Filomeno Junior

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.

Club career

SLB Laulara Filomeno played domestic football for SLB Laulara of the Liga Futebol Amadora for which he served as captain. In January 2022, the player expressed an interested in playing in neighboring Indonesia's Liga 1, particularly for Persija Jakarta.

Benfica de Macau In February 2023, Filomeno joined Benfica de Macau of Macau's Liga de Elite. He was joined at the club by fellow Timorese international João Pedro da Silva Freitas. In a January 2023 interview, national teammate Jhon Frith identified both players as two of their nation's top footballers.

International career 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. He made his senior international debut on 12 October 2018 in a friendly against Cambodia. 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. Also in 2022, he captained the national under-23 team for the 2021 SEA Games.

In December 2024, Filomeno was named in Timor-Leste's 26-man squad for the 2024 ASEAN Championship.

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