Evandro Brandao

Evandro Elmer de Carvalho Brandao (born 7 May 1991) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club U.D. Vilafranquense as a striker.

Club Career

England

Brandao was born in Luanda, Angola, but spent the first years of his life in Portugal before moving to England at the age of 9. He began his football career at Blackburn Rovers, before joining Walsall in 2003.

After three years with Walsall, Brandao signed for Manchester United on 21 October 2006, after impressing assistant manager Carlos Queiroz while on trial with United at the 2006 Under-17 Nike Cup. He had to wait five months to make his debut for the under-18s, but played in four of their last five games as the side finished fourth in the 2006–07 Premier Academy League, before being offered a trainee contract in July 2007.

The following season, Brandao scored four goals in 18 appearances for the under-18 team, adding four in 15 appearances the year after. He also made his debut for the reserves in 2008–09, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Magnus Wolff Eikrem in a Manchester Senior Cup game away to Bury. However, he was unable to make any more of an impression at the club, and was released on the expiry of his contract in June 2009.

Portugal

Brandao signed with Braga in the summer of 2009 but, just five months later, the deal was usurped by Benfica, who signed him on a two-and-a-half-year contract.

After spending a year in the Benfica academy, he went out on loan twice in 2010–11, first to Fatima (Segunda Liga) and then to Gondomar (third division), for whom he netted ten goals in 12 games.

Hungary

After failing to break into the Benfica first team, Brandao moved to Hungarian club Videoton in July 2011, coached by his former Portugal under-16 manager Paulo Sousa. He scored his first and only Nemzeti Bajnoksag I goal for the side on 20 August, contributing to a 4–1 home win against Pecs.

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