Filomeno Junior
Personal information
Full name Filomeno Junior da Costa
Date of birth (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000
Place of birth Timor-Leste
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Benfica Macau
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2023 SLB Laulara
2023– Benfica Macau 14 (0)
International career‡
2018– Timor-Leste 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:39, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Filomeno Junior (born 5 August 2000) is a Timorese footballer currently playing for Liga de Elite club S.L. Benfica de Macau and the Timor-Leste national team.

Club career

Filomeno played domestic football for SLB Laulara of the Liga Futebol Amadora for which he served as captain.[1][2] In January 2022, the player expressed an interested in playing in neighboring Indonesia's Liga 1, particularly for Persija Jakarta.[3] In February 2023, Filomeno Junior joined S.L. Benfica de Macau of Macau's Liga de Elite.[4] He was joined at the club by fellow Timorese international João Pedro da Silva Freitas.[5] In a January 2023 interview, national teammate Jhon Frith identified both players as two of their nation's top footballers.[6]

International career

Filomeno Junior represented Timor-Leste at the youth level, beginning with the under-14 level. In 2013 he scored against Myanmar in AFC U-14 Championship qualification.[7] He made his senior international debut on 12 October 2018 in a friendly against Cambodia.[8] In January 2022, he scored an own goal in a 1–4 friendly against Indonesia in what head coach Fábio Magrão called an otherwise satisfactory performance by the young players.[9] Also in 2022, he captained the national under-23 team for the 2021 SEA Games.[10]

International career statistics

As of match played 12 October 2023
Timor-Leste national team
YearAppsGoals
201870
201920
202000
202140
202220
202310
Total160

References

  1. ↑ Sanchez, Hortencio. "Filomeno Junior firme iha AD. SLB Laulara". tatoli.tl. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Sanches, Hortencio. "Filomeno Junior Kontinua Mantein Iha SLB Hodi Participa Liga Timorense" (in Esperanto). tatoli.tl. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Nugho, Archie. "Persija Jakarta Jadi Klub Impian Filomeno Junior" (in Indonesian). Goal. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Sanchez, Hortencio. "Benfica Macau kontrata tan jogador Timoroan Filomeno Junior da Costa" (in Esperanto). tatoli.tl. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Dias, Erico. "What's next for football in Macao?". macaonews.org. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Gareth. "Future Stars – Jhon Firth Timor-Leste". Cambodia Sports Review. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Timor Leste 6-1 Myanmar". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Global Sports Archive profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Timor Leste Coach Says About 2 Players Who Scored Own Goals: The Process They Have To Go Through As Young Players". voi.id. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  10. ↑ Sanchez, Hortencio. "Preparativu di'ak selesaun nasional u-23 garante sei hatudu jogu di'ak iha SEA Games" (in Esperanto). tatoli.tl. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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