Carlos Eduardo Fernandes Vieira de Andrade (born April 27, 1978) is a former Portuguese

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player who played as a

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. Andrade played college basketball in the

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, and had brief spells in

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and

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. He is the younger brother of former WNBA player, Mery Andrade, who competed for the

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and the

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Career

Born

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, Andrade started playing as a 16-year-old in basketball division of telecommunications company,

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, before he moved to the

to play in the

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with the Queens University on 4 June 1999. At Queens University, Andrade made part of the team that reach three consecutive Elite Eight finals, being nominated for Conference All-Tournament award in 2001-02, He left as Queens’ All-time Leading Rebounder, with 755, a record surpassed in 2006 by Kendrick Harris. In 2003, he returned to Portugal, and joined

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, making part of a squad that conquered four titles in one season. The 26-year-old then moved to C.A. Queluz and helped the team win its first league title in 21 years, while also debuting in European competitions, averaging 13.1 points per game in the

2004–05 ULEB Cup The 2004–05 ULEB Cup was the third season of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, the EuroCup, which is organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company. The season started on November 9, 2004, and officially ...

. In 2006, Andrade made his first venture in European basketball, when he joined

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in the

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, finishing in 14th place with the Frankfurt team, and playing another year in the ULEB Cup, with averages of 7.2 points per game. He returned to Portugal for one season to compete for

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional association football, football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese footba ...

, before his second European adventure in two years, joining

San Sebastián Gipuzkoa BC Donosti Gipuzkoa Basket 2001 Saskibaloi Kirol Elkartea Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Gipuzkoa Basket and as Acunsa GBC for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The ...

on 18 July 2007, helping the ''Basque'' team win the

2005–06 LEB season The 2005–2006 LEB season was the 10th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto, second tier of the Spanish basketball. LEB Oro standings LEB Oro Playoffs Playoff seedings, results, and schedules Quarter-finals (1) Leon Caja España ( ...

, and achieve a 12th place in the

2008–09 ACB season The 2008–09 ACB season is the 26th season of the Liga ACB. The 272-game regular season (16 home games for each of the 17 teams) began on Saturday, October 4, 2008, and ended on Sunday, May 10, 2009. The top four teams earned berths in the Euro ...

. On 1 September 2009, the 31-year-old, rejoin Porto for a second time, winning a Portuguese Cup in his first season, and the league title in his second. With his contract with the Porto expired; on 3 August 2012, Andrade traded Porto for Benfica, and became an important part of the team, winning four league titles and 17 other conquests, as the club return to European basket in the

2014–15 EuroChallenge The 2014–15 EuroChallenge was the 12th and last edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The winner and the runner-up of this competition earned a place at the group stage of next ...

. He retire at the end of 2017–18, at age 40.

Honours

;Porto *

Portuguese Basketball League (LCB) The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol ( en, Portuguese Basketball League), also known as Liga Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional club basketball league in Portugal. History From the 2008–09 season onward, the competiti ...

: 2003–04, 2010–11 *

Portuguese Cup Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

: 2003–04, 2009–10. 2011-12 *

Portuguese Basketball Super Cup The Portuguese Basketball Super Cup is a men's professional basketball competition in Portugal (Portuguese: "Supertaça de Portugal de Basquetebol") and it is played by the champions of the Portuguese league and the winners of the Portuguese Cup ...

: 2004, 2010, 2011 *

League Cup In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament t ...

: 2003–04, 2009-10, 2011-12 *

António Pratas Trophy The Troféu António Pratas (English: ''António Pratas Trophy'') is an annual cup competition for Portuguese basketball teams organized by the Portuguese Basketball Federation. Created in 2007 to honour António Pratas, its first edition was only ...

: 2011 ;Queluz *

: 2004–05 *

: 2005 ;Benfica *

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17 *

: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 *

: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 *

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18 *

: 2013, 2015, 2016

References

External links

Eurobasket Profile

ACB.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrade, Carlos 1978 births Living people Cape Verdean men's basketball players People from Sal, Cape Verde FC Porto basketball players Gipuzkoa Basket players Liga ACB players Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Portuguese men's basketball players Queens Royals men's basketball players S.L. Benfica basketball players Small forwards Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent