Santos being presented at Deportivo
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | André Filipe Bernardes Santos | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Sobreiro Curvo, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Arouca | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2000 | Lourinhanense | ||
2000–2008 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2013 | Sporting CP | 37 | (2) |
2008–2009 | → Fátima (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2009–2010 | → União Leiria (loan) | 39 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Vitória Guimarães | 25 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Balıkesirspor | 11 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Metz | 28 | (1) |
2016– | Arouca | 30 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Portugal U21 | 15 | (1) |
2011– | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2011 |
André Filipe Bernardes Santos (born 2 March 1989) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Arouca as a defensive midfielder.
Born in Sobreiro Curvo, Torres Vedras, Santos joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the age of 11. He made his senior debuts while on loan, playing with C.D. Fátima in the third division and U.D. Leiria; in the 2009–10 season, with the latter, he first appeared in the Primeira Liga, playing 30 complete games to help the club finish in ninth place and being the first Portuguese player to achieve the feat in the league in the process.
Santos returned to the Lions for the 2010–11 campaign, playing his first official match with the side on 5 August in a 2–1 home win against FC Nordsjælland for the UEFA Europa League. He scored his first goal as a professional exactly four months later, helping the visiting team win it 3–1 at Portimonense SC, and finished the season with 42 appearances all competitions comprised (two goals).
On 25 August 2011, also in the Europa League and against the same Danish opponent, and with the same match result but now in the playoff round, Santos netted to eventually help Sporting reach the group stage as that was also the aggregate score. However, he eventually lost his importance in the squad under new manager Domingos Paciência.