Personal information | |||
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Full name | Filomeno Junior da Costa | ||
Date of birth | 21 June 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Dili, Indonesia | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | SLB Laulara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2023 | SLB Laulara | ||
2023 | Benfica de Macau | 14 | (0) |
2024– | SLB Laulara | ||
International career‡ | |||
2018– | Timor-Leste | 24 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2024 |
Filomeno Junior da Costa (born 21 June 1998), simply known as Filomeno, is a Timorese footballer who plays as a midfielder for SLB Laulara and the Timor-Leste national team.
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 joined 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]
Filomeno 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]
In December 2024, Filomeno was named in Timor-Leste's 26-man squad for the 2024 ASEAN Championship. [11]
Timor-Leste national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2018 | 7 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 4 | 0 |
2022 | 2 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 16 | 0 |