André Claro

André Claro
Personal information
Full nameAndré Filipe Claro de Jesus
Date of birth31 March 1991
Place of birthVila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Arouca
Number8
Youth career
2001–2002Dragões Sandinenses
2002–2010Porto
2006–2007Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012Famalicão62(24)
2012–Arouca78(8)
National team
2008–2009Portugal U189(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

André Filipe Claro de Jesus (born 31 March 1991), known as Claro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Arouca as a forward.

Football career

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Claro arrived in F.C. Porto's youth system in 2002, aged 11. He went on to progress through every youth rank at the club, being occasionally summoned to the first team for training.

Released by the Dragons in the 2010 summer, Claro signed for F.C. Famalicão in the fourth division, scoring 14 goals in 32 games in his first season which ended in promotion to the third level, and adding ten in 30 in the following campaign.

For 2012–13 Claro joined F.C. Arouca in division two, netting in only his second game in the competition, a 3–0 away win against F.C. Penafiel on 22 August 2012.[1] He contributed with 31 appearances and four goals as the team promoted to the top flight for the first time in its history.

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