Adriano Castanheira

Adriano Duarte Castanheira (born 7 April 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Liga 1 club Malut United.

Club career
Born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland to Portuguese parents, Castanheira finished his youth career with FC Porto. 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.

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. In the summer of 2017, he signed with U.D. Leiria of the same league.

On 8 June 2018, Castanheira re-joined Covilhã. 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.

Castanheira agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with F.C. Paços de Ferreira on 19 December 2019. 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. His only goal came on 1 March, when he netted from a penalty kick to close the 3–1 away defeat of bottom-placed C.D. Aves.

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