André Filipe Claro de Jesus (born 31 March 1991), known as Claro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Arouca as a forward.
Football career Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Claro arrived in F.C. Porto's youth system in 2002, aged 11. He went on to progress through every youth rank at the club, being occasionally summoned to the first team for training.
Released by the Dragons in the 2010 summer, Claro signed for F.C. Famalicão in the fourth division, scoring 14 goals in 32 games in his first season which ended in promotion to the third level, and adding ten in 30 in the following campaign.
For 2012–13 Claro joined F.C. Arouca in division two, netting in only his second game in the competition, a 3–0 away win against F.C. Penafiel on 22 August 2012. He contributed with 31 appearances and four goals as the team promoted to the top flight for the first time in its history.
