André Almeida (footballer, born 2000)

Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida (born 30 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Valencia CF.

For other people named André Almeida, see André Almeida (disambiguation).
André Almeida
Personal information
Full name Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Valencia
Number 18
Youth career
2009–2018 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Vitória Guimarães B 23 (0)
2019–2022 Vitória Guimarães 72 (3)
2022– Valencia 29 (2)
International career‡
2015 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2015–2016 Portugal U16 10 (2)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 10 (0)
2018 Portugal U18 5 (0)
2018 Portugal U19 4 (0)
2019 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2021– Portugal U21 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2023

He began his career at Vitoria de Guimaraes, playing 89 total games before a €7.5 million transfer to Valencia in 2022.

Club career

Vitória Guimarães

Born in Guimarães, Minho Province, Almeida joined the academy of Vitória S.C. before his 10th birthday.[2] On 6 August 2016, at only 16, he made his senior debut with the reserve side in the LigaPro, playing 77 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against C.D. Santa Clara.[3]

Almeida appeared in his first match in the Primeira Liga with the first team on 18 August 2019, starting in the 1–1 home draw with Boavista FC.[4] He scored his first goal in the competition on 8 September, in the away fixture against Rio Ave FC (same result).[5] The previous March, he had signed a professional contract until 2022 with a buyout clause of €20 million.[2]

Valencia

On 25 August 2022, Almeida joined La Liga club Valencia CF on a six-year deal. The transfer fee was the club's highest of the transfer window, €7.5 million in five instalments.[6] He made his debut on 4 September in a 5–1 home win over Getafe CF as a 70th-minute substitute;[7] thirteen days later he scored to conclude a 3–0 win over RC Celta de Vigo also at Mestalla Stadium.[8]

References
  1. "André Almeida" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "André Almeida renova com o Vitória" [André Almeida renews with Vitória] (in Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "Santa Clara-V. Guimarães B, 2–1: Clemente dá vitória aos açorianos nos descontos" [Santa Clara-V. Guimarães B, 2–1: Clemente gives win to Azoreans in injury time]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. "Boavista empata em Guimarães com golo nos descontos" [Boavista draw in Guimarães with injury-time goal]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. "Rio Ave e V. Guimarães empatam. Veja aqui os golos" [Rio Ave and V. Guimarães draw. Watch goals here]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. Torres, David (25 August 2022). "André Almeida ya es oficial: los datos del fichaje más caro de la temporada" [André Almeida is already official: the numbers of the most expensive signing of the season] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. Blanc, Manuel (7 September 2022). "André Almeida debuta y mira ya hacia Vallecas" [André Almeida debuts and is already looking towards Vallecas] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  8. "Espanha: André Almeida estreia-se a marcar pelo Valência" [Spain: André Almeida scores for the first time for Valencia] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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