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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Adelino André Vieira de Freitas[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (age 39)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guimarães, Portugal[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Full-back,wing-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Torcatense | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2002 | Vitória Guimarães | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Porto B | 38 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | →Marco (loan) | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Porto | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | →Leixões (loan) | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | →PAOK (loan) | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | PAOK | 67 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | VfL Wolfsburg | 125 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2025 | PAOK | 133 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 422 | (54) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Adelino André Vieira de FreitasComM (born 24 January 1986), known asVieirinha (Portuguese pronunciation:[vjɐjˈɾiɲɐ]), is a Portuguese former professionalfootballer who played as awinger or afull-back.
Ambidextrous, he started playing forPorto, but spent most of his professional career withPAOK andWolfsburg. With the first club, for whom he appeared in 343 competitive matches, he won the2018–19 and2023–24 Super League Greece championships and threeGreek Cups.[2]
Vieirinha made his debut with thePortugal national team in 2013, and was part of the squads at the2014 World Cup andEuro 2016, winning the latter tournament.
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Developed in the youth system of localVitória de Guimarães, Vieirinha caught the interest ofPorto and finished his formative years there. After a six-month loan atSegunda Liga'sMarco, he joined the first team in the2006–07 season, being given a four-year professional contract.[3][4]
Vieirinha played his first official game for Porto on 11 August 2006, in theSupertaça Cândido de Oliveira againstVitória de Setúbal,coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute and scoring the game's last goal in the 89th, in a3–0 final result.[5]
Alongside teammatesDiogo Valente andPaulo Machado, Vieirinha was loaned toPrimeira Liga promoteesLeixões for2007–08.[6] All proved instrumental as theMatosinhos side retained their league status at the end of the campaign.
Vieirinha then returned to Porto, being immediately loaned toPAOK of Greece, which had expressed interest in the player as his compatriotFernando Santos was at the club's helm at the time; aseason-long loan was eventually arranged, as the player teamed up with compatriotSérgio Conceição.[7][4] After only a few games, he picked up a serious injury (torn ankleligament) in aderby againstAris Thessaloniki, caused byVitolo, a player who would join PAOK the following year.[8]
In mid-July 2009, PAOK came to terms with Porto to make the move permanent for roughly€1 million, following Vieirinha's wish to continue playing under coach Santos.[9] He renewed his link late in the year until June 2013, with a €15 millionbuyout clause.
On 4 November 2010, the diminutive Vieirinha scored with his head in a 1–0 home win againstVillarreal in thegroup stage of theUEFA Europa League.[10] He was also named theSuper League's most valuable player, the second individual accolade in a row whilst at theToumba Stadium,[11][12] and his teamfinished in third position andqualified for the Europa League.
Despite considerable transfer market speculation owing to his increased potential,[13] Vieirinha started2011–12 in the same place, helping the side progress to theEuropa League group phase. He played 126 matches in all competitions, scoring 28 goals and making 21assists.
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With a short statement on 3 January 2012, PAOK announced the club had come to terms regarding the transfer of Vieirinha to German sideVfL Wolfsburg; the player signed until June 2015, for approximately €4 million.[14][15] He made hisBundesliga debut on the 21st, playing 45 minutes in a 1–0 home victory over1. FC Köln.[16]
Vieirinha scored his first official goal for the Wolves on 9 March 2013, contributing to a 5–2 away rout ofSC Freiburg with a volley from outside the box.[17] In September, during aDFB-Pokal game againstVfR Aalen, he ruptured his knee ligaments, going on to be sidelined until April of the following year.[18]
Vierinha played atright-back as Wolfsburg won itsfirst domestic cup on 30 May 2015, with a3–1 win overBorussia Dortmund,[19] and featured in the same position on 1 August as theyclaimed theDFL-Supercup againstBayern Munich in apenalty shootout.[20] On 8 December, again as a winger, he was one of three players on target for the hosts as they defeatedManchester United 3–2 inthe last round of theUEFA Champions League's group stage and progressed at the expense of their adversary.[21]
On 31 August 2017, PAOK announced the signing of Vierinha on a €1 million fee.[22] He scored his first goal in his second spell on 20 November, netting from apenalty in a 2–1 home win againstAtromitos.[23]
On 12 May 2018, afree kick fromcaptain Vieirinha helped the club overcomeAEK Athens inthe final of theGreek Cup at theOlympic Stadium, a 2–0 victory to help renew the supremacy in that tournament. For his display, he was namedplayer of the match.[24][25]
Vieirinha suffered ananterior cruciate ligament injury againstAEL on 14 April 2019, going on to be sidelined for approximately six months.[26][27] In spite of this, he still took the field in the 89th minute of the penultimateleague fixture withLevadiakos the following weekend, as the side were mathematically crowned champions for the first time since1985 and third overall.[28]
On 5 March 2021, aged 35, Vieirinha renewed his contract until the summer of 2022.[29] On 22 May, he scored the first goal from the spot as PAOK won 2–1 against league winners Olympiacos in thedomestic cup final.[30]
On 24 February 2022, Vieirinha scored in a 2–1 home victory overMidtjylland in theknockout round play-offs of theUEFA Europa Conference League, helping his team reach the round of 16 in Europe for the first time in 48 years after a penalty shootout.[31] In June, he agreed to a one-year extension.[32]
Vieirinha retired from professional football on 11 May 2025.[33]
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Vieirinha featured for every youth level of thePortugal national team, fromunder-16 tounder-21, earning a total of 83caps and scoring 28 goals in the process.[4] In November 2011 he received his first callup to the main squad, replacing the injuredDanny for theUEFA Euro 2012playoffs againstBosnia and Herzegovina.[34]
Vieirinha finally made his debut for Portugal on 22 March 2013, playing the last 30 minutes in a 3–3 draw inIsrael for the2014 FIFA World Cupqualifiers.[35] On 19 May of the following year he was named in the final 23-man squad for the finals in Brazil[36] and, on 11 June, scored his only international goal, netting his team's fourth in a 5–1friendly win over theRepublic of Ireland in the United States four minutes after replacingSilvestre Varela.[37] He featured once in the final stages, playing 21 minutes in the 2–1 group stage defeat ofGhana as Portugal went out ongoal difference.[38]
On 17 November 2015, Vieirinhacaptained the side for the only time in a 2–0 friendly victory away toLuxembourg.[39] At the victoriousEuro 2016 campaign, under former PAOK boss Santos, he was the first choice right-back during the group stage[40] but lost his place toSouthampton'sCédric Soares in the knockout phase.[41][42]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Porto B | 2003–04[43] | Segunda Divisão | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2004–05[43] | Segunda Divisão | 25 | 7 | — | — | — | 25 | 7 | ||||
| 2005–06[43] | Segunda Divisão | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 11 | — | — | — | 38 | 11 | |||||
| Marco (loan) | 2005–06[43] | Segunda Liga | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 4 | ||
| Porto | 2006–07[43][44] | Primeira Liga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Leixões (loan) | 2007–08[43][44] | Primeira Liga | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||
| PAOK | 2008–09[44] | Super League Greece | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[d] | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| 2009–10[44] | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | 38 | 7 | ||
| 2010–11[44][45] | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12[f] | 4 | 5[d] | 2 | 47 | 11 | ||
| 2011–12[44][45] | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9[e] | 4 | — | 22 | 9 | |||
| Total | 83 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 128 | 28 | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2011–12[44] | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[46] | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14[47] | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15[48] | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10[e] | 1 | — | 46 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16[44] | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8[b] | 1 | 1[g] | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17[49] | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[h] | 1 | 25 | 1 | |||
| Total | 125 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 163 | 7 | ||
| PAOK | 2017–18[44] | Super League Greece | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2018–19[44] | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 36 | 6 | |||
| 2019–20[44] | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 3[d] | 0 | 23 | 6 | |||
| 2020–21[45] | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 6[d] | 0 | 25 | 5 | |||
| 2021–22[45] | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13[i] | 1 | 2[d] | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23[45] | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[i] | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[45] | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[i] | 1 | 4[d] | 1 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25[45] | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 133 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 215 | 24 | ||
| PAOK total | 216 | 34 | 33 | 5 | 56 | 10 | 38 | 3 | 343 | 52 | ||
| Career total | 422 | 54 | 57 | 8 | 75 | 12 | 42 | 4 | 596 | 78 | ||
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 10 June 2014 | MetLife Stadium,East Rutherford, United States |  Republic of Ireland | 4–1 | 5–1 | Friendly[37] |
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