Edelino Miguel Ié (; born 1 May 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean

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who plays as a

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. He made 41 Segunda Liga appearances for

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and Braga B, but spent most of his career in the lower leagues.

Club career

Born in

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, Ié joined

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,

's youth system in 2008, aged 14. He was promoted to the

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for the 2012–13 season, in the Segunda Liga. Ié made his debut in the competition on 23 January 2013, coming on as a substitute for João Mário in a 2–1 away win against

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã or Sp. Covilhã, is a Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the third-tier Liga 3 (Portugal), Liga 3. The club was founded on ...

. It was one of only two appearances during the campaign. On 25 February 2015, Ié was loaned to

FK Kruoja Pakruojis FK Kruoja Pakruojis was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Pakruojis. The team first played in the A Lyga, Lithuania's top football division, in 2009. They were promoted after FBK Kaunas and Atlantas Klaipėda voluntarily withdrew. Th ...

in the Lithuanian

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. He scored his first senior goal on 25 June, to equalise in a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 12 September 2015, Ié was loaned to

C.D. Cinfães Clube Desportivo de Cinfães is a Portuguese sports club from Cinfães, Viseu District. The men's football team played on the third tier until being relegated from the 2018–19 Campeonato de Portugal, and plays regularly in the Taça de Portu ...

from the Campeonato de Portugal for the rest of the season. The following day, he made his debut for his new team, playing 27 minutes and concluding a 3–0 home victory over

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. Ié joined

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ahead of the 2016–17 season, being assigned to their reserves in the second division. He was released on 15 January 2018 and, the following day, signed a six-month contract with

PAS Giannina F.C. PAS Giannina Football Club (), or with its full name Panipirotikós Athlitikós Síllogos Giánnina (, ''Panepirotic Athletic Club Giannina'') is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capital of Epirus region. P ...

which could be extended for two years depending on performances; the transfer to the latter club was however cancelled, for personal reasons. In February 2018, Ié returned to Portugal's third tier and Cinfães. He spent the ensuing years in the same division, with

F.C. Felgueiras 1932 Futebol Clube de Felgueiras (formerly Futebol Club de Felgueiras 1932) is an association football club based in Felgueiras, Porto District, Portugal founded in 2006 after the original F.C. Felgueiras ended in 2005 due to financial problems. Th ...

Gondomar S.C. Gondomar Sport Club is a Portuguese football club based in Gondomar, Porto District. Founded on 1 May 1921, it currently plays in the fourth-tier Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at '' Estádio de São Miguel'', with a capacity of 2. ...

and G.D. Fontinhas. In summer 2023, Ié joined Tłuchowia Tłuchowo in the Polish

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. In May 2024,

FC Dinamo București FC Dinamo București, commonly known as Dinamo București () or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest that competes in the Liga I. Founded in 1948 as the team of the Ministry of Inter ...

launched an investigation following accusations that new signing

Edgar Ié Edgar Miguel Ié (; born 1 May 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays primarily as a central defender but also as a right-back. After making one substitute appearance for Barcelona, he went on to play top-flight football i ...

had sent his

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to play for the Romanian club instead.

Personal life

Ié's twin brother,

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, was also a footballer. A defender, he too was trained at Sporting.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ie, Edelino 1994 births Living people Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal Identical twin males Portuguese twins Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Bissau-Guinean men's footballers Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Bissau Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Sporting CP B players C.D. Cinfães players S.C. Braga B players F.C. Felgueiras (2006) players Gondomar S.C. players SC Mirandela players A Lyga players IV liga players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland FK Kruoja Pakruojis players