André Gonçalves (footballer)

André Caetano Gonçalves (born 23 January 1992) is a Swiss-Portuguese professional footballer currently playing for FC Linth 04.

André Gonçalves
Personal information
Full name André Caetano Gonçalves
Date of birth (1992-01-23) 23 January 1992
Place of birth Meiringen, Switzerland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 FC Linth 04
Number 2
Youth career
2001–2005 FC Glarus
2005–2006 Rapperswil-Jona
2006–2010 FC Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 FC Zürich II 23 (1)
2010–2011 → FC Aarau (loan) 28 (0)
2011–2012 → FC Aarau (loan) 17 (1)
2012–2013 FC Zürich 1 (0)
2013–2019 Schaffhausen 146 (7)
2019– FC Linth 04 13 (1)
International career
2008–2009 Switzerland U17 20 (4)
2010–2011 Switzerland U19 11 (0)
2011–2012 Switzerland U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:03, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Gonçalves began his playing career with lower league clubs FC Glarus and FC Rapperswil-Jona before moving on to Swiss Super League club FC Zürich in 2006. After spending time with the club's youth teams, from late 2009 he started playing regularly with the reserve team. Gonçalves then went on loan to Swiss Challenge League club FC Aarau for both the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons in order to gain more playing experience. He returned to Zürich for the 2012–13 season. In May 2013 it was announced that he joined second tier side Schaffhausen.[1]

Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Gonçalves joined FC Linth 04.[2]

International career

Gonçalves is a Switzerland youth international. In 2009, he was part of the Swiss under-17 team that won the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup beating host nation Nigeria 1—0 in the final. Gonçalves featured in all 7 matches at the tournament and scored in the team's round of 16 win against Germany.[3]

Honours

References
  1. "André Gonçalves Caetano zum FC Schaffhausen". Fc Schaffhausen. Fc Schaffhausen. 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. Sommer 2019/20 | Swiss Football League, sfl.ch, 2 July 2019
  3. "Switzerland v. Germany". FIFA U-17 World Cup. FIFA.com. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
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