Luís Miguel (footballer, born 1979)

Luís Miguel da Costa Lobo (born 9 October 1979), known as Luís Miguel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a forward.

Luís Miguel
Personal information
Full name Luís Miguel da Costa Lobo
Date of birth (1979-10-09) 9 October 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1992–1994 Vitória Guimarães
1994–1996 Ribeira de Pena
1996–1998 Pevidém
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Pevidém 34 (15)
2000–2001 Extremadura 0 (0)
2001–2002 Tirsense 7 (0)
2002 Caçadores Taipas 6 (0)
2003 Mirandela
2003–2008 Madalena 66 (13)
2006Moreirense (loan) 7 (1)
2008 APOP 10 (3)
2009 Enosis Neon 2 (1)
2009–2010 Gondomar 11 (2)
2010–2011 Académico Viseu 8 (1)
2011–2012 Terras de Bouro 4 (1)
2012–2013 Torcatense 13 (2)
Total 168 (39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Born in Guimarães, Luís Miguel spent his entire career in Portugal with modest teams: Pevidém SC, F.C. Tirsense, Clube Caçadores das Taipas, SC Mirandela, F.C. da Madalena, Moreirense FC, Gondomar S.C. and Académico de Viseu FC. In his country, he never competed in higher than the third division.

Miguel also played in Spain with CF Extremadura (only represented the reserves),[1] and Cyprus (APOP Kinyras FC, Enosis Neon Paralimni FC). On 26 October 2004, whilst at the service of Madalena, he scored a hat-trick against Primeira Liga club U.D. Leiria in a Taça de Portugal tie, but in a 3–4 home defeat.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Doble refuerzo para Jaén y Extremadura" [Double addition for Jaén and Extremadura]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 July 2000. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Madalena-U. Leiria, 3–4: O Pico saiu à rua e quase fazia festa" [Madalena-U. Leiria, 3–4: Pico took to the streets and almost got the party started]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 October 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Luís Miguel faz novo "hat-trick"" [Luís Miguel with a new hat-trick]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 November 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

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