Sérgio Gabriel da Silva Andrade (born 6 December 1982), known as Serginho, is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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. He played 12

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

matches for Vitória de Guimarães and Santa Clara, but spent most of his career in

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, making nearly 300 appearances for eight clubs, including three spells at Santa Clara.

Club career

Born in

Souto (Santa Maria da Feira) Souto is a former civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish São Miguel do Souto e Mosteirô São Miguel do Souto e Mosteirô is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa M ...

, Serginho spent his youth career at local clubs

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...

, C.D. Soutense and

C.F. União de Lamas Clube de Futebol União de Lamas ''(abbreviated as CF União de Lamas)'' is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football club based in Santa Maria de Lamas, Santa Maria da Feira Municipality, Santa Maria da Feira. Background CF União ...

. He made his Segunda Liga debut for the last of those on the final day of 2000–01, coming on as a substitute for Ivo Oliveira for the last four minutes of a 2–0 home loss against

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

. He appeared in a handful more matches over the next four seasons, with the latter half in the

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. After a year in the fourth tier with

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, Serginho was signed by

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, commonly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal. Vitória de Guimarães have finished thir ...

of the

in the summer of 2006. He made his debut in the last matchday, 19 minutes as a replacement for Nilson in a 1–1 draw with

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. 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 ...

at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques. Having barely made a mark during his tenure, he left on loan for division-two

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã, is Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the second-tier Liga Portugal 2. The club was founded in 1923. Their nickname is the ...

in January 2011 on loan for the rest of the campaign. In January 2012, Vitória and Serginho reached an agreement to sever his contract, and he moved to

Portimonense S.C. Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional association football, football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

thereafter. After a year playing regularly for

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a football club based in Arouca, Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,000-seat capacity. History Founde ...

, promoted as runners-up to

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 ...

, he joined Santa Clara in July 2013. He briefly left the team from the

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for

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (), is a Portuguese association football, football football team, club from Chaves, Portugal, Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Está ...

, before rescinding his contract there and heading back in August 2014. After one year as an ever-present fixture for

Gil Vicente FC Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...

, Serginho signed for a third time to Santa Clara in 2016. In April the following year, he agreed to an extension until June 2018. He won a second promotion as runners-up in 2017–18, but

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was preferred for the ensuing top-flight campaign. In June 2019, Serginho became

Varzim S.C. Varzim Sport Club () is a Portuguese football team based in Póvoa de Varzim, near Porto in the north of the country. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since it was founded. The club pl ...

's first new signing of the season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Serginho 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Maria da Feira Portuguese footballers Association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.F. União de Lamas players Lusitânia F.C. players Vitória S.C. players S.C. Covilhã players Portimonense S.C. players F.C. Arouca players C.D. Santa Clara players G.D. Chaves players Gil Vicente F.C. players Varzim S.C. players C.D. Trofense players