André Filipe Brás André (born 26 August 1989) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, commonly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal. Vitória de Guimarães have finished t ...

as a

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. After starting his career at Varzim, he made over 200 Primeira Liga appearances for

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and

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, winning a league title with the latter in

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Club career

Varzim

Born in

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, André was brought up at FC Porto and Varzim SC. He made his senior debut with the latter in 2008, going on to total six goals in 49

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games over two seasons. In the first half of the 2010–11 campaign, André joined

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in Spain on a 2+2 contract, suffering relegation from the third tier (only three appearances), a fate which also befell his previous team. He returned to Varzim in January 2011. André netted 12 times from his midfield position in 2011–12, to help Varzim return to division two after just one year. No promotion eventually befell, however, due to irregularities.

Vitória Guimarães

In summer 2012, André signed with

of the Primeira Liga. In his first year, he contributed five scoreless appearances in the

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as the club won the competition for the first time in its history. On 27 April 2014, he was one of four first-teamers parachuted into the

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for a crucial 2–1 home win over promotion rivals

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. André scored 11 goals in the 2014–15 season – eight from penalties– as the Minho Province side finished fifth and qualified to the

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. Highlights included a

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in a 4–0 home win against C.D. Nacional, on 4 January 2015.

Porto

André returned to Porto in June 2015 after eight years, agreeing to a four or five-year deal. In late September, in two home games separated by nine days, he scored his first competitive goals with the club, helping to victories over

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(1–0) and

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(2–1), the latter in the

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of the

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. In the 2017–18 campaign, André played 13 matches to help his team win the national championship after a five-year wait.

Return to Vitória

André returned to Guimarães on 4 July 2018. On his debut on 10 August, he scored in a 3–2 loss at Benfica, and fifteen days later on his return to the

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, he netted a penalty as his team overturned a

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deficit to beat Porto 3–2. On 21 March 2021, André extended his contract at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques up to June 2024. The following January, however, he was loaned to

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club Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) with a

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1 million buying option.

International career

André represented

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at under-19 level. He made his debut with the full side on 31 March 2015, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for

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in a 0–2 friendly defeat against Cape Verde in

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. André scored his first goal on 17 November 2015, finishing

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's cross to open a 2–0 win over

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at the

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Personal life

André's father, António, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He represented Porto for more than one decade, and appeared with

at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Varzim *

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: 2011–12 Vitória Guimarães *

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Porto * Primeira Liga: 2017–18

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andre, Andre 1989 births Living people People from Vila do Conde Sportspeople from Porto District Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Varzim S.C. players Vitória S.C. players Vitória S.C. B players FC Porto players Segunda División B players Deportivo Fabril players Saudi Professional League players Ittihad FC players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia