| André Almeida | |
| Full Name: | Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida[1] |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Guimarães, Portugal |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Valencia |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2018 |
| Youthclubs1: | Vitória Guimarães |
| Years1: | 2016–2019 |
| Caps1: | 23 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019–2022 |
| Caps2: | 72 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Caps3: | 53 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2018 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2018 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2019 |
| Nationalcaps6: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears7: | 2021–2023 |
| Nationalcaps7: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals7: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | 04:35, 18 August 2024 (UTC) |
Domingos André Ribeiro Almeida (born 30 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Valencia.
He began his career at Vitória de Guimarães, playing 89 total games before a €7.5 million transfer to Valencia in 2022.
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]
On 25 August 2022, Almeida joined Valencia CF on a six-year deal; the transfer fee was the Spanish club's highest of the transfer window, €7.5 million in five instalments.[6] He made his La Liga 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 victory against RC Celta de Vigo also at Mestalla Stadium.[8]
Almeida earned his first cap for the Portugal under-21 team on 6 September 2021, starting a 1–0 home victory over Belarus in the 2023 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[9] The following month, also during that stage, he contributed one goal to the 11–0 demolition of Liechstenstein in Vizela.[10]
Picked for the finals in Georgia and Romania,[11] Almeida opened a 1–1 group-stage draw against the Netherlands[12] in an eventual quarter-final exit.[13]
| Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2016–17 | LigaPro | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2018–19 | 19 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 23 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Vitória Guimarães | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 89 | 3 | ||||
| Valencia | 2022–23 | La Liga | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 53 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 4 | |||
| Career Total | 148 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 7 | |||