André Almeida (footballer, born 2000)

Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida (born 30 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Valencia.

For other people named André Almeida, see André Almeida (disambiguation).
André Almeida
Personal information
Full name Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Valencia
Number 10
Youth career
2009–2018 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Vitória Guimarães B 23 (0)
2019–2022 Vitória Guimarães 72 (3)
2022– Valencia 38 (2)
International career
2015 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2015–2016 Portugal U16 10 (2)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 10 (0)
2018 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2018 Portugal U19 4 (0)
2019 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2021–2023 Portugal U21 15 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:00, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

He began his career at Vitória de Guimarães, playing 89 total games before a €7.5 million transfer to Valencia in 2022.

Club career

Vitória Guimarães

Born in Guimarães, Minho Province, Almeida joined the academy of Vitória S.C. before his 10th birthday.[2] On 6 August 2016, at only 16, he made his senior debut with the reserve side in the LigaPro, playing 77 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against C.D. Santa Clara.[3]

Almeida appeared in his first match in the Primeira Liga with the first team on 18 August 2019, starting in the 1–1 home draw with Boavista FC.[4] He scored his first goal in the competition on 8 September, in the away fixture against Rio Ave FC (same result).[5] The previous March, he had signed a professional contract until 2022 with a buyout clause of €20 million.[2]

Valencia

On 25 August 2022, Almeida joined Valencia CF on a six-year deal; the transfer fee was the Spanish club's highest of the transfer window, €7.5 million in five instalments.[6] He made his La Liga debut on 4 September in a 5–1 home win over Getafe CF as a 70th-minute substitute.[7] Thirteen days later, he scored to conclude a 3–0 victory against RC Celta de Vigo also at Mestalla Stadium.[8]

International career

Almeida earned his first cap for the Portugal under-21 team on 6 September 2021, starting a 1–0 home victory over Belarus in the 2023 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[9] The following month, also during that stage, he contributed one goal to the 11–0 demolition of Liechstenstein in Vizela.[10]

Picked for the finals in Georgia and Romania,[11] Almeida opened a 1–1 group-stage draw against the Netherlands[12] in an eventual quarter-final exit.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 4 June 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vitória Guimarães B 2016–17 LigaPro 4 0 — — — — 4 0
2017–18 0 0 — — — — 0 0
2018–19 19 0 — — — — 19 0
Total 23 0 — — — — 23 0
Vitória Guimarães 2019–20 Primeira Liga 8 1 0 0 2 0 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 — 14 1
2020–21 30 2 2 0 1 0 — — 33 2
2021–22 31 0 1 0 4 0 — — 36 0
2022–23 3 0 0 0 0 0 3[lower-alpha 4] 0 — 6 0
Total 72 3 3 0 7 0 7 0 — 89 3
Valencia 2022–23 La Liga 34 2 3 0 — — 1[lower-alpha 5] 0 38 2
Career Total 129 5 6 0 7 0 7 0 1 0 150 5
  1. Includes Taça de Portugal and Copa del Rey
  2. Includes Taça da Liga
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

References
  1. "André Almeida" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "André Almeida renova com o Vitória" [André Almeida renews with Vitória] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "Santa Clara-V. Guimarães B, 2–1: Clemente dá vitória aos açorianos nos descontos" [Santa Clara-V. Guimarães B, 2–1: Clemente gives win to Azoreans in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. "Boavista empata em Guimarães com golo nos descontos" [Boavista draw in Guimarães with injury-time goal]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. "Rio Ave e V. Guimarães empatam. Veja aqui os golos" [Rio Ave and V. Guimarães draw. Watch goals here]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. Torres, David (25 August 2022). "André Almeida ya es oficial: los datos del fichaje más caro de la temporada" [André Almeida is already official: the numbers of the most expensive signing of the season] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. Blanc, Manuel (7 September 2022). "André Almeida debuta y mira ya hacia Vallecas" [André Almeida debuts and is already looking towards Vallecas] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  8. "Espanha: André Almeida estreia-se a marcar pelo Valência" [Spain: André Almeida scores for the first time for Valencia] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  9. "Portugal-Bielorrússia, 1–0" [Portugal-Belarus, 1–0]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 September 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. Maia, Vítor (7 October 2021). "Sub-21: Portugal-Liechtenstein, 11–0 (crónica)" [Under-21: Portugal-Liechtenstein, 11–0 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  11. "Divulgada a convocatória final da seleção de sub-21 para o Campeonato da Europa" [Final under-21 squad for European Championship released]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  12. Teles, Gonçalo (24 June 2023). "Sub-21 portugueses empatam com os Países Baixos no Europeu" [Portugal under-21s draw with the Netherlands in Euro] (in Portuguese). TSF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  13. Howell, Alex (2 July 2023). "England U21 1–0 Portugal U21". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  14. André Almeida at Soccerway
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