José Moreira
Moreira training with Benfica in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | José Filipe da Silva Moreira | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Massarelos, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Estoril | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1999 | Salgueiros | ||
| 1999 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Benfica B | 31 | (0) |
| 2001–2011 | Benfica | 112 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Omonia | 62 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Olhanense | 40 | (0) |
| 2016– | Estoril | 27 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1998 | Portugal U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Portugal U16 | 22 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Portugal U18 | 9 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Portugal U20 | 13 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Portugal U21 | 22 | (0) |
| 2004 | Portugal U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2004 | Portugal B | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2017. |
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José Filipe da Silva Moreira, OIH (born 20 March 1982) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia as a goalkeeper.
He played most of his career with Benfica, appearing in nearly 200 official games and making his professional debuts at only 19.
Moreira gained 79 caps for Portugal all youth categories comprised, and represented the senior team at Euro 2004.
Born in Massarelos, Porto District, Moreira preferred to play as an attacking midfielder in his early years but, following the advice of father José, soon changed his playing position and took trials for S.C. Salgueiros.
In 1997, at only 15 years of age, Moreira caught the eye of the biggest Portuguese teams — Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Porto, Boavista F.C. and S.L. Benfica. The latter made the best bid to Salgueiros and won the race to sign the youngster but, due to his young age, decided it was best to keep him at the club for two more years; when he arrived to the Estádio da Luz he was called for a mini-tour with the main squad in the Azores, going on to make his unofficial senior debut.
In 1999, Moreira was selected by the Portuguese under–18 coach Agostinho Oliveira for the UEFA European Championship in Sweden, with the national team winning the title. Subsequently he returned to Benfica, being called by team manager Jupp Heynckes to join the pre-season tour in Austria. At the time, two of the three senior goalkeepers were not available (Carlos Bossio was in Argentina and Nuno Santos was injured, leaving Robert Enke as the only available keeper); without competition for the substitutes bench he was called to sit in for several matches during August and December 1999 (he was just 17), but would only play two years later in a home game against Vitória de Guimarães, replacing the injured Enke after 24 minutes and delivering a clean sheet on his professional debut (0–0 draw).
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