| André Vidigal | |
| Fullname: | André Filipe Cunha Vidigal |
| Birth Date: | 17 August 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Elvas, Portugal |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Stoke City |
| Clubnumber: | 7 |
| Youthyears1: | 2007–2015 |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Académica |
| Years1: | 2017 |
| Caps1: | 6 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Clubs2: | → Fortuna Sittard (loan) |
| Caps2: | 13 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Fortuna Sittard |
| Caps3: | 26 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → APOEL (loan) |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Estoril (loan) |
| Caps5: | 32 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Years6: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Marítimo |
| Caps6: | 65 |
| Goals6: | 9 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | Stoke City |
| Caps7: | 38 |
| Goals7: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2018 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 22:06, 26 November 2024 (UTC) |
André Filipe Cunha Vidigal (born 17 August 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for side Stoke City.
Vidigal began his professional career with Académica before moving to Dutch club Fortuna Sittard in July 2017. After helping them gain promotion from the Eerste Divisie he moved on loan to Cypriot club APOEL and then returned to Portugal with Estoril in September 2020. After gaining promotion with Estoril, Vidigal signed for Primeira Liga club Marítimo in June 2021. Following Marítimo's relegation in 2022–23, Vidigal moved abroad again in July 2023, joining English EFL Championship club Stoke City.
Born in Elvas, Vidigal began his career as a youth with his local club O Elvas before joining Académica in 2015. He made his professional debut on 8 January 2017 in a LigaPro match against FC Porto B, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Rui Miguel in a 2–1 away loss.[1] He made five more appearances for Académica in 2016–17, all off the bench.
On 7 July 2017, Vidigal moved to Dutch Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard on loan for the 2017–18 season.[2] He made his debut on 18 August in a season-opening 5–1 home win over Dordrecht, scoring within ten minutes of coming on in place of Gavin Vlijter.[3] The deal was made permanent on 19 December 2017, effective from the new year.[4] Vidigal played a big role for Fortuna as he scored 10 goals in 29 games as the team returned to the Eredivisie for the first time since 2002, as runners-up to Jong Ajax; this included hat-tricks in wins away to Telstar and Almere City.[5] Vidigal added another hat-trick on 25 September 2018 in the first round of the KNVB Cup, a 5–0 win at second-tier Helmond Sport.[6]
After struggling for game time at Fortuna following promotion, Vidigal was loaned to Cypriot First Division side APOEL on 31 January 2019 for a year-and-a-half.[7] He made his debut ten days later in a 2–0 win at Enosis Neon Paralimni, and scored within five minutes as a late substitute.[8] He helped the team retain the title and finished cup runners-up to AEL Limassol;[9] in September they took the Super Cup as well.[10]
On 3 September 2020, Vidigal returned to Portugal's second tier on loan to Estoril.[11] He scored eight times in 39 total games for the Canarinhos, including six in their league-winning campaign and was named as best young player in the Liga Portugal 2.[12]
On 11 June 2021, Vidigal signed a three-year contract with Primeira Liga club Marítimo.[13] He scored his first goal in his country's top flight on 16 August to open a 2–1 win at Belenenses SAD.[14] Vidigal made 35 appearances in 2021–22 as Marítimo finished in 10th position. On 4 September 2022, he received a straight red card early in the second half of a 3–1 loss at Santa Clara.[15] In 2022–23, Vidigal played 38 times, scoring eight goals but was unable to help prevent Marítimo suffering relegation, losing the play-offs to Estrela da Amadora on penalties.[16]
Vidigal joined English Championship side Stoke City on 24 July 2023, signing a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[17] He scored twice on his debut in a 4–1 win against Rotherham United on 5 August 2023.[18] Three-days later he scored the winning goal against West Bromwich Albion in the first round of the EFL Cup.[19] He continued his bright start by scoring the only goal against Watford on 19 August 2023.[20] Vidigal then drifted in and out of the team as the season progressed being mainly used as a substitute.[21] He made 31 appearances for Stoke in 2023–24, scoring seven goals as the team avoided relegation finishing in 17th.[22]
Vidigal earned 14 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring twice in friendlies for the under-20 team in late 2017.[23] [24] His only appearance for the under-21 team was on 25 May 2018, playing the last two minutes of a 3–2 win over Italy in Estoril.[25]
His Angolan father Beto and his uncles Lito, Luís, Jorge and Toni were all professional footballers.[26] Born in Portugal, Vidigal is of Angolan descent and holds both passports; he had relatives who were full internationals for each country's national teams.[27]
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Académica | 2016–17 | Liga Pro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Fortuna Sittard | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 10 | |||
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 13 | 5 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 12 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 45! | 15 | |||||
| APOEL (loan) | 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |||
| Total | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 4! | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||||
| Estoril (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 8 | ||
| Marítimo | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 8 | ||
| Total | 65 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 9 | |||
| Stoke City | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 31 | 7 | ||
| 2024–25 | EFL Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 41! | 7 | ||||
| Career total | 201 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 235 | 42 | |||
APOEL
2019[10]
Estoril