Daniel Candeias

Daniel Candeias
Candeias with Kocaelispor in 2023
Personal information
Full name Daniel João Santos Candeias
Date of birth (1988-02-25) 25 February 1988
Place of birth Fornos de Algodres, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Académica
Number 21
Youth career
1997–2002 Fornos de Algodres
2002–2007 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Porto 4 (0)
2007–2008Varzim (loan) 27 (2)
2009Rio Ave (loan) 5 (0)
2009–2010Recreativo (loan) 10 (0)
2010Paços Ferreira (loan) 13 (1)
2010–2014 Nacional 85 (13)
2010–2011Portimonense (loan) 28 (1)
2014–2017 Benfica 0 (0)
2014–20151. FC Nürnberg (loan) 16 (2)
2015Granada (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2016Metz (loan) 28 (2)
2016–2017Alanyaspor (loan) 29 (4)
2017–2019 Rangers 70 (11)
2019–2021 Gençlerbirliği 67 (7)
2021–2023 Alanyaspor 62 (4)
2023–2024 Kocaelispor 35 (9)
2024–2025 Oliveirense 18 (2)
2025 Adanaspor 16 (2)
2025– Académica 5 (0)
International career
2003–2004 Portugal U16 5 (4)
2004–2005 Portugal U17 16 (11)
2006 Portugal U18 6 (0)
2006–2007 Portugal U19 15 (3)
2008 Portugal U20 8 (2)
2008–2010 Portugal U21 15 (1)
2011 Portugal U23 2 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:08, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Daniel João Santos Candeias (born 25 February 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 3 club Académica de Coimbra.

He was on the books of both Porto and Benfica, where he was mostly loaned out, and amassed most of his 134 Primeira Liga appearances and 15 goals while at Nacional. He also played over 100 games in the Turkish Süper Lig with Alanyaspor and Gençlerbirliği, and had spells in Spain, Germany, France and Scotland.