André Almeida

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Not to be confused with André Almeida Pinto.

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Magalhães and the second or paternal family name is de Almeida.

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André Almeida
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Almeida playing for Benfica in 2014
Personal information
Full name André Gomes Magalhães de Almeida
Date of birth (1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
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Position(s) Midfielder / Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 34
Youth career
1999–2002 Loures
2002–2003 Sporting CP
2003–2007 Alverca
2007–2009 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Belenenses 42 (3)
2011– Benfica 61 (0)
2011 → União Leiria (loan) 11 (1)
2012– Benfica B 8 (1)
International career‡
2008–2009 Portugal U19 4 (0)
2010 Portugal U20 4 (2)
2010–2012 Portugal U21 17 (0)
2013– Portugal 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2014

André Gomes Magalhães de Almeida (born 10 September 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a midfielder but also as a full-back for Benfica and the Portugal national team.

Club career

Belenenses

After playing for three other youth clubs in his hometown of Lisbon, Almeida finished his formation with Belenenses. He made his top division debut on 11 January 2009 by playing one minute in a 0–1 loss against Rio Ave, and finished his first full season with 20 games and one goal as the club suffered relegation.

Almeida appeared in 18 matches in the 2010–11 campaign and scored twice, but Belenenses could only rank in 13th position in the second level.

Benfica

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Almeida playing in the 2014 Emirates Cup

Almeida signed for S.L. Benfica in the 2011 summer, being immediately loaned to fellow top flight side U.D. Leiria. In December, however, he was recalled by the parent club,[2] going on to make four official appearances for the first team until the end of the season, including 90 minutes in a 2–0 home win over C.D. Santa Clara for the domestic league cup,[3] which the Eagles won for the fourth time in a row.

Almeida started 2012–13 with Benfica B in division two. However, following the sales of Javi García and Axel Witsel in the last minutes of the summer transfer window, he started being called regularly to the main squad, either as a backup to Maxi Pereira at right back or in centre midfield.[4]

Almeida made his UEFA Champions League debut on 19 September 2012 in a 0–0 draw at Celtic.[5] He also played the full 90 minutes in the second group stage game between the two teams, a 2–1 home success; on both occasions, he starred in the right side of defense.[6]

International career

Almeida gained 30 caps for Portugal all youth categories comprised, including 17 for the under-21 team. He made his debut with the full side on 11 October 2013, playing the full 90 minutes as a right back in a 1–1 home draw against Israel for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[7]

On 19 May 2014, Almeida was named by manager Paulo Bento in the final 23-man squad for the tournament in Brazil.[8] He made his debut in the competition on 16 June, replacing injured Fábio Coentrão in the second half of an eventual 0–4 group stage loss to Germany.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 September 2015[10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Belenenses 2008–09 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2009–10 20 1 3 0 1 0 — 24 1
2010–11 18 2 2 0 2 0 — 22 2
Total 42 3 5 0 3 0 — 49 3
União de Leiria 2011–12 11 1 1 0 0 0 — 12 1
Benfica 2011–12 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
2012–13 14 0 5 0 3 0 12 0 34 0
2013–14 10 0 3 0 4 0 8 0 26 0
2014–15 20 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 31 0
2015–16 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Total 49 0 11 0 10 0 27 0 98 0
Benfica B 2012–13 6 1 — 6 1
2013–14 1 0 — 1 0
Total 7 1 — 7 1
Career total 109 5 17 0 13 0 27 0 166 5

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2013 2 0
2014 5 0
2015 1 0
Total 8 0

Honours

Benfica

References

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  2. ↑ Benfica solicita regresso de André Almeida à U. Leiria (Benfica requests André Almeida return from U. Leiria); Mais Futebol, 23 December 2011 (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Taca da Liga round-up; PortuGOAL, 18 January 2012
  4. ↑ Ex-leão André Almeida ganha estatuto na Luz (Former lion André Almeida moving up the ranks at Luz); SerBenfiquista (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Celtic stand firm against Benfica; UEFA.com, 19 September 2012
  6. ↑ Benfica grateful for Garay winner; UEFA.com, 20 November 2012
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ André Almeida at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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