André Claro

André Claro
Personal information
Full name André Filipe Claro de Jesus
Date of birth (1991-03-31) 31 March 1991
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Estoril
Number 22
Youth career
2001–2002 Dragões Sandinenses
2002–2010 Porto
2006–2007 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Famalicão 62 (24)
2012–2015 Arouca 81 (8)
2015–2017 Vitória Setúbal 50 (16)
2017– Estoril 9 (2)
National team
2008–2009 Portugal U18 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017.

André Filipe Claro de Jesus (born 31 March 1991), known as Claro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia as a forward.

Football career

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Claro arrived in FC 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. He added 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 Primeira Liga for the first time in its history.

On 13 July 2015, after his contract expired, Claro signed a two-year deal with Vitória F.C. also in the top tier.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Penafiel-Arouca, 0–3: Joeano abriu caminho a vitória robusta (Penafiel-Arouca, 0–3: Joeano paved the way in solid win); Record, 22 August 2012 (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ "André Claro é o décimo reforço sadino" [André Claro is addition number ten] (in Portuguese). Vitória F.C. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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