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João Diogo Alves Rodrigues (born 17 September 1998), known as Kikas, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Estrela da Amadora as a striker.
Club career
Kikas was born in Castelo Branco, and finished his youth career with Vitória de Guimarães up north. He made his senior debut with local club Benfica e Castelo Branco in 2017, scoring 17 goals in his only season as the team finished in third position in the third division, the first outside the promotion play-offs zone. He added four in the Taça de Portugal, and in January 2018 signed a three-year contract with Belenenses to be made effective on 1 July.
Kikas' first match in the Primeira Liga took place on 27 August 2018, when he came on as a late substitute in the 1–1 away draw against Moreirense. Starting on 22 February of the following year, he netted four times in three consecutive league matches, including in a fixture at Benfica that ended 2–2.
On 7 May 2019, Kikas agreed to an extension until 2023 with a buyout clause of €15 million. Late into the January 2020 transfer window, he was loaned to LigaPro side Vilafranquense until 30 June.
Kikas continued to be loaned by the renamed B-SAD in the subsequent seasons, to Doxa Katokopias of the Cypriot First Division, Mafra in the Portuguese second tier, União de Leiria in the third and Estrela da Amadora in the second. Having helped the latter to return to the top flight in 2023 after a lengthy absence, that summer he joined them on a free transfer and a two-year deal.
On the final matchday of the 2023–24 campaign, Kikas scored the only goal of a 1–0 win over Gil Vicente to secure Estrela's survival in the main tier.
References
External links
Kikas at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Kikas at Soccerway