Adriano Castanheira

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Duarte and the second or paternal family name is Castanheira.

Adriano Duarte Castanheira (born 7 April 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indonesian club Persis Solo.

Adriano Castanheira

Personal information
Full name	Adriano Duarte Castanheira[1]
Date of birth	(1993-04-07) 7 April 1993 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Persis Solo
Youth career
2005–2009	Covilhã
2009–2012	Porto
2010–2011	→ Nacional (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2016	Covilhã	68	(1)
2015–2016	→ Benfica Castelo Branco (loan)	30	(4)
2016–2017	Benfica Castelo Branco	31	(9)
2017–2018	União Leiria	28	(7)
2018–2019	Covilhã	47	(13)
2020–2023	Paços Ferreira	34	(1)
2021–2022	→ Chaves (loan)	26	(4)
2022–2023	→ Penafiel (loan)	28	(1)
2023–2024	Ararat-Armenia	29	(3)
2024–2025	Malut United	33	(2)
2025–	Persis Solo	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2025

Club career

Born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland to Portuguese parents, Castanheira finished his youth career with FC Porto.^[2][3] He spent the better part of his first four seasons as a senior with S.C. Covilhã of the Segunda Liga, making his debut in the competition on 26 August 2012 in a 0–1 home loss against F.C. Penafiel where he came on as a late substitute.^[4]

Ahead of the 2016–17 campaign, Castanheira returned to the third division and Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco, whom he had already represented on loan.^[5] In the summer of 2017, he signed with U.D. Leiria of the same league.^[6]

On 8 June 2018, Castanheira re-joined Covilhã.^[7] He scored seven goals in 34 matches in the first year in his second spell, helping to a final sixth position in the second tier.^[6]

Castanheira agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with F.C. Paços de Ferreira on 19 December 2019.^[8] His maiden appearance in the Primeira Liga took place on 5 January 2020, when he played the entire 1–0 home victory over Moreirense FC.^[9] His only goal came on 1 March, from a penalty kick to close the 3–1 away defeat of bottom-placed C.D. Aves.^[10]

On 11 August 2021, Castanheira was loaned to second-division club G.D. Chaves.^[11] Another temporary deal was arranged for him in that league in 2022–23, at Penafiel.^[12]

Castanheira spent the following two seasons abroad, with FC Ararat-Armenia in the Armenian Premier League^[13] and Malut United FC in the Liga 1 (Indonesia).^[14] He won the 2023–24 domestic cup with the former.^[15]