Diogo Andrade

Diogo Manuel Bebiano Cepeda David de Andrade was born in Lisbon (Portugal) on July, 23th 1985. Made all his football youth formation at Belenenses being caped for Portugal U16, U17, U18 and U19, for 14 times. Played three matches on the European U17 Finals in Denmark 2002. Diogo Andrade plays in either wing, preferably on the right.

In his first professional season (2004/05) the young winger moved to England after impressing on trial with AFC Bournemouth. He was a sensation in pre-season friendlies where his pace, tricks and catching performances saw Diogo handed a short term contract with the Cherries, but he was unable to adjust to the English game quickly enough to compete for a place in the side. He did however get to pull on the AFC Bournemouth shirt in the Carling Cup, in Bournemouth's famous giant killing of former Premiership Champions Blackburn Rovers. He moved on loan to Conference side Dorchester Town in October to learn more about the English game. He put in several memorable performances for the Magpies, making a total of 17 appearances for the Dorset side, scoring 4 times and claiming 11 assists, but did not re-sign for the Dean Court team. In 2005/2006 he had a trial for French club Stade Lavallois, where after impressing he joined the league 2 club and joined Laval 2, who were bottom of French division 5. He become the playmaker of the side and Laval 2 eventually rose to finish in 5th place. His performances could have earn him a spot in the full Laval team who play in the second tier of the French league. But following their relegation he decided not to stay. After spells inEngland and France, Diogo Andrade returned to his native Portugal to play in the very competitive second division joining Portimonense who are in the Algarve (2006/2007). Portimonense has an interesting history, during the 1980's they were a top side in Portugal and qualified for the UEFA Cup. But, in January 2007 he signed a three year deal with Romanian first league club UTA Arad, playing the spring season in Romania. In the begining of the season 2007/08 Diogo Andrade was loaned to Bulgaria first league club Vihren Sandanski.

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Career:

| AFC Bournemouth 2004/2005 | Dorchester Town 2004/2005 | Stade Lavallois 2005/2006 | Portimonense 2006/2007 | UT Arad 2006/2007 | FC Vihren Sandanski 2007