Luan Andrade

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Andrade and the second or paternal family name is Santana.
Luan Andrade
Personal information
Full name Luan Andrade Santana
Date of birth (1990-04-06) 6 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back, midfielder
Youth career
2001–2004 Portuguesa Santista
2005–2007 Corinthians
2007–2008 Santos
2008 Porto
2008 Benfica
2008–2009 Feirense
2009 Goiás
2010–2012 Bragantino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Sete de Junho
2012–2013 Unión Sabá 0 (0)
2013 Grêmio Barueri 0 (0)
2013 XV de Piracicaba 0 (0)
2014 Marcílio Dias
2014 São José 10 (0)
2015 Inter de Limeira 18 (0)
2015 Brasiliense
2016 Paracatu
2016 Fernandópolis
2016–2017 Ceilândia 2 (0)
2018 Sobradinho
2018 Madureira 1 (0)
2018 América-GO
2019 Real Brasília 5 (0)
2019 Anapolina 2 (0)
2020 Central 0 (0)
2022 Gama 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luan Andrade Santana (born 6 April 1990) is a Brazilian former footballer who played predominantly as a right-back.[1]

Career

Joga 10 and early career

Andrade was born in Guarujá, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.[2] He played in the academy of Portuguesa Santista during his youth.[3] While watching television with his grandmother in her home in Paecará [pt], Guarujá, Andrade saw an advertisement for an upcoming reality show, Joga 10 [pt], in which a number of boys would compete to earn a contract with professional football club, Corinthians.[2] Despite his mother's encouragement, he initially doubted himself, but applied regardless.[2]

He attended an initial screening at Corinthians' Parque São Jorge headquarters, where he was selected as one of forty-three boys from the 4,082 who applied to continue to psychological tests.[2] Having also passed these, he became one of twenty-two finalists who would go on to star on the show.[2] As the competition progressed, Andrade was one of the four finalists, and impressed judges, and former footballers, Dunga, Bebeto and Mário Zagallo to win the competition.[2]

He began training with Corinthians, the club he had supported growing up, on 22 August 2005, and having impressed coach Jorge Saran, he was added to the club's under-16 side.[2] However, he eventually fell out of favour at the club, and in early 2007 he moved to Santos.[2]

A year later he was approached by Portuguese side Porto, and made the move to Portugal to begin training with the side.[2][4] However, he moved to Benfica shortly after, before joining Feirense in the same year.[2][4] He signed his first professional contract with Feirense, but was unable to break into the first-team during his year-and-a-half with the club.[2] He returned to Brazil in 2009, initially joining Goiás, before playing for Bragantino until 2012.[2]

Professional career

Having represented Sete de Junho in the Campeonato Sergipano, Andrade was approached by a businessman who had watched him play, and was invited to move to Honduras to join Liga Nacional de Ascenso side Unión Sabá.[2] However, due to issues with his registration, he was unable to play during his five months with the club, and returned to Brazil in 2013, later stating that he had considered giving up playing football at this point.[2]

He had a brief stint with Grêmio Barueri, where he was involved in the club's preparations for the Campeonato Paulista, playing in a friendly match against Santos, where he was tasked with marking Brazilian international Neymar.[2] Later in the same year, he signed for XV de Piracicaba.[5] A short spell with Marcílio Dias followed, before spending the 2014 season with São José, and signing with Inter de Limeira ahead of the 2015 season.[3]

Andrade spent the second half of the 2015 season with Brasiliense, before spending the following year with both Paracatu and Ceilândia.[4] Quiet spells with Sobradinho, Madureira, América-GO, Real Brasília and Anapolina followed, before he joined Central for the 2020 season.[6] Having failed to make an appearance for Central, he joined Gama for the 2022 edition of the Campeonato Brasiliense.[7]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Unión Sabá 2012–13 Liga Nacional de Ascenso 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grêmio Barueri 2013 Série C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
XV de Piracicaba 2013 – 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
São José 2014 10[b] 0 0 0 19[a] 0 29 0
Inter de Limeira 18[c] 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Ceilândia 2016 Série D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5 0 36 0 0 0 20 0 61 0
Madureira 2018 Série D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Real Brasília 2019 – 5[d] 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Anapolina 2019 Série D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Central 2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gama 2022 – 3[d] 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 5 0 36 0 0 0 20 0 61 0
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Copa Paulista
  2. ^ Appearances in the Campeonato Paulista A2
  3. ^ Appearances in the Campeonato Paulista A3
  4. ^ a b Appearances in the Campeonato Brasiliense

References

  1. ^ Luan Andrade at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Duarte, Marcelo (3 December 2014). "Por onde anda: Luan Andrade, o vencedor do reality show "Joga 10"" [Where are you: Luan Andrade, the winner of the reality show "Joga 10"]. guiadoscuriosos.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Paulista A3: Inter de Limeira anuncia a contratação de lateral-direito Luan" [Paulista A3: Inter de Limeira announces the signing of right-back Luan]. amp.futebolinterior.com.br (in Portuguese). 27 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Santos, Cléberson (30 December 2017). "Do "Joga 10" ao "Menino de Ouro": por onde andam os vencedores dos reality shows de futebol?" [From “Joga 10” to “Menino de Ouro”: where are the winners of football reality shows?]. jovempan.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ^ Ferreira, José Ricardo (19 June 2013). "XV anuncia contratação do meia Luan Santana" [XV announces signing of midfielder Luan Santana]. correio.rac.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Central anuncia chegada de lateral-direito formado na base do Corinthians" [Central announces arrival of right-back trained at Corinthians base]. ge.globo.com (in Portuguese). 30 December 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  7. ^ Moreira, Samuel (21 January 2022). "Lateral Luan Andrade É O Novo Reforço Do Gama Para O Candangão 2022" [Full-Back Luan Andrade Is Gama's New Reinforcement For Candangão 2022.]. kadaesportes.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 October 2023.