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Raul Meireles

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Raul Meireles
Meireles playing for Fenerbahçe in 2015
Personal information
Full name Raul José Trindade Meireles[1]
Date of birth (1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–2001 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Boavista 29 (0)
2001–2003 → Aves (loan) 44 (1)
2004–2010 Porto 137 (15)
2010–2011 Liverpool 35 (5)
2011–2012 Chelsea 31 (2)
2012–2016 Fenerbahçe 76 (6)
Total 352 (29)
National team
2000 Portugal U16 11 (0)
2000 Portugal U17 7 (1)
2001–2002 Portugal U18 13 (1)
2003 Portugal U20 8 (0)
2003–2006 Portugal U21 26 (2)
2004 Portugal U23 4 (0)
2004–2006 Portugal B 5 (0)
2006–2014 Portugal 76 (10)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Poland-Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Third place 2004 Germany
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 2000 Israel
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Raul José Trindade Meireles (pt; born 17 March 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2][3][4]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aves (loan) 2001–02 Segunda Liga 18 0 0 0 — — — 18 0
2002–03 Segunda Liga 26 1 0 0 — — — 26 1
Total 44 1 0 0 — — — 44 1
Boavista 2003–04 Primeira Liga 29 0 0 0 — — — 29 0
Porto 2004–05 Primeira Liga 13 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 — 15 0
2005–06 Primeira Liga 18 2 3 0 — 1[a] 0 — 22 2
2006–07 Primeira Liga 25 3 1 0 — 7[a] 1 1[b] 0 34 4
2007–08 Primeira Liga 28 4 4 0 0 0 8[a] 1 1[b] 0 41 5
2008–09 Primeira Liga 28 4 4 1 0 0 9[a] 0 1[b] 0 42 5
2009–10 Primeira Liga 25 2 4 2 1 0 8[a] 0 1[b] 0 39 4
2010–11 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 1 0
Total 137 15 20 3 1 0 35 2 5 0 198 20
Liverpool 2010–11 Premier League 33 5 1 0 0 0 7[c] 0 — 41 5
2011–12 Premier League 2 0 0 0 1 0 — — 3 0
Total 35 5 1 0 1 0 7 0 — 44 5
Chelsea 2011–12 Premier League 28 2 6 2 0 0 11[a] 2 — 45 6
2012–13 Premier League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 31 2 6 2 0 0 11 2 0 0 48 6
Fenerbahçe 2012–13 Süper Lig 22 2 3 0 — 8[c] 1 — 33 3
2013–14 Süper Lig 20 1 0 0 — 4[a] 1 0 0 24 2
2014–15 Süper Lig 23 2 3 0 — — 1 0 27 2
2015–16 Süper Lig 11 1 3 0 — 7[d] 0 — 21 1
Total 76 6 9 0 — 19 2 1 0 105 8
Career total 356 28 30 3 8 2 72 6 6 0 472 39
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Appearances in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2006 1 0
2007 5 0
2008 12 1
2009 12 2
2010 13 5
2011 10 0
2012 11 0
2013 8 1
2014 4 1
Total 76 10
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Meireles goal.[5]
List of international goals scored by Raul Meireles
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 June 2008 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  Turkey 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008
2 12 August 2009 Rheinpark, Vaduz, Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 2–0 3–0 Friendly
3 18 November 2009 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 1–0 2010 World Cup qualification – Playoffs
4 1 June 2010 Complexo Desportivo, Covilhã, Portugal  Cameroon 1–0 3–1 Friendly
5 2–0
6 21 June 2010 Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa  North Korea 1–0 7–0 2010 FIFA World Cup
7 3 September 2010 D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal  Cyprus 2–2 4–4 Euro 2012 qualifying
8 12 October 2010 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland 2–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
9 10 September 2013 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States  Brazil 1–0 1–3 Friendly
10 5 March 2014 Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal  Cameroon 2–1 5–1 Friendly

Honours

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Meireles (centre) in Chelsea's victory parade after the 2012 Champions League Final

Porto

Chelsea

Fenerbahçe

Portugal U-16

Portugal U-21

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Raul Meireles". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Raul Meireles at ForaDeJogo Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Raul Meireles". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Raul Meireles at ESPN FC
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Raúl Meireles". European Football. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Faz anos Raul Meireles" [Birthday for Raul Meireles]. Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 17 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "A afirmação de uma geração" [A generation takes a stand]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 June 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "Raul Meireles set for Liverpool exit – report". Goal. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Meireles named Fans' Player of the Year". ESPN Soccernet. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2023.


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