Ze Luis

Jose Luis Mendes Andrade (born 24 January 1991), known as Ze Luis, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Russian club FC Lokomotiv Moscow as a striker.

Club Career

Gil Vicente and Braga

Born in Fogo, Ze Luis began his professional career at the age 18 with his last youth club, Gil Vicente FC. In his first season he played only five Segunda Liga games – his debut coming on 29 November 2009 in a 0–3 home loss against G.D. Chaves – but managed to score four goals.

In 2010–11, under new manager Paulo Alves, Ze Luis netted ten times for the Barcelos side as they achieved promotion to the Primeira Liga after a five-year absence, as champions. On 2 June 2011, he signed for S.C. Braga on a five-year contract.

Ze Luis served two loan spells during his tenure in Minho, spending three months with former club Gil and one full season with Videoton FC in Hungary; he also featured regularly for Braga B in the second tier. Back with Braga's main squad, on 7 April 2015, he scored his first career hat-trick, helping defeat Rio Ave F.C. 3–0 at home in the semi-finals of the Taca de Portugal (4–1 on aggregate). He battled for position with Eder during the campaign, finishing with 11 goals in all competitions.

Spartak Moscow

On 7 July 2015, Ze Luis joined Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow. He scored five times in the 2016–17 season, as his team won the domestic championship for the 22nd time in history.

In July 2017, Ze Luis extended his link to Spartak until 2021. In the 2018–19 campaign, he contributed ten league goals – 14 in all competitions – to a fifth-place finish.

Porto

On 2 July 2019, Spartak announced that the transfer of Ze Luis to FC Porto had been agreed on, and a four-year contract was signed three days later. He scored three times in only his second league appearance, a 4–0 home rout of Vitoria de Setubal.

Ze scored seven league goals in his only season at the

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