Vieirinha

Vieirinha
Vieirinha playing for PAOK in 2018
Personal information
Full name Adelino André Vieira de Freitas[1]
Date of birth (1986-01-24) 24 January 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Full-back, wing-back
Team information
Current team
PAOK
Number 20
Youth career
1995–1996 Torcatense
1996–2002 Vitória Guimarães
2002–2004 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Porto B 38 (11)
2006Marco (loan) 13 (4)
2006–2009 Porto 8 (0)
2007–2008Leixões (loan) 22 (1)
2008–2009PAOK (loan) 21 (1)
2009–2012 PAOK 78 (18)
2012–2017 VfL Wolfsburg 125 (4)
2017– PAOK 147 (18)
International career
2001 Portugal U16 6 (2)
2002–2003 Portugal U17 24 (10)
2003–2005 Portugal U19 24 (13)
2005–2006 Portugal U20 12 (1)
2007–2009 Portugal U21 17 (2)
2009 Portugal U23 4 (0)
2013–2016 Portugal 25 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2016 France
UEFA European U17 Championship
Winner 2003 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Adelino André Vieira de Freitas ComM (born 24 January 1986), known as Vieirinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [vjɐjˈɾiɲɐ]), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a full-back for Super League Greece club PAOK.

Ambidextrous, he started playing for Porto, but spent most of his professional career with PAOK and Wolfsburg. With the first club, for whom he appeared in 329 competitive matches, he won the 2018–19 and 2023–24 Super League Greece championships and three Greek Cups.

Vieirinha made his debut with the Portugal national team in 2013, and was part of the squads at the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016, winning the latter tournament.

  1. ^ a b c d "Vieirinha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 28 April 2020.