Dedé (Angolan footballer)

Dédé
Personal information
Full name	Adérito Waldemar Alves Carvalho
Date of birth	(1981-07-04) 4 July 1981
Place of birth	Lobito, Angola
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Benfica Luanda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2003	Académica Lobito	35	(8)
2003–2005	O Elvas	33	(4)
2005–2006	Portosantense	24	(1)
2006–2007	Trofense	28	(4)
2007–2009	Paços Ferreira	46	(2)
2009	Arles-Avignon	4	(0)
2010	Politehnica Timişoara	3	(0)
2010–2011	Olympiakos Nicosia	25	(2)
2011–2014	AEL Limassol	74	(4)
2014–	Benfica Luanda	12	(0)
National team^‡
2007–	Angola	28	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 January 2013

Adérito Waldemar Alves de Carvalho, commonly known as Dédé (born 4 July 1981 in Lobito), is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica (Luanda) as a midfielder.

Club career

After starting in his native country with Académica Petróleos do Lobito, Dédé moved to Portugal, first appearing with lowly O Elvas C.A.D. and C.D. Portosantense. In the 2006–07 season he joined C.D. Trofense in the second division, being an important first-team member.

Dédé signed with F.C. Paços de Ferreira for 2007–08, scoring in his debut in the top level on 18 August 2007 after heading home in a 1–3 away loss against C.S. Marítimo.^[1] It was his only goal during the campaign.

In the 2009 summer Dédé signed for AC Arles-Avignon in Ligue 2, but left the club only a few months later, moving to Romania with FC Timişoara. He make his official debut for the latter on 25 April 2010, at FC Steaua Bucureşti.

Dédé signed with his third team in less than one year in the 2010 summer, after joining Cyprus' Olympiakos Nicosia. He continued competing in the country in the following seasons, with AEL Limassol.

International career

Dédé first represented Angola in 2007, being summoned for the following year's Africa Cup of Nations as the national side progressed through the group stages.

References

↑ "Dedé: «Derrotas trazem vantagens»" [Dedé: «There's an upside to a defeat»] (in Portuguese). Record. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

External links

Stats and profile at Zerozero
Dedé profile at ForaDeJogo
Dédé at National-Football-Teams.com
Soccerway profile

Angola squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Lamá 2 Airosa 3 Jamba 4 Machado 5 Kali 6 Yamba Asha 7 Figueiredo 8 A.Macanga 9 Mateus 10 Maurito 11 Gilberto 12 Nuno 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 Rui Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Dédé 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Mário 23 Manucho Coach: O.Gonçalves

Angola squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Lamá 2 Jamuana 3 Enoque 4 Dias Caires 5 Kali 6 Davíd 7 Job 8 Xara 9 Mantorras 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Johnson–Macaba 13 Carlos 14 Djalma 15 Rui Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Dédé 20 Stélvio 21 Mabiná 22 Wilson 23 Manucho Coach: Manuel José

Angola squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Wilson 2 Airosa 3 Osório 4 Dani Massunguna 5 Kali 6 Dédé 7 Djalma 8 André Macanga 9 Manucho 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Jaime 13 Carlos 14 Amaro 15 Miguel 16 Flávio 17 Mateus 18 Love 19 Rafael 20 Manucho Barros 21 Mingo Bile 22 Hugo 23 Vunguidica Coach: Vidigal

Angola squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Lamá 2 M.Airosa 3 Lunguinha 4 Dani Massunguna 5 Fabrício 6 Dédé 7 Djalma 8 Manucho Diniz 9 Manucho 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Landú 13 Bastos 14 Amaro 15 Miguel 16 Pirolito 17 Mateus 18 Geraldo 19 Yano 20 Mingo Bile 21 Manuel 22 Neblú 23 Guilherme Coach: Ferrín