Alright, let’s talk about looking up stats for André Almeida. It wasn’t anything super complicated, just something I did recently because his name popped up and I wanted to get a clearer picture of his career through numbers.
So, first thing I did was just sit down and decide to actually look him up. You hear names, you see players, but sometimes you want the raw data, right? I went online, pretty standard stuff. Typed “André Almeida stats” into my usual search engine.
You get a flood of results, as always. First hurdle – realized there’s more than one footballer named André Almeida floating around. Okay, minor setback. Had to refine my search a bit. I was thinking of the Portuguese guy, the one who played for Benfica for a long time, the versatile midfielder/defender. Added “Benfica” or “Portugal” to the search to narrow it down.
That helped. Started clicking through some of the usual sports statistics websites. You know the ones, the big names that usually have reliable numbers. Checked a couple just to cross-reference, because sometimes one site misses something or has slightly different figures.
Digging into the Numbers
Found the basic info pretty quick:
- Appearances per season for his main club (Benfica, mostly).
- Goals scored, which wasn’t expected to be super high given his usual positions.
- Assists were a bit harder to find consistently across all seasons, but some sites had them.
- Saw his international caps for Portugal too.
I wasn’t looking for incredibly deep analytics, just the core performance stats over his career. Some sites broke it down by competition – league, cup, European matches. That was useful to see where he played most.
Consistency was key. I looked at his appearance numbers year after year. It tells you a story about availability, injuries, and importance to the team. Saw he had some really consistent seasons with lots of games played, which usually means reliability.
Didn’t bother writing everything down meticulously this time. Just scanned through the pages, got a good mental summary of his career trajectory based on the stats. Saw the peak years, the later years. It matched roughly what I remembered from watching games over the years.
So yeah, that was my process. Just a bit of searching, some filtering to make sure I had the right guy, and then looking over the basic career numbers on a few reliable websites. Gives you a decent overview to back up what you see on the pitch. Simple as that, really.
