André Filipe Cunha Vidigal (born 17 August 1998) is a professional

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who plays as a winger or forward for side

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. Born in Portugal, he plays for the Angola national team. Vidigal began his professional career with Académica before moving to Dutch club

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in July 2017. After helping them gain promotion from the

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he moved on loan to Cypriot club APOEL and then returned to Portugal with

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in September 2020. After gaining promotion with Estoril, Vidigal signed for

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club Marítimo in June 2021. Following Marítimo's relegation in 2022–23, Vidigal moved abroad again in July 2023, joining English

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club

Club career

Académica

Born in

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, Vidigal began his career as a youth with his local club O Elvas before joining Académica in 2015. He made his professional debut on 8 January 2017 in a

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match against

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, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Rui Miguel in a 2–1 away loss. He made five more appearances for Académica in 2016–17, all off the bench.

Fortuna Sittard

On 7 July 2017, Vidigal moved to Dutch

side

on loan for the 2017–18 season. He made his debut on 18 August in a season-opening 5–1 home win over

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, scoring within ten minutes of coming on in place of Gavin Vlijter. The deal was made permanent on 19 December 2017, effective from the new year. Vidigal played a big role for Fortuna as he scored 10 goals in 29 games as the team returned to the

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for the first time since 2002, as runners-up to

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; this included

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in wins away to

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and Almere City. Vidigal added another hat-trick on 25 September 2018 in the first round of the

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, a 5–0 win at second-tier

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport () is a Dutch professional football club based in Helmond, North Brabant. Founded in 1967 following the acquisition of the professional license of , the club achieved promotion to the top-tier Eredivisie in 1982. After two seasons ...

. After struggling for game time at Fortuna following promotion, Vidigal was loaned to

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

side APOEL on 31 January 2019 for a year-and-a-half. He made his debut ten days later in a 2–0 win at

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, and scored within five minutes as a late substitute. He helped the team retain the title and finished cup runners-up to

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

; in September they took the

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as well. On 3 September 2020, Vidigal returned to Portugal's second tier on loan to

. He scored eight times in 39 total games for the Canarinhos, including six in their league-winning campaign and was named as best young player in the

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Marítimo

On 11 June 2021, Vidigal signed a three-year contract with

club Marítimo. He scored his first goal in his country's top flight on 16 August to open a 2–1 win at

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. Vidigal made 35 appearances in 2021–22 as Marítimo finished in 10th position. On 4 September 2022, he received a straight red card early in the second half of a 3–1 loss at Santa Clara. In 2022–23, Vidigal played 38 times, scoring eight goals but was unable to help prevent Marítimo suffering relegation, losing the play-offs to

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on penalties.

Stoke City

Vidigal joined English

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side

on 24 July 2023, signing a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He scored twice on his debut in a 4–1 win against

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on 5 August 2023. Three-days later he scored the winning goal against

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in the first round of the

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. He continued his bright start by scoring the only goal against

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on 19 August 2023. Vidigal then drifted in and out of the team as the season progressed being mainly used as a substitute. He made 31 appearances for Stoke in 2023–24, scoring seven goals as the team avoided relegation finishing in 17th. Vidigal struggled for game time in 2024–25, only making ten Championship appearances, all as a substitute.

International career

Vidigal earned 14

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for

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at youth level, scoring twice in friendlies for the under-20 team in late 2017. His only appearance for the under-21 team was on 25 May 2018, playing the last two minutes of a 3–2 win over

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. In March 2025, Vidigal received a call-up to the Angola national team for a set of

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matches. He made his debut as a substitute in a 1–2 loss to

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on 25 March.

Personal life

His Angolan father Beto and his uncles Lito, Luís,

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and

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were all professional footballers. Born in Portugal, Vidigal is of Angolan descent and holds both passports; he had relatives who were full internationals for each country's national teams.

Career statistics

Honours

APOEL *

: 2018–19 *

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: 2019 Estoril *

: 2020–21

References

External links

* *
Stats and profile at LPFP
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidigal, Andre 1998 births Living people People from Elvas Sportspeople from Portalegre District Angolan men's footballers Angola men's international footballers Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Black Portuguese sportspeople Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Académica de Coimbra (football) players G.D. Estoril Praia players C.S. Marítimo players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Fortuna Sittard players Cypriot First Division players APOEL FC players English Football League players Stoke City F.C. players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Angolan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Angolan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Angolan expatriate sportspeople in England 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen 21st-century Angolan sportsmen