Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro
Miguel in action for Valencia in 2006
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| Full name | Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Wingback | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1989–1994 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Alverca | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Loures | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Olhanense | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Estrela Amadora | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Estrela Amadora | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Benfica | 131 | (12) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2012 | Valencia | 175 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 338 | (14) | |||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Portugal U21 | 22 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2010 | Portugal | 59 | (1) | ||||||||||||
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Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro, OIH (born 4 January 1980), known as Miguel (Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɣɛɫ]), is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a right back.
He played the vast majority of his professional career with Benfica (five seasons) and Valencia (seven), appearing in the vicinity of 200 official games with both clubs and winning a total of four major titles.
Miguel gained 59 caps for Portugal during the 2000s, and represented the country in two World Cups and as many European Championships.
Born in Lisbon, Miguel started his career with local C.F. Estrela da Amadora as a winger. On 30 April 1999, he made his first-team debut by playing 17 minutes in a 1–2 away loss against Boavista FC, then added 28 Primeira Liga appearances in his only full season as the capital club retained its top division status.
Miguel moved to S.L. Benfica in the 2000 summer, making the transition to right midfielder and then right back (by the hand of former Benfica player Fernando Chalana, in his only game as a transition coach) – the position that ultimately brought him international recognition. In the 2004–05 campaign, he contributed with 22 games and two goals to a national championship conques after an 11-year wait.
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