André Claro
Personal information | |||
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Full name | André Filipe Claro de Jesus[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 31 March 1991||
Place of birth | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vilafranquense | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2002 | Dragões Sandinenses | ||
2002–2010 | Porto | ||
2006–2007 | → Padroense (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Famalicão | 62 | (24) |
2012–2015 | Arouca | 81 | (8) |
2015–2017 | Vitória Setúbal | 50 | (16) |
2017–2018 | Estoril | 36 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Boavista | 16 | (1) |
2019 | Académica | 2 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Leixões | 18 | (6) |
2020– | Vilafranquense | 7 | (1) |
International career | |||
2007 | Portugal U16 | 2 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Portugal U18 | 9 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2020 |
André Filipe Claro de Jesus (born 31 March 1991), known as Claro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for U.D. Vilafranquense as a forward.
Club career
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Claro arrived in FC Porto's youth system in 2002, aged 11. He went on to progress through every youth rank at the club, being occasionally summoned to the first team for training.[2]
Released by the Dragons in the summer of 2010, Claro signed for F.C. Famalicão in the fourth division, scoring 14 goals in 32 matches in his first season which ended in promotion to the third level. He added ten in 30 the following campaign.
For 2012–13, Claro joined F.C. Arouca of the Segunda Liga, scoring in only his second game in the competition, a 3–0 away win against F.C. Penafiel on 22 August 2012.[3] He contributed 31 appearances and four goals, as the team promoted to the Primeira Liga for the first time in their history.[4] He made his debut in the competition on 18 August 2013 by coming on as a late substitute in a 1–5 away loss to Sporting CP,[5] and scored his first goals on 22 December of that year in a 3–0 away defeat of Gil Vicente F.C. where he netted a brace.[6]
On 13 July 2015, after his contract expired, Claro signed a two-year deal with Vitória F.C. also in the top tier.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "André Claro" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "André Claro: «Todos gostariam de fazer parte de um plantel de milhões»" [André Claro: "Everybody would like to be part of a squad worth millions"]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Penafiel-Arouca, 0–3: Joeano abriu caminho a vitória robusta" [Penafiel-Arouca, 0–3: Joeano paved the way to solid win]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 August 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Silva, Carlos (12 May 2013). "Arouca na I Liga" [Arouca in I League] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Sporting 5–1 Arouca (final)" [Sporting 5–1 Arouca (end)] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Gil Vicente-Arouca, 0–3: Um domínio claro em cenário de crise" [Gil Vicente-Arouca, 0–3: Clear domination in crisis scenario]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "André Claro é o décimo reforço sadino" [André Claro is addition number ten for the sadinos] (in Portuguese). Vitória F.C. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
External links
- André Claro at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- André Claro at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Vila Nova de Gaia
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players
- FC Porto players
- Padroense F.C. players
- F.C. Famalicão players
- F.C. Arouca players
- Vitória F.C. players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- Boavista F.C. players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
- Leixões S.C. players
- Portugal youth international footballers