Mauro Bandeira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauro Gomes Bandeira | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Loures, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tabor Sežana | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Barnet | |||
| –2018 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 2018–2022 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Colchester United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2024– | Tabor Sežana | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2024 | |||
Mauro Gomes Bandeira (born 18 November 2003) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian club Tabor Sežana.
Club career
[edit]After playing in the Barnet and Queens Park Rangers (QPR) academies,[1] Bandeira joined the Arsenal Academy from QPR in 2018.[2] He signed his first professional contract with the club in the summer of 2022. During the 2022–23 season he played for Arsenal in the EFL Trophy.[3] He also made the first-team match day squad for Arsenal, appearing as an unused substitute in the UEFA Europa League.[4]
In July 2023, Bandeira joined Colchester United on a season-long loan.[5] He was named in the starting XI to make his senior debut on 5 August 2023 against Swindon Town in EFL League Two, however the match was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch.[6][7] In January 2024, he was recalled from his loan spell by Arsenal after making 11 appearances in all competitions for Colchester.[8]
Bandeira was released by Arsenal at the end of the 2023–24 season following the expiration of his contract.[9]
International career
[edit]Born in Portugal to Angolan parents, Bandeira moved to England at a young age and holds dual Portuguese-British citizenship. He was called up to training camps for the Portugal U19s.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Bandeira is a martial arts enthusiast.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 14 October 2023[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal U21 | 2022–23 | — | — | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Arsenal | 2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Colchester United (loan) | 2023–24 | League Two | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Career total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Quem é Mauro Bandeira, O jovem Luso que apareceu no banco do Arsenal em Alvalade?" [Who is Mauro Bandeira, the young Portuguese who appeared on the Arsenal bench in Alvalade?] (in Portuguese). OneFootball. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Arsenal teenager Bandeira signs first professional contract". OneFootball. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Mauro Bandeira: Arsenal midfielder joins Colchester United on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Arsenal: quem é o jovem português que Arteta tem no banco em Alvalade?". tvi.iol.pt. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Colchester United have signed Arsenal youngster Mauro Bandeira on loan". Gazette-news.co.uk. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Colchester vs Swindon off because of waterlogged pitch". BBC Sport. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Waldron, Jonathan (7 August 2023). "Colchester United named young team against Swindon Town". Colchester Gazette. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ Waldron, Jonathan (3 January 2024). "Arsenal youngster Mauro Bandeira has Colchester loan ended". Colchester Gazette. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "22 players to depart Arsenal at end of contacts". Arsenal FC. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ Carvalho, Francisco Paulo (16 March 2023). "Quem é Mauro Bandeira, o jovem luso que apareceu no banco do Arsenal em Alvalade? :: zerozero.pt". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Mauro Bandeira". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Loures
- Portuguese men's footballers
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Portuguese emigrants to England
- Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent
- English people of Angolan descent
- Sportspeople of Angolan descent
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- NK Tabor Sežana players
- English Football League players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- 21st-century English sportsmen