José Andrade (Portuguese footballer)

José Andrade
Personal information
Full name José Manuel Gomes de Andrade
Date of birth (1970-06-01) 1 June 1970
Place of birth São Vicente, Cape Verde
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Académica Coimbra 15 (1)
1992–1997 Académico Viseu 136 (54)
1995 → Stoke City (loan) 4 (1)
1997–1998 Stoke City 12 (1)
1998 Gil Vicente 9 (1)
1998–1999 Maia 12 (0)
1999–2002 Atlético Aviação
2002–2005 Spora 52 (53)
2005–2008 Avenir Beggen 40 (20)
2008–2010 Jeunesse Schieren
National team
2003 Cape Verde 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


José Manuel Gomes de Andrade (born 1 June 1970), also known as Zé de Angola, is a Cape Verdean retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He also held Portuguese nationality, due to the many years he spent in the country.

Football career

Born in São Vicente, Cape Verde, Andrade spent most of his early career in the second and third divisions of Portuguese football, never appearing in the top level and mainly representing Académico de Viseu FC. Also in the 90s, he had two spells in England with Stoke City, one on loan,[1] making a total of 16 league appearances for the Potters.[2]

A player of slight build, Andrade broke his leg during a second division game at Swindon Town in April 1995, and returned to Portugal during the summer to regain fitness. He returned to Stoke two years later but, although he was a big hit with the supporters, he failed to settle in England and was released after five months.[3][4]

After two unassuming years in the Portuguese second level, with only 21 games combined for F.C. Maia and Gil Vicente FC, Andrade – known as Zé de Angola (Angola's Zé – short for Joseph) during his spell in the country – spent four seasons in Angola with Atlético Sport Aviação. He would retire at the age of 40, after eight years with three clubs in Luxembourg.

References

  1. ↑ "Portuguese men-a-broad". The Football Association. 4 September 2002. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Stoke City: 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  3. ↑ Matthews, Tony: "The Who's who of Stoke City " (Breedon's, ISBN 1-85983-473-6)
  4. ↑ Shaw, Phil (22 April 1995). "Potteries power struggle threatens to break mould". The Independent.
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