Dedé (Angolan footballer)

Dédé

Personal information
Full name	Adérito Waldemar Alves Carvalho
Date of birth	(1981-07-04) 4 July 1981
Place of birth	Lobito, Angola
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Benfica Luanda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Académica Lobito	35	(8)
2003–2005	O Elvas	33	(4)
2005–2006	Portosantense	24	(1)
2006–2007	Trofense	28	(4)
2007–2009	Paços Ferreira	46	(2)
2009	Arles-Avignon	4	(0)
2010	Politehnica Timişoara	3	(0)
2010–2011	Olympiakos Nicosia	25	(2)
2011–2014	AEL Limassol	74	(4)
2014–	Benfica Luanda	13	(0)
International career‡
2007–	Angola	27	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2013

Adérito Waldemar Alves de Carvalho (born 4 July 1981 in Lobito), commonly known as Dédé, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica (Luanda) as a midfielder.

Club career

After starting in his native country with Académica Petróleos do Lobito, Dédé moved to Portugal, first appearing with lowly O Elvas C.A.D. and C.D. Portosantense. In the 2006–07 season he joined C.D. Trofense in the second division, being an important first-team member.

Dédé signed with F.C. Paços de Ferreira for 2007–08, scoring in his debut in the Primeira Liga on 18 August 2007 after heading home in a 1–3 away loss against C.S. Marítimo. It was his only goal during the campaign.

In the 2009 summer Dédé signed for AC Arles-Avignon in Ligue 2, but left the club only a few months later, moving to Romania with FC Timişoara. He make his official debut for the latter on 25 April 2010, at FC Steaua Bucureşti.

Dédé signed with his third team in less than one year in the 2010 summer, after joining Cyprus' Olympiakos Nicosia. He continued competing in the country in the following seasons, with AEL Limassol.

International career

Dédé first represented Angola in 2007, being summoned for the following year's Africa Cup of Nations as the national side progressed through the group stages.

External links

• Dedé at footballzz.co.uk
• Dedé profile at ForaDeJogo
• Dedé at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dedé at Soccerway