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| Full name | Laurindo Dilson Maria Aurélio | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 January 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lobito, Angola | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Young Africans | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Electro do Lobito | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Académica Lobito | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Recreativo Caála | 20 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Sagrada Esperança | 18 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Petro de Luanda | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Gil Vicente | 24 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → Vojvodina (loan) | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | Radomiak Radom | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Young Africans | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Angola | 21 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:43, 16 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:07, 9 June 2026 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Laurindo Dilson Maria Aurélio (born 8 January 2000), commonly known as Depú, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans.
Club career
[edit]On 31 January 2023, Depú signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract with Gil Vicente in Portugal.[1]
On 11 September 2024, Depú signed a one-year loan deal with Serbian SuperLiga club Vojvodina.[2] With the club, he reached the final of the 2024–25 Serbian Cup, which was lost against Red Star Belgrade.
On 30 June 2025, Depú joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Radomiak Radom on a three-year deal, for an undisclosed fee.[3]
On 14 January 2026, Depú signed for Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans, where he was reunited with Pedro Gonçalves, who had managed him in the Angola national team.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 28 November 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Académica do Lobito | 2019–20 | Girabola | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Recreativo da Caála | 2020–21 | Girabola | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 11 | ||
| Sagrada Esperança | 2021–22 | Girabola | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 23 | 19 | |
| Petro de Luanda | 2022–23 | Girabola | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||
| Gil Vicente | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |||
| Vojvodina (loan) | 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Radomiak Radom | 2025–26 | Ekstraklasa | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 107 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 38 | ||
- Notes
- ↑ Includes Taça de Angola, Serbian Cup, Polish Cup
- ↑ Appearances in CAF Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played 9 June 2026[5]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Angola | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 16 | |
- Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Depú goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 16 January 2023 | Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria |  Mali | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2022 African Nations Championship |
| 2 | 2–1 | |||||
| 3 | 1 July 2024 | Isaac Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa |  Seychelles | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2024 COSAFA Cup |
| 4 | 2–2 | |||||
| 5 | 3 July 2024 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa |  Lesotho | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2024 COSAFA Cup |
| 6 | 5 July 2024 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa |  Comoros | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2024 COSAFA Cup |
| 7 | 7 July 2024 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa |  Namibia | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2024 COSAFA Cup |
| 8 | 5 June 2025 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa | Namibia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2025 COSAFA Cup |
| 9 | 8 June 2025 | Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa | Lesotho | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2025 COSAFA Cup |
| 10 | 3–0 | |||||
| 11 | 4–0 | |||||
| 12 | 13 June 2025 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa |  Madagascar | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2025 COSAFA Cup |
| 13 | 2–0 | |||||
| 14 | 15 June 2025 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa |  South Africa | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2025 COSAFA Cup |
| 15 | 2–0 | |||||
| 16 | 9 June 2026 | Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco |  Central African Republic | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Sagrada Esperança
Angola
Individual
- COSAFA Cup top scorer: 2024, 2025[6]
- COSAFA Cup Best Player: 2025[3]
Records
- All-time COSAFA Cup top goalscorer: 13 goals[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Depú chega para o ataque Gilista" [Depú arrives to Gil attack] (in Portuguese). Gil Vicente. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ↑ "Angolac Depu novi napadač Vojvodine" [Angolan Depú, new Vojvodina forward] (in Serbian). FK Vojvodina official website. 11 September 2024.
- 1 2 Kwiatkowski, Maciej (30 June 2025). "Laurindo Dilson Maria Aurélio, Depu, został zawodnikiem Radomiaka Radom. To czwarty letni transfer zielonych" (in Polish). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ Mussungo, Joaquim (15 January 2026). "OFICIAL: Depú reforça Young Africans e reencontra Pedro Gonçalves na Tanzânia" [OFFICIAL: Depú reinforces Young Africans and encounters Pedro Gonçalves in Tanzânia]. Correio da Kianda (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ↑ Depú at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1 2 3 "Depú". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
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