André

Andre or André is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. Andrew is the English form of the Greek name Andreas, a short form of any of various compound names derived from andr- 'man, warrior'. Cognate names are:

The name is popular in Norway and Sweden.

Notable people with this first name include:

Ricardo Pinto

Ricardo Pinto (born 1961 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a computer game programmer and fantasy novelist.

Early life and gaming career

Pinto's family moved to London when he was six, and then to Dundee in Scotland. In 1979, he commenced a degree in Mathematics at the University of Dundee. In 1983, Pinto moved to London to work as a programmer writing computer games. He moved back to Edinburgh and then to Bristol working on game design. He became interested in creating the plot for games and wrote Kryomek and Hivestone as support material for tabletop wargames.

Writing

While still at university around 1982, Pinto had written a 600-page manuscript which he later said "contained a first, vague impression" of what would become his The Stone Dance of the Chameleon series. After 10 years working the computer gaming industry he spend two years unemployed and teaching himself to write, during which time he developed his Stone Dance concept further.

His first novel, The Chosen, was published in 1999. The sequel The Standing Dead was published in 2002 and a third novel, The Third God, appeared in 2009, its completion delayed by the effects of a fire at the author's home. The Stone Dance of the Chameleon trilogy concerns the harrowing experiences of the young and inexperienced heir to a ruling dynasty who is suddenly taken from his protected childhood and thrust into a cruel society where he must fight for his family honour, his position and his life.

Rui Gomes

Rui Pedro Ribeiro Fernandes Duarte Gomes (born 4 September 1997 in Braga) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória de Guimarães B as a forward.

Football career

On 10 January 2016, Gomes made his professional debut with Vitória Guimarães B in a 2015–16 Segunda Liga match against Santa Clara.

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