André Vidigal

Académica

Born in Elvas, Vidigal began his career as a youth with his local club O Elvas before joining Académica in 2015. He made his professional debut on 8 January 2017 in a LigaPro match against FC Porto B, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Rui Miguel in a 2–1 away loss. He made five more appearances for Académica in 2016–17, all off the bench.

Fortuna Sittard

On 7 July 2017, Vidigal moved to Dutch Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard on loan for the 2017–18 season. He made his debut on 18 August in a season-opening 5–1 home win over Dordrecht, scoring within ten minutes of coming on in place of Gavin Vlijter. The deal was made permanent on 19 December 2017, effective from the new year. Vidigal played a big role for Fortuna as he scored 10 goals in 29 games as the team returned to the Eredivisie for the first time since 2002, as runners-up to Jong Ajax; this included hat-tricks in wins away to Telstar and Almere City. Vidigal added another hat-trick on 25 September 2018 in the first round of the KNVB Cup, a 5–0 win at second-tier Helmond Sport. After struggling for game time at Fortuna following promotion, Vidigal was loaned to Cypriot First Division side APOEL on 31 January 2019 for a year-and-a-half. He made his debut ten days later in a 2–0 win at Enosis Neon Paralimni, and scored within five minutes as a late substitute. He helped the team retain the title and finished cup runners-up to AEL Limassol; in September they took the Super Cup as…

Vidigal earned 14 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring twice in friendlies for the under-20 team in late 2017. His only appearance for the under-21 team was on 25 May 2018, playing the last two minutes of a 3–2 win over Italy in Estoril. In March 2025, Vidigal received a call-up to the Angola national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. He made his debut as a substitute in a 1–2 loss to Cape Verde on 25 March.

As of match played 2 May 2026

His Angolan father Beto and his uncles Lito, Luís, Jorge and Toni were all professional footballers. Born in Portugal, Vidigal is of Angolan descent and holds both passports; he had relatives who were full internationals for each country's national teams.