André Filipe Lopes Almeida (born 16 May 1995) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Académico de Viseu.

Club career

Formed at

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

, Almeida was born in

Massamá Massamá () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Massamá e Monte Abraão. The population in 2011 was 28,112, in an area of 2.78 km². It was separat ...

Lisbon District Lisbon District ( pt, Distrito de Lisboa, ) is a district located along the western coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Lisbon, which is also the national capital. From its creation until 1926, it included the area of the cur ...

, and was successively loaned to begin his senior career, starting at

AD Oeiras Associação Desportiva de Oeiras is a Portuguese football club located in Oeiras, Portugal Oeiras () is a town and municipality in the western part of Lisbon metropolitan area, located within the Portuguese Riviera, in continental Portugal. ...

in the

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but moving straight to the Segunda Liga with

Clube Oriental de Lisboa Clube Oriental de Lisboa is a Portuguese football club based in Lisbon. Founded in 1946, it currently competes in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at ''Campo Engenheiro Carlos Salema'', with an 8,500 capacity. History Clube Orienta ...

. He made his professional debut with the latter club on 25 February 2015, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute in a 3–0 home win against

FC Porto B Futebol Clube do Porto B, commonly known as Porto B, is a Portuguese professional football team, which serves as the reserve side of FC Porto. They compete in the Liga Portugal 2, the second division of Portuguese football, and play their home ...

. In the 2017 January

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, Almeida cut ties with Belenenses and signed with

FC Stumbras Football Club Stumbras was a professional football club, based in Kaunas, Lithuania, which played in A Lyga, the top tier of Lithuanian football. Founded in 2013 on the basis of the NFA, the club has reached the heights of Lithuanian football in ...

in the Lithuanian

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. In his first season, he won the domestic cup.

Match fixing scandal

On 26 May 2016, Almeida was arrested on suspicion of

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whilst at Oriental, which led to him being banned from playing professional football in Portugal.

References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Almeida, Andre 1995 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon District Men's association football central defenders Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Real S.C. players C.F. Os Belenenses players AD Oeiras players Clube Oriental de Lisboa players S.C. Covilhã players Académico de Viseu F.C. players A Lyga players FC Stumbras players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania