Luís Filipe Andrade de Oliveira (born 30 September 1973), known as Andrade, is a Portuguese retired professional

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, currently

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of Saudi Arabian club Al Qadsiah (women). A gritty player with few skills, he operated mainly as a

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but could also play as a full-back.

Playing career

Andrade was born in

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. After playing his youth football at

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, he went on to represent

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, C.F. Estrela da Amadora,

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply 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 19,856 ...

, S.L. Benfica (five years, with one season loaned to S.C. Braga), Académica de Coimbra, C.D. Pinhalnovense, C.D. Olivais e Moscavide and Odivelas FC. Andrade also had abroad spells with

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(Spanish

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) and AEP Paphos FC (

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, a few months), and finished his 21-year senior career in the regional championships in 2013, with GS Loures and Odivelas again. He amassed

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totals of 193 games and one goal over 12 seasons, and was a member of the Portugal national side that competed at the 1996 Olympic Games, helping them to reach the fourth place.

Coaching career

Benfica

Andrade started working as a coach in 2010, going on to be in charge of several sides in the Lisbon Football Association. On 2 July 2019, he was named manager of Benfica women's team. On 26 December 2020, Andrade left his position after only three losses during his spell, two of those being in the

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of the

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against Chelsea.

Flamengo

On 8 December 2021, Andrade signed with Brazil's Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (women) to become the first foreign head coach in the club's history. In June 2023, his tenure ended following their elimination from the

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of the Campeonato Brasileiro.

Al Qadsiah

In September 2023, Andrade became the head coach of Al Qadsiah FC in the

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Honours

Manager

Benfica * Supertaça de Portugal Feminina: 2019

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrade, Luis 1973 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football midfielders Men's association football utility players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players G.D. Estoril Praia players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players C.F. Os Belenenses players S.L. Benfica footballers S.C. Braga players S.L. Benfica B players Académica de Coimbra (football) players C.D. Pinhalnovense players C.D. Olivais e Moscavide players Odivelas F.C. players GS Loures players Segunda División players CD Tenerife players Cypriot First Division players AEP Paphos FC players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers for Portugal Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese football managers S.L. Benfica (women) managers Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (women) managers Saudi Women's Premier League coaches Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Brazil Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia