André Filipe Cunha Vidigal (born 17 August 1998) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Marítimo as a left winger.

Club career

Académica

Born in

Elvas Elvas () is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo. It is situated about east of Lisbon, and about west of the Spanish fortress ...

, Vidigal began his career as a youth with

O Elvas C.A.D. O Elvas Clube Alentejano de Desportos is a football club based in Elvas, Alentejo. It was founded in 1947 when the team S.L. Elvas and S.C. Elvas fused. Sport Lisboa e Elvas (founded in 1925) and O Elvas CAD spent several years in the Portuguese ...

before joining Académica. On 8 January 2017, he made his professional debut in a

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match against

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, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Rui Miguel in a 2–1 away loss. He made five more appearances, all off the bench.

Fortuna Sittard

On 7 July 2017, Vidigal moved to Fortuna Sittard of the Dutch

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on a one-year loan. He made his debut on 18 August in a season-opening 5–1 home win over

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, scoring within ten minutes of coming on in place of

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. The deal was made permanent on 19 December 2017, effective from the new year. He scored 10 goals in 29 games as the team returned to the

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for the first time since 2002, as runners-up to

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; this included hat-tricks in wins away to SC Telstar and Almere City FC. Vidigal added another hat-trick on 25 September 2018 in the first round of the

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, a 5–0 win at second-tier Helmond Sport. Vidigal was loaned to APOEL FC, reigning champions of the Cypriot First Division, on 31 January 2019. He made his debut ten days later in a 2–0 win at Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, and scored within five minutes as a late substitute. His team retained the title and finished cup runners-up to AEL Limassol; in September they took the

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as well. On 3 September 2020, Vidigal returned to Portugal's second tier on loan to

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

. He scored eight times in 39 total games for the ''Canarinhos'', including six in their league-winning campaign.

Marítimo

On 11 June 2021, Vidigal signed a three-year contract with

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club

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as Marítimo ( locally ), is a Portuguese sports club founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. Marítimo is best known for its football team playing in Portugal's top-flight competition, the Primeira Liga. ...

. He scored his first goal in his country's top flight on 16 August to open a 2–1 win at

Belenenses SAD B-SAD is a Portuguese football club from Lisbon founded on 30 June 2018 as an independent entity. A rebel offshoot of Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, they last played in the Primeira Liga, being relegated to Liga Portugal 2 for 2022–23. They ...

Personal life

His Angolan father Beto and his uncles Lito, Luís, Jorge and

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were all professional footballers. Born in Portugal, Vidigal is of Angolan descent and holds both passports; he had relatives who were full internationals for each country's national teams.

Honours

APOEL * Cypriot First Division: 2018–19 * Cypriot Super Cup: 2019 Estoril * Liga Portugal 2:

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References

External links

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Stats and profile at LPFP
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidigal, Andre 1998 births People from Elvas Living people Portuguese footballers Portugal youth international footballers Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players G.D. Estoril Praia players C.S. Marítimo players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Fortuna Sittard players Cypriot First Division players APOEL FC players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Sportspeople from Portalegre District