Elinton Andrade

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sanchotene and the second or paternal family name is Andrade.

Elinton Sanchotene Andrade (born 30 March 1979) is a Brazilian-born Portuguese goalkeeper who plays for Flamengo Beach Soccer and the Portuguese beach soccer national team.

Elinton Andrade

Andrade with Marseille in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Elinton Sanchotene Andrade
Date of birth	(1979-03-30) 30 March 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Santa Maria, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Flamengo Beach Soccer
Number	12
Youth career
1998–1999	CFZ
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	CFZ	99	(0)
2003	Flamengo	6	(0)
2004	Fluminense	3	(0)
2005	Vasco da Gama	35	(0)
2005–2006	Ascoli	0	(0)
2006	Moto Club	1	(0)
2006	Duque de Caxias	22	(0)
2007–2009	Rapid București	36	(0)
2009–2012	Marseille	3	(0)
2013	Náutico	0	(0)
2013	Ermis Aradippou	1	(0)
2014	Duque de Caxias	20	(0)
2015	FC Goa	5	(0)
2017	Fluminense Beach Soccer	9	(0)
2017	BSC Kristall Beach Soccer	7	(0)
2018	Botafogo Beach Soccer	16	(0)
2019–	Flamengo Beach Soccer	5	(0)
International career
2015–	Portugal (beach)	145	(12)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 May 2016

Personal

Elinton has a son named Bernardo. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Club

Rapid București

• Supercupa României (1): 2007

Marseille

• Coupe de la Ligue (2): 2009–10, 2010–11
• Ligue 1 (1): 2009–10
• Trophée des Champions: 2010^[1]

Country

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (2): 2015, 2019
• Euro Beach Soccer League (3): 2015, 2019, 2020
• Euro Beach Soccer Cup (1): 2016

Individual

• Euro Beach Soccer League Best Goalkeeper (1): 2015
• Euro Beach Soccer Cup Best Goalkeeper (1): 2016
• Euro Beach Soccer Cup MVP (1): 2016
• Beach Soccer Stars Best Goalkeeper (2): 2016, 2018
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Golden Glove (1): 2019