Niki Torrão

Niki Torrão
	Torrão with Macau in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Mário Torrão de Almeida
Date of birth	18 November 1987 (age 36)
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
2005–2007	Casa Pia
2007–2008	Igreja Nova
2008–2009	Atlético Cacém
2009–2010	Cheleirense
2010–2011	Bocal
2011–2013	Windsor Arch Ka I
2014–2019	Benfica de Macau
2020–2021	Sporting de Macau
2021–	MUST CPK
International career‡
2011–	Macau
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Nicholas Mário 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]

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]

Scores and results list Macau's goal tally first.^[3]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 October 2014	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau	Singapore	2–2	2–2	Friendly
2.	3 November 2016	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia	Mongolia	1–0	2–1	2016 AFC Solidarity Cup
3.	3 November 2016	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia	Mongolia	2–1	2–1	2016 AFC Solidarity Cup
4.	6 November 2016	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia	Laos	3–1	4–1	2016 AFC Solidarity Cup
5.	6 November 2016	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Malaysia	Laos	4–1	4–1	2016 AFC Solidarity Cup
6.	2 October 2017	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau	Laos	3–1	3–1	Friendly
7.	11 October 2017	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru, India	India	1–1	1–4	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8.	14 November 2017	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau	Kyrgyzstan	2–3	3–4	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9.	12 October 2023	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	1–1	1–5	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Club	Season	League			Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlético Cacém	2008-09	III Divisão	12	1	0	0	12	1
Windsor Arch Ka I	2011	Liga de Elite	10	8	0	0	10	8
	2012		13	14	0	0	13	14
	2013		18	23	0	0	18	23
	Total		41	45	0	0	41	45
Benfica de Macau	2014	Liga de Elite	13	7	0	0	13	7
	2015		15	8	0	0	15	8
	2016		15	14	2	1	17	15
	2017		14	20	2	1	16	21
	2018		15	20	5	2	20	22
	2019		15	11	0	0	15	11
	Total		87	80	9	4	96	84
Sporting Macau	2020	Liga de Elite	8	5	0	0	8	5
Chao Pak Kei	2021	Liga de Elite	17	22	0	0	17	22
	2022		15	32	0	0	15	32
	2023		10	14	5	6	15	20
	2024		13	16			13	16
	Total		55	84	5	6	60	90
Total career			203	215	14	10	217	225

National team	Years	Caps	Goals
Macau	2011	2	0
	2014	1	1
	2015	3	0
	2016	4	4
	2017	5	3
	2019	1	0
	2023	5	1
Total		21	9

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b Niki Torrão at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "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.
^ "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.

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