 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification30 20 June 2004 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification31 3 July 2004 Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon 1–0 2–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification32 5 June 2005 Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola 2–0 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification33 8 October 2005 Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda 1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification34 17 January 2006 Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco 1–2 2–2 Friendly35 29 April 2006 Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho 1–1 5–1 2006 COSAFA Cup36 2–137 3–138 2 June 2006 Fortuna Sittard Stadion, Sittard, Netherlands 1–0 2–3 Friendly

Honours Al-Gharafa Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 1999, 2000 Cheikh Qassim Cup: 1999

Qatar SC Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2002, 2004

Angola COSAFA Cup: 1999, 2001, 2004

Individual Qatar Stars League: Top scorer 1998–99 Best stranger player in Qatar: 1999, 2004, 2005 Angolan Player Of The Year: 2006

References

External links

Yahoo! sports profile Football - Akwá, Petro's New Reinforcement AllAfrica.com, 5 June 2007