José Andrade (footballer, born 1970)

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.

José Andrade
Personal information
Full name José Manuel Gomes de Andrade
Date of birth (1970-06-01) 1 June 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth São Vicente, Cape Verde
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Académica Coimbra 15 (1)
1992–1997 Académico Viseu 136 (54)
1995Stoke 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 Luxembourg 52 (53)
2005–2008 Avenir Beggen 40 (20)
2008–2010 Jeunesse Schieren 7 (7)
International career
2003 Cape Verde 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career edit

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.

Personal life edit

Andrade's son Bruno, also became a professional footballer.[5]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

Source:[6][7]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Académica Coimbra 1991–92 Segunda Divisão de Honra 15 1 15 1
Académico Viseu 1992–93 Segunda Divisão B 31 19 31 19
1993–94 Segunda Divisão de Honra 32 6 32 6
1994–95 Segunda Divisão B 23 15 23 15
1995–96 Segunda Divisão de Honra 25 9 25 9
1996–97 Segunda Divisão de Honra 25 5 25 5
Total 136 54 136 54
Stoke City (loan) 1994–95 First Division 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
Stoke City 1997–98 First Division 12 1 0 0 2 0 14 1
Total 16 2 0 0 2 0 18 2
Gil Vicente 1997–98 Segunda Divisão de Honra 9 1 9 1
Maia 1998–99 Segunda Divisão de Honra 12 0 12 0
Spora Luxembourg 2002–03 Luxembourg Division of Honour 19 21 19 21
2003–04 Luxembourg National Division 23 24 23 24
2004–05 Luxembourg National Division 10 8 10 8
Total 52 53 52 53
Avenir Beggen 2005–06 Luxembourg National Division 0 0 0 0
2006–07 Luxembourg Division of Honour 21 14 21 14
2007–08 Luxembourg National Division 19 6 19 6
Total 40 20 40 20
Jeunesse Schieren 2009–10 Luxembourg Division of Honour 7 7 7 7
Career Total 272 137 0 0 2 0 274 137

International edit

Source:[7]

National team Year Apps Goals
Cape Verde 2003 2 0
Total 2 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Portuguese men-a-broad". The Football Association. 4 September 2002. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. 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. Archived from the original on 2022-06-17.
  5. ^ "Promotion hero and reported Aston Villa target is son of Stoke City enigma". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  6. ^ José Andrade at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  7. ^ a b "Zé de Angola". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

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