André Bernardes Santos

Later career On 8 August 2014, after one season back in his homeland with Vitória de Guimarães, Santos changed teams and countries again, joining Balıkesirspor in the Süper Lig. In July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with FC Metz of the French Ligue 2.

Santos spent the better part of the following four campaigns back in the Portuguese top tier, with F.C. Arouca and B-SAD. In between, he served a small loan at Romania's CS Universitatea Craiova.

On 28 August 2020, Santos agreed to a deal at Grasshopper Club Zurich. After two years and promotion to the Swiss Super League in his first season, his two-year contract expired and was not renewed.

Santos alternated between the Portuguese second and third divisions until his retirement, representing Vitória de Setúbal, U.D. Oliveirense and Varzim SC.

International career Santos earned 30 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring three times. He made his debut for the full side on 29 March 2011, replacing Rúben Micael for the last 15 minutes of a 2–0 friendly win over Finland in Aveiro.

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