Niki Torrão

Nicholas Mario Torrão de Almeida (Chinese: 艾美達; born 18 November 1987), simply known as Niki Torrão, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga de Elite club Chao Pak Kei[1][2] Born in South Africa, he represents the Macau national team.[3]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Torrão and the second or paternal family name is de Almeida.
Niki Torrão
Torrão with Macau in 2013
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Mário de Almeida Torrão
Date of birth (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 MUST CPK
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2006 Estrela Amadora
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Casa Pia
2007–2008 Igreja Nova
2008–2009 Atlético Cacém 12 (1)
2009–2010 Cheleirense
2010–2011 Bocal
2011–2013 Windsor Arch Ka I 41 (45)
2014–2019 Benfica de Macau 87 (80)
2020–2021 Sporting de Macau 8 (5)
2021– MUST CPK 52 (78)
International career‡
2011– Macau 21 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

International career

In 2011, Torrão scored the winning goal for Macau in the 67th Interport Cup against Hong Kong's under-21 team.[4]

On 11 October 2017, Torrão equalised for Macau against India at Sree Kanteerava Stadium eight minutes before half-time in a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification third round match. It was Macau's first ever goal in the final round of the qualifiers.[5]

Goals for senior national team
Scores and results list Macau's goal tally first.[3]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 October 2014Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau Singapore2–22–2Friendly
2.3 November 2016Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia Mongolia1–02–12016 AFC Solidarity Cup
3.2–1
4.6 November 2016Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia Laos3–14–12016 AFC Solidarity Cup
5.4–1
6.2 October 2017Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau Laos3–13–1Friendly
7.11 October 2017Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru, India India1–11–42019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8.14 November 2017Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau Kyrgyzstan2–33–42019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9.12 October 2023Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar1–11–52026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Statistics career

Club
Club Season League Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Cacém 2008-09 III Divisão 12100121
Windsor Arch Ka I 2011 Liga de Elite 10800108
2012 1314001314
2013 1823001823
Total 4145004145
Benfica de Macau 2014 Liga de Elite 13700137
2015 15800158
2016 1514211715
2017 1420211621
2018 1520522022
2019 1511001511
Total 8780949684
Sporting Macau 2020 Liga de Elite 850085
Chao Pak Kei 2021 Liga de Elite 1722001722
2022 1532001532
2023 1014561520
2024 10101010
Total 5278565784
Total career 2002091410214219

International
National team Years Caps Goals
Macau 201120
201411
201530
201644
201753
201910
202351
Total 219

References
  1. "澳門足球總會球會資料甲組隊員" (PDF) (in Chinese). Macau Football Association. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. "澳門足球總會球員資料" (PDF) (in Chinese). Macau Football Association. 28 February 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. Niki Torrão at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "67th Hong Kong Macau Interport Hong Kong 0:1 Macau". Hong Kong Football Association. 11 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. "JOB NOT DONE FOR INDIA DESPITE AFC ASIAN CUP 2019 QUALIFICATION". Asian Football Confederation. 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  • Niki Torrão at playmakerstats.com (formerly thefinalball.com)


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