Evandro Carlos Escardalete (born 12 February 1974), known simply as Evandro, is a Brazilian retired

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who played mainly as a

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Club career

After playing with modest teams in his native country (

Esporte Clube Taubaté Esporte Clube Taubaté, commonly referred to as Taubaté, is a professional association football club based in Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of the São Paulo state football le ...

Londrina Esporte Clube Londrina Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as Londrina, is a Brazilian professional football club in Londrina, Paraná, which currently plays in Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, after being relegated from Série B in 20 ...

Criciúma Esporte Clube Criciúma Esporte Clube is a Brazilian professional club based in Criciúma, Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina founded on 13 May 1947. Criciúma is the most successful team from Santa Catarina, having won the 1991 Copa do Brasil, the 2002 ...

Mirassol Futebol Clube Mirassol Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian professional club based in Mirassol, São Paulo founded on 9 November 1925. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top flight of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista, ...

, União Bandeirante FC and

ABC Futebol Clube ABC Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as ABC, is a Brazilian professional club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte founded on 29 June 1915. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, as well as ...

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

-born Evandro moved in 2000 to Portugal, joining Rio Ave F.C. in the

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. He became an instant first choice, going on to amass more than 300 overall appearances for the

Vila do Conde Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km2. The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of ...

club. In the 2003–04 season, as Rio Ave had just been promoted to the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

, Evandro scored 15 goals in 26 games, notably two in a 4–0 home rout of

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

and another in a 1–1 home draw against

S.L. Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...

, helping the side finish in seventh place. From 2008 to 2010, he appeared in a combined 33 league matches – only six in the latter top level campaign – and did not manage to find the net. After a decade with same team, and a brief spell in his homeland with amateurs

Clube Atlético Guaçuano Clube Atlético Guaçuano, commonly known as Guaçuano, is a currently inactive Brazilian football club based in Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo state. History The club was founded on February 26, 1929. They competed for the first time in a professional c ...

, Evandro retired from football at the age of 36.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Evandro 1974 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Esporte Clube Taubaté players Londrina Esporte Clube players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Mirassol Futebol Clube players União Bandeirante Futebol Clube players ABC Futebol Clube players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Rio Ave F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal