Tusi se faaauauina mo lenei parakalafa - Na muamua tauva Almeida mo Cape Verde i le 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
i Vilamoura, Potukale lea na ia tulaga ai i le tulaga 138 i le tuuga puupuu a tamaloloa i se taimi e 13:29. I le taufetuli lona 25 o le Madrid Marathon iā Aperila 2002, na faamaumauina ai e Almeida se taimi e sili ona lelei mo ia lava e 2:25:50. I le tausaga na sosoo ai i le 2003 World Championships in Athletics i Pale, na faaiʻu ai lona 69 i le marathon i se taimi e 2:33:31.