Person
- Born
- 1978-06-05
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- Listeners
- 25
- Total plays
- 33
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 5 June 1978
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fernando
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Guimarães
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2008
- Sport
- association football
Article
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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