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André Caetano Gonçalves

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Name
  
Andre Goncalves

Playing position
  
Defender

2005–2006
  
Rapperswil-Jona

Current team
  
FC Schaffhausen

2001–2005
  
FC Glarus

Height
  
1.78 m

Number
  
2

Role
  
Footballer


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Full name
  
Andre Caetano Goncalves

Date of birth
  
(1992-01-23) 23 January 1992 (age 23)

Place of birth
  
Meiringen, Switzerland

André Caetano Gonçalves (born 23 January 1992) is a Swiss-Portuguese professional footballer currently playing for FC Schaffhausen.

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Club career

Gonçalves began his playing career with lower league clubs FC Glarus and FC Rapperswil-Jona before moving on to Swiss Super League club FC Zürich in 2006. After spending time with the club's youth teams, from late 2009 he started playing regularly with the reserve team. Gonçalves then went on loan to Swiss Challenge League club FC Aarau for both the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons in order to gain more playing experience. He returned to Zürich for the 2012–13 season. In May 2013 it was announced that he joined second tier side Schaffhausen.

International career

Gonçalves is a Switzerland youth international. In 2009 he was part of the Swiss under-17 team that won the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup beating host nation Nigeria 1—0 in the final. Gonçalves featured in all 7 matches at the tournament and scored in the team's round of 16 win against Germany.

Honours

  • FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2009
  • References

    André Caetano Gonçalves Wikipedia