Almost ten years after his debut in River, Tomás Andrade’s career will take a new direction. That youth player who made it to the first team in April 2016 in a match against Vélez at the Monumental, and who was compared to Andrés D’alessandro for the dribbles and style of play he had shown in the youth team, will play starting this year in Peruvian soccer: he will be a footballer FC Cajamarca.
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According to journalist César Luis Merlo, the 29-year-old midfielder agreed to join the Inca team, recently promoted to the First Division of his country, for one year. He will sign as a free player after having ended his contract with Always Ready of Boliviaa team in which he served during 2025.
This will be the eleventh club in the career of the Temperley native, who has found it difficult to settle in other institutions. In addition to River, among the clubs in which he played, the following stand out: Atlético Mineiro (2018), Athletico Paranaense (2019) and Argentinos Juniors (2020-2021).
In the Greatest, Andrade suffered a sudden downturn due to a very marked fact: the goal that missed under the goal against Belgrano. Although River won that 2016/2017 Super League match 2-1, the midfielder was never able to take off and began a long journey through different destinations.
Tomás Andrade’s cycle in River
Originally from Temperley, He reached the Seventh Division of the Inferiores del Millonario from Argentinos Juniors in 2012. They quickly signed a contract in Núñez, and the following year He broke everything in the Under 17 Club World Cup, being champion and best player of the tournament. He debuted in the First Division on April 30, 2016, against Vélez and was baptized as “the new Andrés D’Alessandro” y “D’Alessandrito“. The kid, then 19 years old, continued to earn good income until he broke down and began to lose ground.
He was part of the 2016 Recopa Sudamericana champion team, entering both the first leg and the second leg of the duels against Independiente Santa Fe. At the beginning of 2018 he left River, with 33 games under his belt and having given three assists but without scoring goals.
