Kadú (Angolan footballer)

Aldo Geraldo Manuel Monteiro (born 30 November 1994), known as Kadú, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club F.C. Oliveira do Hospital as a goalkeeper.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Manuel and the second or paternal family name is Monteiro.
Kadú
Kadú with Porto in 2013
Personal information
Full name Aldo Geraldo Manuel Monteiro[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994[1]
Place of birth Porto Amboim, Angola[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Oliveira Hospital
Youth career
2007–2008 Arrentela
2008–2009 Belenenses
2009–2013 Porto
2009–2010 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Porto 1 (0)
2013–2015 Porto B 45 (0)
2015–2016 → Varzim (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2017 Trofense 11 (0)
2017–2019 Oliveirense 11 (0)
2019–2021 Espinho 28 (0)
2021–2022 Oliveirense 13 (0)
2022–2023 Alverca 24 (0)
2023– Oliveira Hospital 2 (0)
International career‡
2021– Angola 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022

He debuted in 2011 for Porto as the youngest player in the club's history at 16, playing once each in the Taça de Portugal and Primeira Liga, but spent most of his career in Portugal's lower divisions. He made his senior international debut for Angola in 2021.

Club career

Kadú was born in Porto Amboim. He moved to Portugal in his early teens, playing for four youth clubs and finishing his formation with FC Porto, who also loaned him to Padroense F.C. who acted as the farm team in 2009. On 15 October 2011, the 16-year-old debuted as the youngest player in the club's history, taking the record from Sérgio Oliveira; the game was an 8–0 win at C.A. Pêro Pinheiro in the third round of the Taça de Portugal, as an 82nd-minute substitute for Rafael Bracali.[2] The following 12 May, in the last day of the season and as the side had already been crowned national champions, he made his Primeira Liga debut as a replacement for the same player in a 5–2 away win against Rio Ave FC.[3]

In August 2015, after two full seasons with the reserves in the Segunda Liga, often as starter, Kadú joined Varzim S.C. of the same league on loan.[4] After spending 2016–17 with C.D. Trofense in the third division he signed for U.D. Oliveirense, recently promoted to the second tier.[5]

Kadú spent the ensuing years from 2019 in the third tier, representing S.C. Espinho, Oliveirense again, F.C. Alverca and F.C. Oliveira do Hospital.[6]

International career

Kadú was called up to the Angola squad in September 2020.[7] He made his international debut one year later, however, replacing Hugo Marques who had just been diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to the 0–1 home loss to Libya for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[8]

Honours

Porto

References
  1. "Kadú" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. "Kadu, 16 anos: o mais jovem de sempre no F.C. Porto" [Kadu, 16 years old: F.C. Porto's youngest player ever] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. Ferreira, Victor (12 May 2012). "Powerful Porto crush Rio Ave to end season on high". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  4. "Kadú reforça baliza do Varzim" [Kadú bolsters Varzim goal] (in Portuguese). Varzim S.C. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. "Kadú é reforço para a baliza" [Kadú bolsters the goal]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  6. "Oliveira do Hospital falha penálti aos 90+3 e empata com Alverca" [Oliveira do Hospital miss penalty in the 90+3 minute and draw with Alverca] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  7. "Convocatória seleção de honras data FIFA de 5 a 13 de outubro de 2020" [Senior squad call-up for FIFA dates 5 to 13 October 2020] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Angolan Football Federation. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. Cristóvão, António (8 September 2021). "Palancas comprometem apuramento à outra fase" [Sable antelopes put qualification for next stage in jeopardy]. Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  • Kadú at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  • Kadú at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Kadú at Soccerway
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