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{{Short description|Angolan footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Portuguese name|Maria|Aurélio}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Depú | image = | fullname = Laurindo Dilson Maria Aurélio | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|01|08|df=y}} | birth_place = Lobito, Angola | height = 1.81 m | position = Forward | currentclub = Young Africans | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2017–2018 | youthclubs1 = Electro do Lobito | years1 = 2019–2020 | clubs1 = Académica Lobito | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = Recreativo Caála | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 10 | years3 = 2021–2023 | clubs3 = Sagrada Esperança | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 19 | years4 = 2023 | clubs4 = Petro de Luanda | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2023–2025 | clubs5 = Gil Vicente | caps5 = 24 | goals5 = 3 | years6 = 2024–2025 | clubs6 = → Vojvodina (loan) | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2025–2026 | clubs7 = Radomiak Radom | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2026– | clubs8 = Young Africans | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2021– | nationalteam1 = Angola | nationalcaps1 = 18 | nationalgoals1 = 15 | club-update = 15:43, 16 December 2025 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 18:27, 5 September 2025 (UTC) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|ANG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|COSAFA Cup}} {{Medal|W|2024 South Africa|}} {{Medal|W|2025 South Africa}} }}

'''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== On 31 January 2023, Depú signed a {{fraction|3|1|2}}-year contract with Gil Vicente in Portugal.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Gil Vicente|url=https://gilvicentefc.pt/2023/01/31/depu-chega-para-o-ataque-gilista/|title=Depú chega para o ataque Gilista|trans-title=Depú arrives to Gil attack|date=31 January 2023|access-date=13 February 2023|language=pt}}</ref>

On 11 September 2024, Depú signed a one-year loan deal with Serbian SuperLiga club Vojvodina.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FK Vojvodina official website|url=https://www.fkvojvodina.rs/angolac-depu-novi-napadac-vojvodine/?script=lat|title=Angolac Depu novi napadač Vojvodine|trans-title=Angolan Depú, new Vojvodina forward|date=11 September 2024|language=sr}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Echo">{{cite web |last1=Kwiatkowski |first1=Maciej |title=Laurindo Dilson Maria Aurélio, Depu, został zawodnikiem Radomiaka Radom. To czwarty letni transfer zielonych |url=https://echodnia.eu/radomskie/laurindo-dilson-maria-aurelio-depu-zostal-zawodnikiem-radomiaka-radom-to-czwarty-letni-transfer-zielonych/ar/c2p2-27737347 |access-date=2 July 2025 |language=pl |date=30 June 2025}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mussungo |first=Joaquim |date=15 January 2026 |title=OFICIAL: Depú reforça Young Africans e reencontra Pedro Gonçalves na Tanzânia |trans-title=OFFICIAL: Depú reinforces Young Africans and encounters Pedro Gonçalves in Tanzânia |url=https://correiokianda.info/oficial-depu-reforca-young-africans-e-reencontra-pedro-goncalves-na-tanzania/ |access-date=15 January 2026 |website=Correio da Kianda |language=pt}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 28 November 2025}} {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Taça de Angola, Serbian Cup, Polish Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Académica do Lobito |2019–20 |Girabola |10||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||1 |- |Recreativo da Caála |2020–21 |Girabola |20||10||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||11 |- |Sagrada Esperança |2021–22 |Girabola |18||19||0||0||5{{efn|name=CAF|Appearances in CAF Champions League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||23||19 |- |Petro de Luanda |2022–23 |Girabola |5||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||2 |- |rowspan="4"|Gil Vicente |2022–23 |Primeira Liga |5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- |2023–24 |Primeira Liga |16||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||16||3 |- |2024–25 |Primeira Liga |3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !24||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||24||3 |- |Vojvodina (loan) |2024–25 |Serbian SuperLiga |21||0||4||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||1 |- |Radomiak Radom |2025–26 |Ekstraklasa |9||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||1 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !107!!36!!9!!2!!5!!0!!0!!0!!121!!38 |} ;Notes {{notelist}}

===International===  {{updated|match played 4 September 2025}}<ref>{{NFT player|pid=84726}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="4"|Angola |2021||1||0 |- |2023||2||2 |- |2024||10||5 |- |2025||5||8 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!18!!15 |}

:''Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Depú goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Depú |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || rowspan=2|16 January 2023 || rowspan=2|Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria || rowspan=2|{{fb|MLI}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" rowspan=2|3–3 || rowspan=2|2022 African Nations Championship |- | align="center"|2 || align="center"|2–1 |- | align="center"|3 || rowspan=2|1 July 2024 || rowspan=2|Isaac Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa || rowspan=2|{{fb|SEY}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" rowspan=2|3–2 || rowspan=5|2024 COSAFA Cup |- | align="center"|4 || align="center"|2–2 |- | align="center"|5 || 3 July 2024 || rowspan=3|Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha, South Africa || {{fb|LES}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|3–1 |- | align="center"|6 || 5 July 2024 || {{fb|COM}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–1 |- | align="center"|7 || 7 July 2024 || {{fb|NAM}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|5–0 |- | align="center"|8 || 5 June 2025|| Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa || {{fb|NAM}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || rowspan="8" |2025 COSAFA Cup |- | align="center"|9 || rowspan=3|8 June 2025|| rowspan=3|Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa || rowspan=3|{{fb|LES}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" rowspan=3|4–0 |- | align="center"|10 || align="center"|3–0 |- | align="center"|11 || align="center"|4–0 |- | align="center"|12 || rowspan=2|13 June 2025|| rowspan="4" |Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa || rowspan=2|{{fb|MAD}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center" |4–1 |- | align="center"|13|| align="center"|2–0 |- | align="center" |14 |rowspan="2" |15 June 2025 | rowspan="2" |{{Fb|RSA}} | align="center"|1–0||rowspan="2" align="center" |3–0 |- | align="center" |15 | align="center"|2–0 |}

==Honours== '''Sagrada Esperança''' * Supertaça de Angola: 2021–22<ref name="90m">{{cite web |title=Depú |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=51065 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=2 July 2025 |language=pl}}</ref>

'''Angola''' * COSAFA Cup: 2024, 2025<ref name="90m"/>

'''Individual''' * COSAFA Cup top scorer: 2024, 2025<ref name="90m"/> * COSAFA Cup Best Player: 2025<ref name="Echo"/>

'''Records''' *All-time COSAFA Cup top goalscorer: 13 goals{{cn|date=June 2025}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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