Luís Andrade

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Andrade
Personal information
Full nameLuís Filipe Andrade de Oliveira
Date of birth (1975-04-04) 4 April 1975
Place of birthLisbon, Portugal
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Club information
Current clubRetired
Youth career
1984–1985Domingos Sávio
1985–1992Sporting
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1995Estoril Praia68(1)
1995−1996Estrela da Amadora26(0)
1996−1998Belenenses49(1)
1998−2003Benfica41(0)
2000−2001Sp. Braga (loan)29(0)
2001−2002Benfica B1(0)
2003−2004Tenerife22(0)
2004−2006Académica12(0)
2006Paphos6(0)
2007Pinhalnovense9(1)
2007−2008Olivais e Moscavide19(0)
2008−2010Odivelas F.C.39(2)
2010−2011GS Loures
2012−2013Odivelas F.C.
National team
1990Portugal U179(0)
1991Portugal U1811(0)
1993Portugal U201(0)
1994Portugal U2111(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2013

Luís Filipe Andrade de Oliveira (born 30 September 1973 in Lisbon), known as Andrade, is a Portuguese retired footballer. A gritty player with few skills he operated mainly as a defensive midfielder, but could also play as a defender.

Football career

After playing his youth football at Sporting Clube de Portugal, Andrade went on to represent G.D. Estoril Praia (1992–95), C.F. Estrela da Amadora (1995–96), C.F. Os Belenenses (1996–98), Sport Lisboa e Benfica (1998–2003, with one season loaned to Sporting de Braga), Académica de Coimbra (2004–06), C.D. Pinhalnovense (2007), C.D. Olivais e Moscavide (2007–08) and Odivelas FC (2008–10).

He also had abroad spells with CD Tenerife (2003–04, Spanish second division) and AEP Paphos FC (Cyprus, a few months, early into the 2006–07 season), and finished his extensive career in the regional championships in 2011, with Grupo Sportivo Loures. Andrade amassed Portuguese top flight totals of 193 games and one goal, and was a member of the national side that competed at the 1996 Olympic Games, helping it reach the 4th place.

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