André Almeida (footballer, born 2000)

Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida (born 30 May 2000) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória S.C. as a midfielder.

For other people named André Almeida, see André Almeida (disambiguation).
André Almeida
Personal information
Full name Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vitória Guimarães
Number 70
Youth career
2009–2018 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Vitória Guimarães B 23 (0)
2019– Vitória Guimarães 14 (1)
National team
2015 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2015–2016 Portugal U16 10 (2)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 10 (0)
2018 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2018 Portugal U19 4 (0)
2019 Portugal U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2020

Club career

Born in Guimarães, Minho Province, Almeida joined the academy of Vitória S.C. before his 10th birthday.[2] On 6 August 2016, at only 16, he made his senior debut with the reserve side in the LigaPro, playing 77 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against C.D. Santa Clara.[3]

Almeida appeared in his first match in the Primeira Liga with the first team on 18 August 2019, starting in the 1–1 home draw to Boavista FC.[4] He scored his first goal in the competition on 8 September, in the away fixture against Rio Ave FC (same result).[5] The previous March, he had signed a professional contract until 2022 with a buyout clause of €20 million.[2]

References
  1. "André Almeida" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "André Almeida renova com o Vitória" [André Almeida renews with Vitória] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "Santa Clara-V. Guimarães B, 2–1: Clemente dá vitória aos açorianos nos descontos" [Santa Clara-V. Guimarães B, 2–1: Clemente gives win to Azoreans in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. "Boavista empata em Guimarães com golo nos descontos" [Boavista draw in Guimarães with injury-time goal]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. "Rio Ave e V. Guimarães empatam. Veja aqui os golos" [Rio Ave and V. Guimarães draw. Watch goals here]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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