André_Teixeira_(footballer,_born_1993)
André Teixeira (footballer)
Portuguese footballer
André Ferreira Teixeira (born 14 August 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a centre-back for Greek Super League club A.E. Kifisia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | André Ferreira Teixeira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-08-14) 14 August 1993 (age 30)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back, centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | A.E. Kifisia | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Candal | ||
| 2004–2012 | Porto | ||
| 2008–2009 | → Padroense (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Belenenses | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Leixões (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Trofense (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2015−2016 | → Mafra (loan) | 43 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Leixões | 41 | (0) |
| 2017–2023 | AEL Limassol | 147 | (11) |
| 2023–2024 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 13 | (0) |
| 2024– | A.E. Kifisia | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Portugal U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Portugal U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2012 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:27, 19 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
Portugal
Born in Porto, Teixeira spent most of his youth in the ranks of hometown club FC Porto. In 2012 he moved to C.F. Os Belenenses, where he made his senior debut on 16 September in a 4–0 home win against F.C. Vizela in the second round of the Taça de Portugal; his Segunda Liga bow followed on 27 October in a 1–1 draw at Leixões SC.[2]
Teixeira spent the first half of 2013–14 loaned to Leixões.[3] On 2 February 2015, having still not made a Primeira Liga appearance for Belenenses, he was loaned back to the second division with C.D. Trofense for the rest of the season.[4]
Teixeira was lent to C.D. Mafra in the 2015–16 campaign, their first since winning promotion as champions of the third tier.[5] He played all but three games as they went straight back down, and scored his first professional goal on 21 November 2015 to equalise the 1–1 home draw with Vitória S.C. B.[6]
AEL Limassol
In the summer of 2017, Teixeira left Portugal for the first time, to join AEL Limassol of the Cypriot First Division under compatriot manager Bruno Baltazar. The team won the national cup in 2018–19,[8] and he scored in an 8–0 (14–0 aggregate) victory over Enosis Neon THOI Lakatamia in the second round on 30 January 2019.[9]
Hapoel Petah Tikva
On 13 July 2023, Teixeira signed a two-year contract with Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Petah Tikva.[10]
A.E. Kifisia
On 15 January 2024, Teixeira joined Super League Greece club A.E. Kifisia.[11]
AEL Limassol
- "André Teixeira" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- "Leixões-Belenenses, 1–1: Empate em jogo nervoso" [Leixões-Belenenses, 1–1: Draw in a nervous game]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 October 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- Resendes, Manuel (31 January 2014). "Mercado: Benfica empresta paraguaio Jorge Rojas ao Belenenses" [Transfer market: Benfica loan Paraguayan Jorge Rojas to Belenenses] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "Targino, André Pires e André Teixeira no Trofense" [Targino, André Pires and André Teixeira to Trofense]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 2 February 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "Mafra recebe sexto reforço da época" [Mafra get sexth addition of the season] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "Eficácia vitoriana rende um ponto em Mafra" [Vitória's efficiency earns a point at Mafra]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "Lateral André Teixeira regressa ao Leixões" [Full-back André Teixeira returns to Leixões]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 2 July 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- Amaral Santos, Francisco (7 June 2019). ""Era um sonho sair de Portugal e acho que tomei a decisão certa"" ["It was a dream to leave Portugal and I believe I made the right decision"] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- "ΑΕΛ-ΘΟΙ Λακατάμιας 8–0: Με περίπατο στην οκτάδα" [AEL-THOI Lakatamia 8–0: A breeze to reach last eight]. Kathimerini (in Greek). 30 January 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- "קפטן א.א.ל לימאסול חתם בהפועל פתח תקווה - ערוץ הספורט" [Captain of AEL Limassol signed with Hapoel Petah Tikva]. Sport5 (in Hebrew). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- "Ο Αντρέ Φερέιρα Τεϊσέιρα στην Κηφισιά" [Andre Ferreira Teixeira in Kifissia] (in Greek). A.E. Kifisia F.C. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- André Teixeira at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- André Teixeira national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- André Teixeira at Soccerway
