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<\/p>\nManucho lived the dream when making his debut for Manchester United – but would never play for the club again in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
Full name Mateus Alberto Contreiras Goncalves, the forward was already smashing home goals for Angola when he was invited to take part in a three-week trial back in 2008. He continued the fine form he'd shown in his home country to earn a contract, but things didn't go to plan from there.<\/p>\n
Manucho impressed both Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlos Queiroz to land a three-year deal and make his domestic bow during a 5-0 win over Stoke in which he played just 16 minutes and created a goal for Danny Welbeck. Ferguson said at the time: "He is a tall, agile, quick forward and through contacts that Carlos has, was brought to our attention around six months ago."<\/p>\n
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Manucho joined a strike force that included Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha and Dong Fangzhou. <\/p>\n
Despite all the promising signs, Manucho would only make a further two appearances for the club and both in the League Cup before loans at Panathinaikos and Hull and a permanent move to Real Valladolid in 2009.<\/p>\n
Manucho went on to play over 100 times for the Spanish outfit and do the same for Rayo Vallecano after further loans at Bucaspor and Manisaspor.<\/p>\n
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Now 40, he called time on his professional career back in 2019 after leaving Cornella, having scored 22 goals across 53 games with Angola.<\/p>\n
The former striker recently took part in an interview regarding his career which he shared while keeping his fans updated on Instagram.<\/p>\n
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Manucho has no regrets over his time at United despite only making three appearances, telling others that their dreams can also come true.<\/p>\n
Recently sharing a snap of his time playing at United, Manucho said: "Never stop dreaming.<\/p>\n
"If I could, you can too. Never stop fighting to get your dreams."<\/p>\n