Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida (born 30 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

. He began his career at

Vitória de Guimarães Vitoria or Vitória may refer to: People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Sofia Vitória (bor ...

, playing 89 total games before a €7.5 million transfer to

in 2022.

Club career

Vitória Guimarães

Born in

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, Almeida joined the academy of

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães or sometimes just Vitória, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Est ...

before his 10th birthday. On 6 August 2016, at only 16, he made his senior debut with the reserve side in the

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, playing 77 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against C.D. Santa Clara. Almeida appeared in his first match in the

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with the first team on 18 August 2019, starting in the 1–1 home draw with

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. He scored his first goal in the competition on 8 September, in the away fixture against

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(same result). The previous March, he had signed a professional contract until 2022 with a

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20 million.

Valencia

On 25 August 2022, Almeida joined

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on a six-year deal; the transfer fee was the Spanish club's highest of the

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, €7.5 million in five instalments. He made his

debut on 4 September in a 5–1 home win over

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as a 70th-minute substitute. Thirteen days later, he scored to conclude a 3–0 victory against

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also at

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International career

Almeida earned his first

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for the Portugal under-21 team on 6 September 2021, starting a 1–0 home victory over

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in the 2023 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. The following month, also during that stage, he contributed one goal to the 11–0 demolition of Liechstenstein in

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. Picked for the finals in Georgia and Romania, Almeida opened a 1–1 group-stage draw against the

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in an eventual quarter-final exit.

Career statistics

References

External links

Valencia official profile
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Portuguese League profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Almeida, Andre 2000 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Guimarães Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Vitória S.C. B players Vitória S.C. players La Liga players Valencia CF players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain