Luís Vouzela

Luís Vouzela
Personal information
Full name	Luís Miguel Silva Tavares
Date of birth	10 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Vouzela, Portugal
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1991	Vouzelenses
1991–1992	Académico Viseu
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1996	Académico Viseu
1996–2002	União Leiria
2002–2004	Santa Clara
2004–2005	Moreirense
2005–2006	Beira-Mar
2006–2007	Olympiakos Nicosia
2007–2008	Chaves
2008–2009	Nelas
2009–2010	Penalva do Castelo
2010–2012	Académico Viseu
2012–2013	Nogueirense
2013–2014	Oliveira Frades
Total
International career
2000	Portugal B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luís Miguel Silva Tavares (born 10 March 1974), commonly known as Luís Vouzela, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 215 games and four goals over the course of eight seasons, mainly with União de Leiria (five years).

Club career

Born in Vouzela, Viseu District, Vouzela started his senior career with local Académico de Viseu FC, going on to remain four seasons with the club, two apiece in the second and third divisions. He made his debut in the Primeira Liga in the 1996–97 season with U.D. Leiria, playing 28 games and scoring one goal but suffering team relegation as second from bottom.

From 1998 to 2005 Vouzela competed almost exclusively in his country's top flight, representing Leiria, C.D. Santa Clara and Moreirense FC. He split the 2003–04 campaign with the last two teams, starting it with the former in division two;^[1] in 2005–06 he helped S.C. Beira-Mar promote to the top tier of Portuguese football, as champions.

After one year in the Cypriot First Division, with Olympiakos Nicosia, Vouzela returned to his country, going on to play exclusively in lower league and amateur football. He returned to Académico Viseu in the 2010 summer, suffering a serious leg injury the following year.^[2] He retired in 2014 at the age of 40, after one season in the Viseu regional championships with Grupo Desportivo Oliveira de Frades, and returned once again to Académico, where he was given a position in the backroom staff.^[3]

References

^ "Luís Vouzela procura sonho no Oliveira de Frades" [Luís Vouzela chasing dream in Oliveira de Frades] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ "Luis Vouzela com fractura no peronio" [Luis Vouzela fractures fibula] (in Portuguese). Viseu Desportivo. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ "Luís Vouzela regressa ao Académico de Viseu com cargo na estrutura do futebol" [Luís Vouzela returns to Académico de Viseu with position in football structure] (in Portuguese). Viseu Mais. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

External links

Luís Vouzela at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Luís Vouzela at Soccerway

[1] "Luís Vouzela procura sonho no Oliveira de Frades" [Luís Vouzela chasing dream in Oliveira de Frades] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[2] "Luis Vouzela com fractura no peronio" [Luis Vouzela fractures fibula] (in Portuguese). Viseu Desportivo. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[3] "Luís Vouzela regressa ao Académico de Viseu com cargo na estrutura do futebol" [Luís Vouzela returns to Académico de Viseu with position in football structure] (in Portuguese). Viseu Mais. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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