Gonçalo Brandão
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gonçalo Jardim Brandão | ||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Estoril | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2004 | Belenenses | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2008 | Belenenses | 19 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Siena | 43 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Parma | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Cesena (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → CFR Cluj (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Belenenses (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Belenenses | 69 | (1) |
| 2017– | Estoril | 6 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Portugal U19 | 5 | (0) | |
| 2007–2009 | Portugal U21 | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. |
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Gonçalo Jardim Brandão (born 9 October 1986 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia. Mainly a central defender, he can also appear as a left back.
A product of hometown C.F. Os Belenenses' youth system, Brandão made his debut in the first division aged 17, against FC Porto, scoring in a 1–4 home loss on 18 October 2003 when he still had not finished his youth career. He only managed another seven first-team appearances in the next three seasons combined, with a loan to Charlton Athletic in 2005–06 in between (no Premier League matches played).
On 4 February 2007 Brandão played his first league match after his Belenenses return, against Vitória de Setúbal.
In June 2008, it was announced Brandão had signed with Serie A's A.C. Siena: after a shaky start – he made his league debut only on 20 December in a 1–2 home defeat against Inter Milan – he finished his first season as an undisputed starter.
After the end of the 2009–10 campaign Brandão was loaned to Juventus F.C. for the United States tour, along with Albin Ekdal (owned by Juve and loaned to Siena) and three other players.
On 22 June 2011, after contributing with only two games to Siena's top flight return, Brandão signed for Parma F.C. on loan. In the following summer the clubs were involved in a player-only transaction, which saw Parma sign Brandão, Alessandro Iacobucci, Giuseppe Pacini and Andrea Rossi, while Siena acquired Manuel Coppola, Paolo Hernán Dellafiore, Abdou Doumbia and Alberto Galuppo – both organizations also retained 50% registration rights on their players.
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