Alhandra (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luís Miguel Assunção Joaquim | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1989 | Alhandra | ||
| 1989–1998 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–1999 | Sporting CP | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Lourinhanense (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 1999–2000 | Alverca | 2 | (0) |
| 2000 | Porto B | 15 | (3) |
| 2001–2002 | Académica | 43 | (7) |
| 2002–2008 | União Leiria | 126 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | Enosis Neon | 23 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Gil Vicente | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Eléctrico | 10 | (0) |
| 2011 | Monsanto | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | Riachense | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2002 | Portugal U21 | 15 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Luís Miguel Assunção Joaquim, commonly known as Alhandra (born 5 March 1979 in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon), is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a left back – he could also appear as a midfielder.
Football career
An unsuccessful graduate of Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth ranks, Alhandra started professionally with its feeder club, Sporting Clube Lourinhanense. After a brief spell with F.C. Porto's reserves he lived his most steady period with U.D. Leiria, helping the side to participations in the UEFA Intertoto Cup and being regularly used over the course of six top division seasons (a maximum of 30 league games in 2005–06 and a minimum of 16 in 2007–08, with the latter campaign ending in relegation).
On 2 April 2008 Alhandra signed a two-year contract with Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, adding to the massive Portuguese contingent at the Cypriot club. After one sole season he returned to Portugal, joining second level team Gil Vicente F.C. and being released at the end of the campaign.
Subsequently Alhandra resumed his career in the lower leagues of his country, retiring in 2012 at the age of 33.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Alhandra profile at ForaDeJogo
- Soccerway profile