Evandro Brandão

Evandro Elmer de Carvalho Brandão (born 7 May 1991) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club U.D. Vilafranquense as a striker.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is de Carvalho and the second or paternal family name is Brandão.
Evandro Brandão
Personal information
Full name Evandro Elmer de Carvalho Brandão[1]
Date of birth (1991-05-07) 7 May 1991[1]
Place of birth Luanda, Angola[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Vilafranquense
Youth career
?–2003 Blackburn Rovers
2003–2006 Walsall
2006–2009 Manchester United
2009 Braga
2009–2010 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Benfica 0 (0)
2010 → Fátima (loan) 3 (0)
2011 → Gondomar (loan) 12 (10)
2011–2013 Videoton 14 (1)
2012–2013 → Olhanense (loan) 18 (1)
2013–2014 Tondela 17 (4)
2014–2015 Libolo 20 (2)
2015 Kabuscorp 8 (1)
2016 Benfica Castelo Branco 11 (1)
2016–2017 Fafe 36 (11)
2017–2019 Leixões 61 (11)
2019–2020 Maccabi Petah Tikva 22 (5)
2021– Vilafranquense
National team‡
2006–2008 Portugal U17 8 (0)
2009 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2010 Portugal U19 6 (0)
2014– Angola 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2019

Club career

England

Brandão was born in Luanda, Angola, but spent the first years of his life in Portugal before moving to England at the age of 9. He began his football career at Blackburn Rovers,[2] before joining Walsall in 2003.[3]

After three years with Walsall, Brandão signed for Manchester United on 21 October 2006, after impressing assistant manager Carlos Queiroz while on trial with United at the 2006 Under-17 Nike Cup.[4][5] He had to wait five months to make his debut for the under-18s, but played in four of their last five games as the side finished fourth in the 2006–07 Premier Academy League, before being offered a trainee contract in July 2007.

The following season, Brandão scored four goals in 18 appearances for the under-18 team, adding four in 15 appearances the year after. He also made his debut for the reserves in 2008–09, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Magnus Wolff Eikrem in a Manchester Senior Cup game away to Bury. However, he was unable to make any more of an impression at the club, and was released on the expiry of his contract in June 2009.

Portugal

Brandão signed with Braga in the summer of 2009[6] but, just five months later, the deal was usurped by Benfica, who signed him on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[7]

After spending a year in the Benfica academy, he went out on loan twice in 2010–11, first to Fátima (Segunda Liga) and then to Gondomar (third division), for whom he netted ten goals in 12 games.[8]

Hungary

After failing to break into the Benfica first team, Brandão moved to Hungarian club Videoton in July 2011, coached by his former Portugal under-16 manager Paulo Sousa.[9] He scored his first and only Nemzeti Bajnokság I goal for the side on 20 August, contributing to a 4–1 home win against Pécs.[10]

Later years

In the summer of 2012, Brandão signed with Olhanense in the Portuguese top flight, on loan.[11] He scored his first goal in the competition on 15 December to help to a 2–2 home draw to Gil Vicente,[12] as his team went on to finish as the first above the relegation zone.

Subsequently, Brandão represented in quick succession Tondela,[13] Libolo, Kabuscorp – both from the Angolan Girabola[14]– and Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco,[15] for a total of only eight goals. On 12 July 2016, he agreed to a deal at Fafe from the Portuguese second tier.[16]

Brandão scored his first hat-trick at the professional level on 15 January 2017, in a 4–1 victory over Braga B at the Parque Municipal dos Desportos de Fafe.[17] In June, following relegation, he signed for Leixões also of the second division.[18]

On 10 September 2019, Brandão joined Israeli Liga Leumit club Maccabi Petah Tikva.[19]

International career

At youth level, Brandão earned 24 caps for Portugal. He switched allegiance to Angola as a senior, making his debut on 13 August 2014 by playing the last four minutes of a 0–0 friendly draw to Angola.[20]

International goals
As of 8 June 2019 (Angola score listed first, score column indicates score after each Brandão goal)[21]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 June 2019Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel, Portugal Guinea-Bissau1–02–0Friendly[22]

Honours

Club

Videoton

Libolo

Maccabi Petah Tikva

References
  1. "Evandro Brandão" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. nickogs20 (14 June 2009). "Brandão bound for Braga". United Youth. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  3. Madeley, Steve (1 November 2006). "Brandao signs for big boys". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  4. McLaughlan, Lee (5 November 2006). "Walsall glad to cash in on ace Brando". Sunday Mercury. Birmingham. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  5. "Wednesday's football gossip". BBC Sport. 25 October 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. "Man Utd kid Brandao on way to Sporting Braga". Tribal Football. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  7. "Benfica snap up ex-Man Utd striker Brandao". Tribal Football. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  8. "Evandro Brandão assina pelo Videoton de Paulo Sousa" [Evandro Brandão signs for Paulo Sousa's Videoton]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 July 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  9. "A MU-t és a Benfica-t megjárt portugál csatártehetséget igazoltunk" [Former MU and Benfica talented striker confirmed] (in Hungarian). Videoton FC. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  10. "Továbbra is hibátlan a Debrecen és a Győr" [Debrecen and Győr still flawless] (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  11. "Evandro Brandão chega por empréstimo" [Evandro Brandão arrives on loan]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  12. "Olhanense esteve a perder mas recuperou empate com Gil Vicente" [Olhanense were losing but came back for the draw with Gil Vicente] (in Portuguese). Sul Informação. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  13. "Evandro Brandão reforça Tondela" [Evandro Brandão bolsters Tondela]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 August 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  14. "Kabuscorp com novos reforços" [Kabuscorp with new additions] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  15. Jorge, Artur (4 February 2016). "BC Branco: Evandro Brandão fecha plantel" [BC Branco: Evandro Brandão closes roster]. Reconquista (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  16. "Evandro é reforço da Associação Desportiva de Fafe" [Evandro is a Associação Desportiva de Fafe addition]. Expresso de Fafe (in Portuguese). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  17. "Hat-trick de Evandro Brandão na goleada do Fafe sobre o Braga B" [Evandro Brandão hat-trick in Fafe rout of Braga B]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 15 January 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  18. "Leixões anuncia a chegada de sete reforços" [Leixões announce arrival of seven additions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  19. "אבנדרו ברנדאו האנגולי חתם במכבי פ"ת לעונה" [Angolan Evandro Brandão signs with Maccabi Petah for one season] (in Hebrew). One. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  20. "Futebol: Angola/Botswana (ficha técnica)" [Football: Angola/Botswana (technical report)] (in Portuguese). ANGOP. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  21. "Evandro Brandão – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  22. "CAN Egipto 2019: Angola vence Guine Bissau no amigável de Penafiel" [ACN Egypt 2019: Angola beat Guinea-Bissau in Penafiel friendly] (in Portuguese). Angolan Football Federation. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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