Andre Dias

Striker - Belenenses
15 Jul 2029
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Marked for Andre Dias

139 Edition

The Belenenses Chronicle

26 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market26 Mar 2029

Brian Ferrarés asks to leave Belenenses

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad26 Mar 2029

A falling-out at Belenenses

Erion Sadiku and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad26 Mar 2029

A row about effort at Belenenses

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Edson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout26 Mar 2029

Williams Velásquez gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad26 Mar 2029

The formation has left Thomas Cossalter behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Belenenses will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout26 Mar 2029

Linson has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Belenenses will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

  • The dugout Linson asks for a word with the manager
  • Squad “I want to play”: Andre Dias speaks
  • The dugout The manager makes Michael Morais a promise
Back issues
122 Edition

The Belenenses Chronicle

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings27 Nov 2028

Up for the corner, and Evandro Barros delivers — 7.50

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Evandro Barros scored, was marked 7.50, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Match25 Nov 2028

Belenenses cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad27 Nov 2028

Erion Sadiku in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Belenenses this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad27 Nov 2028

A row about effort at Belenenses

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alason Carioca was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces27 Nov 2028

The crowd has taken to Vasilis Bratsiotis

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match25 Nov 2028

Belenenses see off União de Santarém

Three points for Belenenses, 2‑0 the final word against União de Santarém in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad27 Nov 2028

Brian Ferrarés wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Belenenses know it.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Antonio Monteiro, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

The dugout27 Nov 2028

The manager makes an example of Andre Dias

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

116 Edition

The Belenenses Chronicle

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Oct 2028

Andre Dias damages knee ligaments — 20 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 20 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad16 Oct 2028

João Victor in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Belenenses this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad16 Oct 2028

A row about effort at Belenenses

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leo Lopes was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad16 Oct 2028

Leonel Martín wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Belenenses can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

João Victor knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Belenenses, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Looking ahead16 Oct 2028

The leaders are next for Belenenses

Académica top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

Santiago Serra has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Belenenses will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

Cesinha has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Cesinha has written the date down.

Market16 Oct 2028

Belenenses put Tiago Rodrigues up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Tiago Rodrigues may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

108 Edition

The Belenenses Chronicle

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets21 Aug 2028

Dinis Pinto turns down Belenenses

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Moreirense keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Market21 Aug 2028

João Machado puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Belenenses, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets21 Aug 2028

Belenenses rebuffed over Koba Koindredi

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sporting CP have kept their man, and Belenenses go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets21 Aug 2028

Ruan Pablo is a medical away from Belenenses

The deal with Corinthians is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Tempers go at Belenenses

Erion Sadiku was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Words at Belenenses training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Belenenses lose Rui Santos

18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Player ratings21 Aug 2028

Edson was the difference for Belenenses

Marked 7.41. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Andre Dias signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andre Dias commits to Belenenses for another 4 years.

In brief