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Portuguese footballer

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Fernando Meira, born Fernándo José da Silva Freitas Meira on 5 June 1978 in Guimarães, is a Portuguese association football player who plays defender. He played for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Real Zaragoza, Galatasaray S.K. and Vitória S.C., and took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. His career ran from 1995 to 2012, with a record of 1 match played and 0 goals scored. He speaks Portuguese.

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Listeners
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Total plays
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Key facts

2004
Portugal Olympic ( O.P. )
Full name
Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira
Date of birth
( 1978-06-05 ) 5 June 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth
Guimarães , Portugal
Height
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Positions
Centre-back defensive midfielder
1988 1992
Vitória Guimarães
1992 1993
Ribeira de Pena
1993 1996
Vitória Guimarães
Years
Team
1996 2000
Vitória Guimarães
1998 1999
→ Felgueiras (loan)
2000 2001
Benfica
2002 2008
VfB Stuttgart
2008 2009
Galatasaray
2009 2011
Zenit St. Petersburg
2011 2012
Zaragoza
1997 1998
Portugal U20

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Centre-Back
Nationality
Portugal

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Fernando
Gender
male
Citizenship
Portugal
Place of birth
Guimarães
Languages spoken
Portuguese
Native language
Portuguese
Participant in
2006 FIFA World Cup
Position played
defender
League
Q82595
Country for sport
Portugal
Mass
85
Image
FernandoMeira.jpg
Height
190
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Commons category
Fernando Meira
date of birth
1978-06-05
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Fernando Meira
number of matches played/races/starts
1
total goals in career
0
end of work period
2012-00-00
start of work period
1995-00-00
birth name
Fernándo José da Silva Freitas Meira
name in native language
Fernando Meira
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Encyclopedic overview

Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira ( Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du ˈmɐjɾɐ]; born 5 June 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender.

In his country, he represented most notably Vitória de Guimarães, also playing one year with Benfica. After a lengthy spell in Germany with VfB Stuttgart, he went on to appear for teams in Turkey, Russia and Spain.

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