Andre Geraldes de Barros, joined Maccabi Tel Aviv FC on a one-year-loan-deal with an option to make the move permanent after an agreement was reached with his club Sporting Lisbon CP.

Geraldes made his first footballing footsteps in the youth academy of his boyhood town Maia in the Porto region before joining Rio Ave on a free transfer and spending loan spells at Chaves for which he made his senior debut at the age of 19 and Aves the following season. Geraldes left Portugal for the first time in the 2012/13 season to join forces with fellow Portuguese coach Carlos Carvalhal at Istanbul Basakshir and made 32 appearances at the Turkish club. After 18 months in Turkey, Gerlades, returned to his native country and joined Belenenses SAD on-loan in January 2014 before signing for Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon. One season with Sporting B’ led Geraldes to return for a second loan-spell with Belenenses whom he helped reach the Europa League group stages making a total of 46 appearances in all competitions that season. Geraldes spent loan spells with Vitoria Setubal and a third stint with Belenenses before leaving Portugal to join Sporting Gijon of the Spanish second division where he played along with Nick Blackman.

The Portuguese right-back joined Maccabi on loan from Sporting Lisbon in the summer of 2019 and slotted almost instantly into Vladimir Ivic’s defense. He made 35 appearances in all competitions during the 2019/20 season, playing a pivotal role to Maccabi’s water-tight-defense but also contributed with three assists on the way to lifting the league title.

Geraldes returned to wear Yellow and Blue on January 21 after  was released by APOEL Nicosia and signed a contract until the end of the 2021/22 season with an option to extend by a further season.