Leandro Livramento Andrade (born 24 September 1999) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Qarabağ. Born in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.

Club career

Andrade spent three years developing in

Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association First Division, the fifth tier of ...

's youth academy before was promoted to the senior team in 2018. The following year, he joined Fátima before moving to Bulgarian side

Cherno More Varna Cherno More () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on 3 March 1913, as an association football branch ...

in July 2020. Andrade made his

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debut on 16 August 2020 as a substitute in a 4–0 away win over Etar Veliko Tarnovo. On 13 January 2021,

club Qarabağ announced the signing of Andrade from Cherno More, on a contract until 30 June 2025.

International career

Born in Portugal, to

Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

an Parents, He was called up to represent the Cape Verde national team for a set of friendlies in March 2022. He debuted with Cape Verde in a 6–0 friendly win over

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on 25 March 2022.

Career statistics

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at foradejogo.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrade, Leandro 1999 births Living people People from Tavira Footballers from Faro District Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Cape Verdean men's footballers Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Cape Verde men's international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Azerbaijan Premier League players S.C. Olhanense players C.D. Fátima players PFC Cherno More Varna players Qarabağ FK players Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen