José Luís Mendes Andrade (born 24 January 1991), known as Zé Luís, is a Cape Verdean professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

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. He spent most of his career in Portugal, playing 68

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games and scoring 23 goals for

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and

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, winning a league title with the last of those teams in

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. He also competed in the

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with Spartak Moscow and

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, picking up a winners' medal with the former in

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Club career

Gil Vicente and Braga

Born in Fogo, Zé Luís began his professional career at the age 18 with his last youth club,

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. In his first season he played only five Segunda Liga games – his debut coming on 29 November 2009 in a 0–3 home loss against

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– but managed to score four goals. In

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, under new manager Paulo Alves, Zé Luís netted ten times for the Barcelos side as they achieved promotion to the

after a five-year absence, as champions. On 2 June 2011, he signed for S.C. Braga on a five-year contract. Zé Luís served two loan spells during his tenure in Minho, spending three months with former club Gil and one full season with

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in Hungary; he also featured regularly for Braga B in the second tier. In between, he played for the main squad in the 2013 Taça da Liga Final, as a substitute in a 1–0 win over

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at the

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. On 7 April 2015, he scored his first career

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, helping defeat

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3–0 at home in the semi-finals of the

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(4–1 on aggregate). He battled for position with

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during the campaign, finishing with 11 goals in all competitions.

Spartak Moscow

On 7 July 2015, Zé Luís joined

club

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. He scored five times in the 2016–17 season, as his team won the domestic championship for the 22nd time in history. In July 2017, Zé Luís extended his link to Spartak until 2021. In the same month, he won the

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in a 2–1 victory over city rivals

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. During the 2018–19 campaign, he contributed ten league goals – 14 in all competitions – to a fifth-place finish.

Porto

On 2 July 2019, Spartak announced that the transfer of Zé Luís to Porto had been agreed on, and a four-year contract was signed three days later. He scored three times in only his second league appearance, a 4–0 home rout of

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. Zé Luís scored seven league goals in his only season at the

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for the eventual champions, and ten overall as the team secured the

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Later career

On 6 October 2020, Zé Luís returned to the

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, when he joined Lokomotiv Moscow on a three-year deal for a €5 million fee. On 13 January 2022, his contract was terminated by mutual consent. Zé Luís signed a six-month deal with

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of the

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on 8 February 2022. He played nine games for the club and scored once on 14 April, in the first minute of the second half of a 3–0 home win over

Sepahan S.C. Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی فولاد مبارکه سپاهان اصفهان, ''Bâšgâh-è Varzeši-ye Fulâd-è Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan S.C., are an Iranian spor ...

in the

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. On 7 September 2022, Zé Luís signed a one-season contract with

in Turkey. His first

goal came on 24 October, equalising a 2–1 home victory against

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International career

Zé Luís made his debut for

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on 24 May 2010, playing one minute in a friendly in

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with

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, who were preparing for the

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. He was selected by manager Lúcio Antunes for the squad that appeared at the

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, but withdrew for personal reasons. Zé Luís scored his first goal for the national team on 6 September 2014, in a 3–1 away win against

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qualifiers. His second came in the 2–1 home victory over

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for the same competition four days later, as the Blue Sharks eventually reached the finals in Equatorial Guinea. However, he was not picked for the tournament. On 10 October 2019, Zé Luís scored the equaliser as Cape Verde came from behind to win 2–1 against

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in an exhibition game in

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, France. It was his first appearance for over two years, and his first goal in more than five.

Career statistics

Club

;Notes

International

(Cape Verde score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zé Luís goal)

Honours

Gil Vicente * Segunda Liga:

Braga *

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Spartak Moscow *

: 2016–17 *

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Porto *

: 2019–20 *

: 2019–20 Cape Verde * Lusofonia Games:

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Individual *Russian Premier League Player of the Month: October 2016 *Russian Premier League Top 33 Players of the Season: 2016–17 (right forward Nº2), 2018–19 (left forward Nº3) *Primeira Liga Forward of the Month: August 2019

References

External links

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