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{{short description|Angolan footballer}}
{{BLP sources | date= January 2024}}
{{Portuguese name|Alcebiades|Maieco}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Akwá
| image          = FIFA World Cup 2006, Iran 1-1 Angola (07).jpg
| caption        = Akwá at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
| full_name      = Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Angola |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
| height         = 1.81 m
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1977|5|30|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Benguela]], Angola
| position       = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1         = 1993–1994 |clubs1 = [[Clube Nacional de Benguela|Nacional de Benguela]] |caps1 = 32 |goals1 = 11
| years2         = 1994–1997 |clubs2 = [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] |caps2 = 5 |goals2 = 0
| years3         = 1995–1997 |clubs3 = → [[F.C. Alverca|Alverca]] (loan) |caps3 = 15 |goals3 = 9
| years4         = 1997–1998 |clubs4 = [[Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.|Académica]] |caps4 = 19 |goals4 = 1
| years5         = 1998 |clubs5 = [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)]] |caps5 = |goals5 = 
| years6         = 1998–1999 |clubs6 = [[Al-Wakrah Sports Club|Al-Wakrah]] |caps6 = 11 |goals6 = 11
| years7         = 1999–2000 |clubs7 = [[Algharrafa Sports Club|Al-Gharafa]] |caps7 = 28 |goals7 = 12
| years8         = 2000–2006 |clubs8 = [[Qatar SC|Qatar]] |caps8 = 72 |goals8 = 44
| years9         = 2006–2008 |clubs9 = [[Al-Wakrah Sports Club|Al-Wakrah]] |caps9 = 12 |goals9 = 4
| years10        = 2008–2009 |clubs10 = [[Atlético Petróleos Luanda|Petro Atlético]] |caps10 = 19 |goals10 = 12
| totalcaps = |totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 1995–2006 |nationalteam1 = [[Angola national football team|Angola]] |nationalcaps1 = 78 |nationalgoals1 = 39
}}

'''Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco''' (born 30 May 1977), commonly known as '''Akwá''', is an Angolan former professional [[association football|football]] player who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for the [[Angola national football team|Angolan national team]]. From his international debut in 1995, Akwá represented Angola 78 times, scoring 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: [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], [[F.C. Alverca]], and [[Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F.|Académica de Coimbra]]. He spent four years in Portugal before moving to Qatar where he had the most successful period of his career.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

He spent seven years there, playing for three different teams in the [[Qatar Stars League]]. He played for [[Al-Wakrah]], [[Al-Gharrafa]] 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 [[Atlético Petróleos Luanda|Petro Atlético]]. Akwá remained there for one season before retiring from professional football.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

==International career==
Akwá won his first cap for [[Angola national football team|Angola]] in 1995 against [[Mozambique national football team|Mozambique]]. He accumulated 78 caps in total, scoring 39 goals. One was the winning goal that sent [[Angola national football team|Angola]] to their first ever [[2006 FIFA World Cup|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===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Emir of Qatar Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Qatar Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Sheikh Jassim Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="3"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Al-Wakrah SC|Al-Wakrah]]
|[[1998–99 Qatar Stars League|1998–99]]
|12||11||3||4||2||3||0||0||0||0||17||16
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Al-Gharafa SC|Al-Gharafa]]
|[[1999–2000 Qatar Stars League|1999–2000]]
|14||7||4||2||3||1||5||7||4{{efn|Appearances in [[Arab Cup Winners' Cup]]}}||3||30||22
|-
|[[2000–01 Qatar Stars League|2000–01]]
|14||5||3||0||0||0||1||3||2{{efn|Appearances in [[Arab Cup Winners' Cup]]}}||2||22||12
|-
!Total
!28!!12!!7!!2!!3!!1!!6!!10!!6!!5!!52!!34
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Qatar SC|Qatar]]
|[[2001–02 Qatar Stars League|2001–02]]
|11||8||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||11||8
|-
|[[2002–03 Qatar Stars League|2002–03]]
|18||12||3||0||2||1||0||0||2{{efn|Appearances in [[GCC Champions League]]}}||1||25||14
|-
|[[2003–04 Qatar Stars League|2003–04]]
|18||13||2||4||3||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||23||18
|-
|[[2004–05 Qatar Stars League|2004–05]]
|25||11||1||1||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||29||12
|-
!Total
!72!!44!!6!!5!!6!!2!!2!!0!!2!!1!!88!!52
|-
|[[Al-Wakrah SC|Al-Wakrah]]
|[[2005–06 Qatar Stars League|2005–06]]
|12||4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||12||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!124!!71!!16!!11!!11!!6!!8!!10!!8!!6!!176!!104
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="12"|[[Angola national football team|Angola]]
|1995||6||3
|-
|1996||3||1
|-
|1997||8||4
|-
|1998||7||2
|-
|1999||2||3
|-
|2000||9||5
|-
|2001||11||6
|-
|2002||3||1
|-
|2003||6||4
|-
|2004||3||2
|-
|2005||8||2
|-
|2006||12||6
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!78!!39
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Akwá<ref>{{cite web |title=Akwa |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/akwa-intlg.html |website=RSSSF}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || rowspan="2"|23 April 1995 || rowspan="2"|[[Estádio da Cidadela]], [[Luanda]], Angola || rowspan="2"|{{fb|GUI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 4 June 1995 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|MLI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || 1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 10 November 1996 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|ZIM}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 6 April 1997 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|TOG}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 8 June 1997 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|CMR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 1996 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || 22 June 1997 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|GHA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || 27 July 1997 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|ZIM}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || rowspan="2"|16 August 1998 || rowspan="2"|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BEN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–0 || rowspan="2"|[[2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 || rowspan="3"|24 January 1999 || rowspan="3"|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || rowspan="3"|{{fb|GAB}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="3"|2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12 || style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13 || style="text-align:center"|3–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|14 || rowspan="2"|19 June 2000 || rowspan="2"|Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ZAM}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF final round|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|15 || style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|16 || 6 July 2000 || [[Praia]], Cape Verde || {{fb|CPV}} || style="text-align:center"| || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|17 || 16 July 2000 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|EQG}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || [[2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|18 || 23 July 2000 || [[Setsoto Stadium]], [[Maseru]], Lesotho || {{fb|LES|1987}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[2000 COSAFA Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|19 || 24 January 2001 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|LBY|1977}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|20 || 11 March 2001 || [[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]], Togo || {{fb|TOG}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|21 || 25 March 2001 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|BFA}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|22 || 6 May 2001 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|CMR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|23 || 29 July 2001 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|TOG}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|24 || 18 August 2001 || [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Lusaka]], Zambia || {{fb|ZAM}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 (4–2 [[Penalty shootout|pen.]]) || [[2001 COSAFA Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|25 || 25 June 2002 || [[Estádio do Maxaquene]], [[Maputo]], Mozambique || {{fb|MOZ}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|26 || 21 June 2003 || [[Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium]], [[Benin City]], Nigeria || {{fb|NGA}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|27 || 6 July 2003 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|MAW}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || 2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|28 || 20 September 2003 || [[Independence Stadium (Namibia)|Independence Stadium]], [[Windhoek]], Namibia || {{fb|NAM}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|29 || 16 November 2003 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|CHA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|30 || 20 June 2004 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|NGA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group 4|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|31 || 3 July 2004 || [[Stade Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]], Gabon || {{fb|GAB}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|32 || 5 June 2005 || Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola || {{fb|ALG}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|33 || 8 October 2005 || [[Amahoro Stadium]], [[Kigali]], Rwanda || {{fb|RWA}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|34 || 17 January 2006 || [[Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium]], [[Rabat]], Morocco || {{fb|MAR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|35 || rowspan="4"|29 April 2006 || rowspan="4"|Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho || rowspan="4"|{{fb|MRI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="4"|[[2006 COSAFA Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|36 || style="text-align:center"|2–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|37 || style="text-align:center"|3–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|38 || style="text-align:center"|4–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|39 || 2 June 2006 || [[Fortuna Sittard Stadion]], [[Sittard]], Netherlands || {{fb|TUR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.girabola.com/fabrice-alcebiades-maieco-akwa/ Girabola.com - Akwá] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120130630/http://www.girabola.com/fabrice-alcebiades-maieco-akwa/ |date=20 January 2009 }}
* [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/170066_AKWA.html Yahoo! sports profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312213324/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/player/170066_AKWA.html |date=12 March 2007 }}
* [http://allafrica.com/stories/200706050736.html Football - Akwá, Petro's New Reinforcement] AllAfrica.com, 5 June 2007

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