Edgar Ié

Edgar lé
Personal information
Full name	Edgar Miguel lé
Date of birth	1 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Villarreal B
Youth career
	União Bissau
2007–2008	Oeiras
2008–2012	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2015	Barcelona B
2014	Barcelona
2015–	Villarreal B
International career‡
2012	Portugal U18
2012–2013	Portugal U19
2012–2014	Portugal U20
2014–	Portugal U21
2016–	Portugal U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2016

Edgar Miguel lé (born 1 May 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF B. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a right back.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Ié joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system in 2008, aged 14. In the 2012 summer, after concluding his formation, he moved to FC Barcelona in Spain alongside teammate and countryman Agostinho Cá.^[2]

In Catalonia, Ié started playing with the B-team in Segunda División. He made his official debut on 8 December 2012, playing ten minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Elche CF.^[3]

Ié made his first and only competitive appearance for Barcelona's main squad on 3 December 2014, replacing Jérémy Mathieu for the last 27 minutes of a 4–0 win at SD Huesca in the last 32 of the Copa del Rey.^[4] On 27 August 2015, he signed a three-year deal at Villarreal CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.^[5] He appeared moderately often in a season which ended with a play-off berth, being sent off alongside Anton Shvets on 3 April in a 1–0 away success over Valencia CF Mestalla.^[6]

Ié was initially selected by Portugal for the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship,^[7] but missed the tournament in Estonia due to injury.

Ié's twin brother, Edelino, is also a footballer. A midfielder, he too came through the youth teams at Sporting.

As of 7 June 2015^[8]

Club	Season	League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona B	2012–13	6	0	—						6	0
	2013–14	13	0	—						13	0
	2014–15	29	0	—						29	0
	Total	48	0	—						48	0
Barcelona	2014–15	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Career totals		48	0	1	0	0	0	—		49	0

^ "Edgar Ié". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ Coerts, Stefan (19 July 2012). "Barcelona sign Sporting Lisbon duo Agostinho Ca & Edgar Ie". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ "1–1: El Barça B, de tú a tú contra el líder" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "Huesca 0–4 Barcelona: Iniesta and Rakitic inspire emphatic first-leg win". Goal.com. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
^ "El Villarreal confirma el fichaje de Edgar Ié" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "El Mestalla cae ante un Villarreal que acabó con nueve jugadores" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "Euro de sub-19: Sporting e Benfica em maioria nos convocados" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ Edgar Ié at Soccerway