Evandro Elmer de Carvalho Brandão (born 7 May 1991) is an Angolan professional
footballer
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who plays for Portuguese club
Alverca as a
striker.
Club career
England
Brandão was born in
Luanda
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,
Angola
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, but spent the first years of his life in
Portugal
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before moving to England at the age of 9. He began his football career at
Blackburn Rovers
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, before joining
Walsall
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in 2003.
After three years with Walsall, Brandão signed for
Manchester United
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on 21 October 2006, after impressing assistant manager
Carlos Queiroz
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while on trial with United at the 2006 Under-17 Nike Cup. He had to wait five months to make his debut for the under-18s, but played in four of their last five games as the side finished fourth in the 2006–07
Premier Academy League
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, before being offered a trainee contract in July 2007.
The following season, Brandão scored four goals in 18 appearances for the under-18 team, adding four in 15 appearances the year after. He also made his debut for
the reserves in 2008–09, coming on as a 69th-minute
substitute for
Magnus Wolff Eikrem
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Career Early years
Bor ...
in a
Manchester Senior Cup
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game away to
Bury
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. However, he was unable to make any more of an impression at the club, and was released on the expiry of his contract in June 2009.
Portugal
Brandão signed with
Braga
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in the summer of 2009 but, just five months later, the deal was usurped by
Benfica, who signed him on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
After spending a year in the Benfica academy, he went out on loan twice in 2010–11, first to
Fátima (
Segunda Liga) and then to
Gondomar (
third division), for whom he netted ten goals in 12 games.
Hungary
After failing to break into the Benfica first team, Brandão moved to Hungarian club
Videoton in July 2011, coached by his former
Portugal under-16 manager
Paulo Sousa
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Starting his career at Benfica, he also represented Sporting CP in his countr ...
. He scored his first and only
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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goal for the side on 20 August, contributing to a 4–1 home win against
Pécs
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.
Later years
In the summer of 2012, Brandão signed with
Olhanense
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Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...
in the Portuguese top flight, on loan. He scored his first goal in the competition on 15 December to help to a 2–2 home draw with
Gil Vicente
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, as his team went on to finish as
the first above the relegation zone.
Subsequently, Brandão represented in quick succession
Tondela
Tondela () is a municipality in the central Portuguese subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 28,946, in an area of 371.22 km².
History
Local writer and intellectual Amadeu Ferraz de Carvalho (1876–1951) wrote of the mun ...
,
Libolo
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,
Kabuscorp – both from the Angolan
Girabola
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The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League.
Gira ...
– and
Benfica e Castelo Branco, for a total of only eight goals. On 12 July 2016, he agreed to a deal at
Fafe
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from the Portuguese second tier.
Brandão scored his first
hat-trick
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at the professional level on 15 January 2017, in a 4–1 victory over
Braga B at the ''
Parque Municipal dos Desportos de Fafe''. In June, following
relegation
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, he signed for
Leixões
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also of the second division.
On 10 September 2019, Brandão joined Israeli
Liga Leumit
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Structure
There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...
club
Maccabi Petah Tikva
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. He returned to Portugal and its division two in the 2021 January
transfer window
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, on a one-and-a-half-year contract at
Vilafranquense.
International career
At youth level, Brandão earned 24
caps
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for
Portugal
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. He switched allegiance to
Angola
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as a senior, making his debut on 13 August 2014 by playing the last four minutes of a 0–0
friendly draw against
Angola
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International goals
(Angola score listed first, score column indicates score after each Brandão goal)
Honours
Videoton
*
Ligakupa
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Ligakupa Finals
The ...
:
2011–12
*
Szuperkupa: 2011
Libolo
*
Girabola
Girabola, or ''Campeonato Nacional de Futebol em Séniores Masculinos'', is the top division of Angolan football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation.
The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League.
Gira ...
:
2014
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2015
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Maccabi Petah Tikva
*
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League.
Structure
There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...
:
2019–20
References
External links
*
Videoton official profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brandao, Evandro
1991 births
Living people
Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
Footballers from Luanda
Portuguese footballers
Angolan footballers
Association football forwards
Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Walsall F.C. players
Manchester United F.C. players
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
S.L. Benfica footballers
C.D. Fátima players
Gondomar S.C. players
S.C. Olhanense players
C.D. Tondela players
Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco players
AD Fafe players
Leixões S.C. players
U.D. Vilafranquense players
F.C. Alverca players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Fehérvár FC players
Girabola players
C.R.D. Libolo players
Kabuscorp S.C.P. players
Liga Leumit players
Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players
Portugal youth international footballers
Angola international footballers
2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
Portuguese expatriate footballers
Angolan expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Hungary
Expatriate footballers in Israel
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Angolan expatriate sportspeople in England
Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Hungary