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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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- 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
- 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
via TheSportsDB
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
- 2006 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Portugal men's national football team
- 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
- Commons gallery
- 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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