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Fernando Meira

Personal information

Full name

Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira

Date of birth

June 5, 1978 (age 29)

Place of birth

Guimarães, Portugal

Height

1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

Playing position

Defender

Club information

Current club

VfB Stuttgart

Number

Senior clubs¹

Years

Club

App (Gls)*

1995-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2002-present

Vitória SC
FC Felgueiras
Vitória SC
SL Benfica
VfB Stuttgart

022 (0)
033 (0)
030 (2)
046 (2)
156 (8)

National team²

2000-present

Portugal

044 (2)

¹ Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 13 November 2007.
² National team caps and goals correct
as of 5 June 2007.
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Club career

Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira began his career with Vitória de Guimarães in 1995/96 and spent two further seasons there before moving to second division FC Felgueiras on loan. VitÃ³ria Sport Clube is a Portuguese football club based in the city of GuimarÃ£es, located 40 km north of Oporto in Portugal. ...

1998: Fernando Meira played 33 league games as Felgueiras narrowly missed out on promotion, finishing fifth, before returning to Guimarães for another fine season in which he scored his first goals in league football.

2000: SL Benfica paid €1.2m for him in summer 2000 and the defender did not disappoint, earning the club captaincy and bolstering his reputation to the point that VfB Stuttgart paid €7.5m for his skills in January 2002 on a four-and-a-half-year contract. Stuttgart's general manager, Rolf Rüssmann, described the player as a "trophy" signing.

2002: VfB Stuttgart coach Felix Magath fielded Fernando Meira in 31 Bundesliga matches, and only a suspension prevented him from featuring in all 34 as the club finished second to clinch a place in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. He missed two UEFA Cup matches, including the home defeat by Celtic FC.

2006: He became team captain of VfB Stuttgart. In 2006-07 they won the Bundesliga trophy, making it the first time the team won it in 15 years and the first national team title for Meira. During the celebrations and while raising the trophy he had a Vitória de Guimarães scarf wrapped around his right wrist and a portuguese flag over his shoulders.

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External links

Meira's homepage

VfB Stuttgart squad

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Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 Caneira • 4 R. Costa • 5 Meira • 6 Costinha • 7 Figo • 8 Petit • 9 Pauleta • 10 H. Viana • 11 Simão • 12 Quim • 13 Miguel • 14 N. Valente • 15 Boa Morte • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 C. Ronaldo • 18 Maniche • 19 Tiago • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 P. Santos • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari

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VfB Stuttgart – current squad

1 Schäfer • 2 Beck • 3 Osorio • 4 Gledson • 5 Taşçı • 6 Meira • 7 Meißner • 8 Farnerud • 9 Ewerthon • 10 Baştürk • 11 Hitzlsperger • 12 Langer • 13 Pardo • 15 Boka • 17 Delpierre • 18 Cacau • 19 Hilbert • 20 Marica • 21 Magnin • 25 da Silva • 28 Khedira • 29 Mandjeck • 31 Stolz • 33 Gomez • 36 Perchtold • 38 Pisot • 40 Schuster • 42 Pischorn • Manager: Veh First international Spain 3 - 1 Portugal (Madrid, Spain; 18 November 1921) Biggest win Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994) Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999) Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003) Biggest defeat Portugal 0 - 10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ... Ricardo Pereira, usually referred to simply as Ricardo (pron. ... Paulo Ferreira (pron. ... Marco AntÃ³nio SimÃµes Caneira (born 9 February 1979), usually known simply as Caneira (pron. ... 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Ciprian Andrei Marica (born October 2, 1985 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian footballer who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart. ... Ludovic Magnin (born 20 April 1979 in Sion) is a Swiss football defender who currently, as of May 2006, plays for VfB Stuttgart. ... AntÃ´nio da Silva (Born July 13, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer. ... Sami Khedira (born April 4, 1987 in Stuttgart) is a German football player. ... Alexander Stolz (born 13 October 1983 in Pforzheim, Germany) is a German football goalkeeper who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. ... Mario Gomez GarcÃa (born July 10, 1985 in Riedlingen) is a professional Spanish-German football player who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart. ... Peter AndrÃ© Perchtold (born September 2, 1984 in Nuremberg) is a German football Midfielder who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. ... 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Honours

External links

Club career