Rúben Andrade

Rúben Dinarte Martins Andrade (born 7 June 1982) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Rúben Andrade
Personal information
Full name Rúben Dinarte Martins Andrade
Date of birth (1982-06-07) 7 June 1982
Place of birth Funchal, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1999 Juventude Atlântico
1999–2001 União Madeira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2016 União Madeira 407 (60)
2016–2020 Camacha 84 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:36, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Football career

Born in Funchal, Madeira, Andrade all but played for local C.F. União after signing in 1999 to complete his formation. 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 for the third division championship.

In the following seasons, Andrade alternated between the second and third levels 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 with six goals[1][2][3][4] in 41 games in the 2014–15 campaign, as União returned to the Primeira Liga after an absence of more than two decades,[5] and on 1 June 2015 he renewed his contract for another year.[6] 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 derby home win over C.S. Marítimo.[7]

Honours

União Madeira

References
  1. "Beira-Mar-U. Madeira, 1–2: Dez minutos loucos resolveram o jogo" [Beira-Mar-U. Madeira, 1–2: Ten crazy minutes decided the game]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 August 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. "Chaves-U. Madeira, 0–3: Flavienses voltam a perder 13 jogos depois" [Chaves-U. Madeira, 0–3: Flavienses lost again 13 games later]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 October 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. "Farense-U.Madeira, 0–5: Autogolos e expulsões ajudam insulares" [Farense-U.Madeira, 0–5: Own goals and ejections help islanders]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 February 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  4. "Oriental-U. Madeira, 0–3 (crónica)" [Oriental-U. Madeira, 0–3 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  5. "Tondela e U. Madeira sobem à Liga" [Tondela and U. Madeira promote to League]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 May 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  6. "Ruben Andrade renovou pelo União" [Ruben Andrade renewed with União] (in Portuguese). RTP Madeira. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. "União derrota Marítimo no derbi da Madeira" [União defeat Marítimo in Madeiran derby] (in Portuguese). RTP Madeira. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.