José André Soares Lima (born 10 May 1971), known as André Lima, is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a winger, and the current

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of Chinese club Guangzhou Lixun. A late bloomer, his career spanned 13 seasons, being best known for his performances at Benfica, also playing for Portugal national team on more than 100 occasions.

Career

Born in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, Lima started in football, arriving at

Gondomar S.C. Gondomar Sport Club is a Portuguese football club based in Gondomar, Porto District. Founded on 1 May 1921, it currently plays in the fourth-tier Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at '' Estádio de São Miguel'', with a capacity of 2.45 ...

as an under-17, competing all the way until the first team, which he would represent in the Regional league, but also in the Terceira Divisão. His first experience in futsal was in 1995, at age 24, when he received an invitation for a tryout at Miramar. Lima spent the first season in the reserve team, on the second division, bagging more than sixty goals. He was promoted to the first team and help the club win their first ever league title in 1996–97. His performance granted a move to the competitive Spanish league, representing

Caja Segovia FS Caja Segovia Fútbol Sala, was a futsal club based in Segovia, city of the Province of Segovia in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The club was founded in 1985 and held its home matches in Pedro Delgado with capacity of 2,800 seater ...

for one year, winning the 1998–99 league, as well as

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and a Supercopa. The 28-year-old then returned to Miramar for the next season, winning another league title. In July 2002, already in his thirties, Lima joined Benfica. Over the next six seasons, he won four league titles, three Taça de Portugal and three Supertaça de Portugal, receiving honors for league topscorer in 2002-03 and 2004–05, plus Best Player in the latter season. He retired in June 2008, as the club topscorer. On 7 July 2008, Lima replaced Beto Aranha as head coach, making his debut as manager. He won the league and cup in his first season, and in his second, lead the club in their first European title, the

2009–10 UEFA Futsal Cup The 2009–10 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 24th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament and the 9th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format. Teams th Title Holder Preliminary round Group A Group B :' Group C : ...

. Failing to conquer any more silverware, on 23 June 2010, Lima was replaced as head coach. He continued his coaching career in

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, briefly directing their national team, and helping to develop futsal there, which included opening youth schools in the

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province.

Honours

As player

;Miramar * Liga Portuguesa: 1996–97, 1999–2000 * Taça de Portugal: 1997–98 ;Caja Segovia * División de Honor: 1998–99 *

: 1998–99 *

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...

: 1998 ;Benfica * Liga Portuguesa: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08 * Taça de Portugal: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07 * Supertaça de Portugal: 2003, 2006, 2007

As coach

;Benfica *

UEFA Futsal Cup The UEFA Futsal Champions League is an annual futsal competition for European club teams organized by UEFA. It was founded as the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2001 and replaced the Futsal European Clubs Championship, an unofficial competition held since 1984 ...

: 2009–10 * Liga Portuguesa: 2008–09 * Taça de Portugal: 2008–09 * Supertaça de Portugal: 2009

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lima, Andre 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Porto Portuguese men's futsal players S.L. Benfica (futsal) players Portuguese expatriates in China