Ivo Damas

Ivo Damas
Personal information
Full name	Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas
Date of birth	(1977-06-03) 3 June 1977
Place of birth	Penafiel, Portugal
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1988–1991	Penafiel
1992–1995	Paredes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Paredes
1997–1998	Maia	5	(1)
1998–2002	Sporting CP	8	(0)
1998–2000	→ Lourinhanense (loan)	20	(8)
2000–2001	→ Alverca (loan)	6	(1)
2001–2002	→ Ovarense (loan)	8	(0)
2002–2003	Penafiel	12	(0)
2003–2005	Dragões Sandinenses	45	(9)
2005–2006	Vitória Pico
2006	Madalena	8	(0)
2007	Lousada	13	(0)
2007–2008	Anadia	16	(1)
2008	Olympiakos Nicosia	2	(0)
2009–2010	Vila Meã	0	(0)
National team
1997	Portugal U20	3	(0)
1998	Portugal U21	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ivo Filipe Cerqueira Damas (born 3 June 1977) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Football career

Born in Penafiel, Damas' claim to fame came at the age of 20 when he scored three goals for lowly F.C. Maia in a 4–5 home loss against country giants FC Porto in the Portuguese Cup.^[1] He was immediately bought by Sporting Clube de Portugal in January 1998, but his career would never improve from there – he made his debuts in the Primeira Liga with F.C. Alverca, and also served a two-year loan at Sporting Clube Lourinhanense, the Lions' feeder club, appearing very rarely for the first team.

From his 2002 release from Sporting onwards, Damas played in almost every level of the Portuguese football league system, for instance representing F.C. Penafiel and A.D. Lousada. For a short period of time, in 2008, he also had an unassuming abroad experience with Cyprus' Olympiakos Nicosia, but returned the following year to his country, joining amateurs A.C. Vila Meã (fourth division).

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