Adérito Assunção Tiny Glória Esteves (born Sanpriz, Ponte da Barca, 8 October 1985) is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a

wing A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is exp ...

. Esteves has played for Rugby Clube de Oeiras,

AEIS Agronomia Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior de Agronomia or Agronomia is a Portuguese multisports club for Instituto Superior de Agronomia students. Agronomia has won two Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock and nine Taça de Portugal de R ...

and

Grupo Desportivo Direito Grupo Desportivo Direito is a Portuguese rugby union team in Lisbon. It is one of the most successful teams in Portugal, having won the Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock 10 times, in 1998/99, 1999/00, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/1 ...

, in

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, winning four titles of National Champion for the "Lawyers" team in 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2012/13. Esteves has 34 caps for

, since his first game, a 17-37 loss to

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, in Lisbon, for the IRB Nations Cup, at 13 June 2006. He wasn't called for the

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, but has been a regular player for the "Lobos" since then. He has 3 tries scored, 15 points on aggregate for his national team.Adérito Esteves International Statistics
/ref> Esteves is one of the best players for the Sevens national side.

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* * 1985 births Living people Portuguese rugby union players São Tomé and Príncipe rugby union players Portugal international rugby union players Rugby union wings Portugal international rugby sevens players São Tomé and Príncipe emigrants to Portugal Sportspeople from Viana do Castelo District {{Portugal-rugbyunion-bio-stub