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Top 10 Most Famous Angolan People

Every country has its own quirks that distinguish it, and sometimes only those who live there understand them. Angola is no different. Thus, if you plan to visit Angola, relocate to Angola, or work in Angola, there are a few things you should know about Angola and the Angolans. Some are amusing, while others are simply unusual or strange.

Therefore, this article will explore the top ten most famous people in the country and thus give the reader insight into what is valued in the country. Furthermore, the article will provide great information about the country and the people for someone who is planning to go there.

1 Flavio Amado

Popularly known as Flavio, the Angolan footballer recently played for Petro Atletico in Angola. He is a member of the national team and he even played in the 2006 World Cup where he scored Angola’s only goal in the tournament. He scored three goals for Angola despite being eliminated in the second round of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. His goals were against Cameroon and Togo. He helped his team Al-Ahly to participate in his second consecutive FIFA Club World Cup in 2005 and 2006. His first season with the team was very unsuccessful and he scored only one goal in the league, especially after his 2006 Africa Champions League against rivals El Zamalek in his league.

He was repeatedly jeered at by the fans when he missed a penalty on the pitch. In 2007, he topped Egypt’s premier league scorer charts with his 17 goals, beating fellow Egypt national team-mate Emad his Moteab by one goal. He contributed to Al Ahli’s formation over the next few years, scoring many important goals at key moments. In general, Flavio is very low-profile and rarely appears in the media or makes press statements

2 Manucho

Mateus Alberto Contreiras Goncalves, better known as Manucho, is an Angolan footballer who plays for the Spanish club Real Valladolid. He joined Manchester United from Petro Atlético in January 2008. However, he was loaned out to Panathinaikos for the rest of the 2007/08 season at the Greek club due to problems obtaining a UK work permit before playing a game for United.

Manucho obtained a work permit shortly after returning to Manchester United for his pre-season training in July 2008 and made his debut for the club in the League Cup against Middlesbrough on 23 September 2008. did. However, due to a lack of first-team opportunities at Old Trafford, he joined Hull City on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season on 16 January 2009. After failing to make it into Manchester United’s first team, Manucho joined Real Valladolid in July 2009. He is also a member of the Angola national team.

3 Mantorras

Pedro Manuel Torres, aka Mantoras, is a retired Angolan footballer who played as a forward. His nickname stems from the fact that he suffered minor burns as a child, later as ‘Mantorras’ after the Angolan expression ‘Mano Torras’, which means ‘burnt brother’. His professional career, which he spent mostly at Benfica, was marked by constant injury problems. Mantras represented the country in the 2006 FIFA World Cup where he made 29 appearances for the Angola national team, twice in his Cup of Nations Africa.

4 Joaquim Gomes

Joaquim Gomes popularly known as ‘Kikas’ is an Angolan basketballer. He has played for both Netherlands and Germany professionally, with 100 kgs and a height of 2 metres, Kikas stood out at Valparaiso University, Indiana where he played basketball from 2000 to 2004.

He scored 23 points in the finals of the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament in the Crusaders’ 75-70 win against IUPUI on March 9, 2004. He also played for his national team in the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2006 the FIFA ​​World Cup, 2007 the FIFA ​​Africa Cup of Nations and now Angola’s major basketball league, BAI He is playing in basketball Primeiro de his Agosto.

5 Pedro Lima

He is a Portuguese-Angolan actor who is well known for appearing in telenovelas in Portugal. Furthermore, he was also an Olympic swimmer. In 1988 and 1992, the swimmer represented Angola in the Summer Olympics and holds national titles for the country. He left his swimming career and focused on acting. He has had roles in telenovelas and has also starred in a 2009 movie known as Second Life.

6 Viriato da Cruz

He was an Angolan Politician and poet. He was considered to be one of the best poets of his time. His poem was written in Portuguese but they also included phrases in the Angolan Bantu language known as Kimbundu. In the early 1950s, he stopped writing and focused on his political career where he devoted his time to revolutionary and anti-colonial politics.

7 Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos

He is an Angolan politician and was the first vice president of Angola from 2010 to 2012. Prior to his term as a vice president, he was the prime minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008. The politician obtained his law degree at Agostinho Neto University in Angola. He then joined the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola. This was where he started the political journey that saw him become the prime minister of the country, the president of the national assembly of Angola and the vice president of the country.

8 Akwa

Fabrice Alcebiades Maieko, better known as Akwa, is a former Angola footballer who played as a forward for the Angola national team. Since his international debut in 1995, Akwá has made 80 appearances for Angola and scored a record 36 goals. He has played in his three African Cups of Nations and captained the team in his Cup of the 2006 FIFA World. Akwá has a brother Rasca who is a professional footballer for his Atlético Sport Aviação in Angola.

9 Jonas Savimbi

He was an Angolan Military and political leader who founded and led UNITA, which was a movement that staged the first guerilla war against the Portuguese colonial administration from 1966 to 1974. Then from 1974 he faced off against his rival MPLA during the decolonization conflict in 1975 and after independence in 1975 fought the ruling MPLA in the Angola civil war. He died in clashes with government forces in 2002

10 Anthony Johnson

Anthony Johnson was an Angolan who won his freedom in the early 17th century and became a landowner and slave owner in the Virginia colony. Taken as a slave in 1621, he gained his freedom a few years later, along with an allotment of land. He later became a successful tobacco farmer. In particular, he was known for amassing enormous wealth as an indentured servant and was one of the first legally recognized black slaveholders in the British colonies.