Rúben Dinarte Martins Andrade (born 7 June 1982) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Funchal Funchal () officially Funchal City (), is the capital, largest city and a Municipality (Portugal), municipality in Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it ...

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, Andrade all but played for his local club

C.F. União Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União da Madeira, was a Portuguese association football, football club based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six season in the Portuguese top-flight Primeira Liga, between the 1989–90 Primeira D ...

after signing in 1999 to complete his development. On 18 June 2000, whilst still a junior, he made his debut with the senior team, playing 45 minutes in a 2–0 away win against Juventude Sport Clube in the third division. In the following seasons, Andrade alternated between the

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and third tiers of Portuguese football, playing his first game in the former competition on 3 November 2002 by coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute in a 0–0 home draw against Leça FC. He scored a career-best 11 goals (from 33 appearances) in 2009–10, but the side failed to promote from division three. Andrade contributed six goals in 41 games in the 2014–15 campaign, as União returned to the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

after an absence of more than two decades, and on 1 June 2015 he renewed his contract for another year. His maiden appearance in the competition occurred on 16 August at the age of 33 years and two months, as he started and featured 68 minutes in a 2–1

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home win over

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M (), commonly known as Marítimo or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for its football team ...

Honours

União Madeira *

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: 2001–02,

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* Taça AF Madeira: 2002–03, 2004–05

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrade, Ruben 1982 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Funchal Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.F. União players 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen