André Claro

André Filipe Claro de Jesus (born 31 March 1991), known as Claro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Leixões S.C. as a forward.

André Claro
Personal information
Full name André Filipe Claro de Jesus
Date of birth (1991-03-31) 31 March 1991
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Leixões
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– Leixões 17 (6)
National team
2007 Portugal U16 2 (1)
2008–2009 Portugal U18 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 February 2020

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.

Released by the Dragons in the summer of 2010, Claro signed for F.C. Famalicão in the fourth division, scoring 14 goals in 32 games in his first season which ended in promotion to the third level. He added ten in 30 in the following campaign.

For 2012–13, Claro joined F.C. Arouca of division two, netting in only his second game in the competition, a 3–0 away win against F.C. Penafiel on 22 August 2012.[1] He contributed with 31 appearances and four goals, as the team promoted to the Primeira Liga for the first time in their history; 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,[2] 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.[3]

On 13 July 2015, after his contract expired, Claro signed a two-year deal with Vitória F.C. also in the top tier.[4]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Sporting 5–1 Arouca (final)" [Sporting 5–1 Arouca (end)] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
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