Orlando Sá
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1988 (35 years old)
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Barcelos, PortugalPosition
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1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
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Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Orlando Carlos Braga de Sá (born 26 May 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for English club Reading as a striker.
After spending his early career with Braga and Porto, appearing sparingly for both, he travelled abroad in 2011, going on to represent clubs in England, Cyprus and Poland and win the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup with Legia Warsaw.
Sá was born in Barcelos. He started his career in the youth ranks of S.C. Braga, and was promoted to the first team for the 2007–08 season only to be loaned immediately to lowly SC Maria da Fonte (third division).
Sá returned to Braga in 2008, making his Primeira Liga debut on 5 January 2009 by playing one minute in a 2–0 home win against C.F. Os Belenenses. On 7 March he scored his first goal in the competition, as a late substitute in a 2–2 draw at C.F. Estrela da Amadora.
During his period in Braga, Sá gained attention from English club Chelsea, but nothing ever materialized.
On 1 June Sá moved to league champions FC Porto, for an estimated fee of €3 million. Braga retained 20% economic rights on the future transfer fee received by Porto, with an additional 20% being held by unknown parties. Having arrived still injured from his previous club, he only made his Porto debut on 2 January 2010, starting in a 2–0 win at U.D. Oliveirense for the campaign's Portuguese Cup.
Sá spent 2010–11 on loan to C.D. Nacional, appearing sparingly due to injury and technical decisions. His highlight was scoring the winner in a 2–1 home win over S.L. Benfica on 21 August 2010, and he finished the season with six official goals, plus one for the Portuguese under-23.
At the end of the 2011 transfer window, Sá joined Premier League club Fulham on a free transfer, with Porto retaining 25% of his economic rights. He made his official debut for his new team in a Football League Cup tie against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 21 September (penalty shootout loss), and first appeared in the Premier League against West Bromwich Albion three days later, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 away draw.
Sá scored his first and only goal for Fulham on 31 December 2011, putting the visitors ahead in the seventh minute of the tie against Norwich City, in an eventual 1–1 draw. Early into the season, he struggled with the pace of the English game, but went on to adapt physically after a few months in the country, also stating he was improving his ability in the English language.
Before the 2012–13 campaign started, Sá said he was going to improve at Fulham and told the club's official website: "I feel that this is a really important pre-season for me, I want to be really prepared ahead of the new campaign because I want this year to be my year. I hope that I can score more goals like the one I got against Norwich. That was a good moment for me and I hope I will have many more moments like the one I experienced at Carrow Road". On 30 June 2012, however, his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.
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