Bruno Alexandre Vieira Almeida (born 2 December 1997), known as Xadas , is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as an

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for Liga Portugal 2 club Marítimo.

Club career

Braga

Born in

Oliveira de Azeméis Oliveira de Azeméis () is a city and a municipality located in Porto Metropolitan Area in Portugal. Administratively, the municipality belongs to the District of Aveiro. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 68,611, in an area of 161.10& ...

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, Xadas inherited his unusual nickname through his father and grandfather. He passed through the ranks of

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and

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before arriving at S.C. Braga in 2014. He made his professional debut for the latter club's reserves in the

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on 2 April 2016 in a 2–1 away loss against

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, playing the final 30 minutes as a substitute for Pedro Alves and receiving a yellow card in added time. In 2016–17, Xadas scored 11 goals in 30 matches for the B team, including both on 28 September 2016 as they came from behind to draw 2–2 at home to

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. The following 1 April, he was called up for the first team for their match against

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as Marítimo ( locally ), is a Portuguese sports club founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. Marítimo is best known for its football team playing in Portugal's top-flight competition, the Primeira Liga. ...

; he made his

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debut in this game the following day, playing the final four minutes in place of Artur Jorge in a 3–3 draw at the Estádio Municipal de Braga, and had three more appearances over the remainder of the season. After the dismissal of manager

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, Xadas became a regular starter under successor

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, who knew him from the reserve side. He scored a first top-flight goal on 13 August 2017, to equalise in a 2–1 win at home over

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Marítimo

On 31 January 2020, Xadas was loaned to Marítimo until the end of the campaign. He scored once during his time in

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, the game's only on 3 July away to

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, from a free kick. Xadas went on loan to

Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

of the

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in October 2020. At its conclusion, he signed a three-year deal at Marítimo, with Braga retaining 60% of his economic rights. In one of his first games back on 22 August 2021, he scored with the outside of his boot from distance to earn a 1–1 draw at home to Porto.

International career

At the

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in South Korea, Xadas played all five games of a quarter-final run for

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. He scored twice in a 3–1 win over the

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in the last 16 at

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Honours

Braga *

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: 2019–20

References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Xadas 1997 births Living people People from Oliveira de Azeméis Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Aveiro District Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players A.D. Sanjoanense players S.C. Braga B players S.C. Braga players C.S. Marítimo players Belgian Pro League players Royal Excel Mouscron players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium