Career
FK Příbram and Cape Verde national football team He was elected the best central defender and the best foreign player of the season 2006-2007 in Tunisia, and he has recently signed a contract with a Qatar team, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sailiya, for the season 2007/2008. In July 2009 he moved to Football Club Baník Ostrava.
After Cape Verde were eliminated, he received a call-up in August 2009 for a friendly against Malta and Angola and in May 2010 played in the 0-0 draw with Portugal.
Nando was the Cape Verdean team captain in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, which marked the first participation for his country in this tournament. His performances throughout the tournament were rewarded by selection into the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament.
His last international match was on February 2, 2013, against Ghana at the ACN quarter-finals, in which his team were beaten 2-0. After this defeat he announced his immediate retirement from the national team
Club Individual.