Miro (footballer)
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Full name | Valdemiro Pinto Domingos | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 23 April 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Tondela | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2021 | ASA | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Gil Vicente | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Gil Vicente | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Tondela | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2024– | Angola | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2024 |
Valdemiro Pinto Domingos known as Miro (born 22 April 2003) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as an attacker for Liga Portugal 2 club Tondela.[1]
Club career
[edit]Valdemiro Pinto Domingos, better known as Miro left his country of Angola in 2020 to pursue a career as a professional footballer in Portugal having trained at Atlético Sport Aviação. He joined Gil Vicente and in 2021 played for their youth team. [2][3] He scored 22 goals in 36 games in his first season for their youth team in the Liga Revelação.[2]
He made his debut for Gil Vicente in the Taça da Liga on 22 July 2023 against U.D. Oliveirense.[4][5] On 10 January 2024, he scored his first senior goal for the club in the Taça de Portugal against Amarante.[6][7]
On 22 July 2024, Miro signed a three-year contract with Tondela.[8]
International career
[edit]He represented Angola at U16, U17, U20 and U23 level.[3][2]
In March 2024, he was called up the senior Angola national football team for matches against Morocco and the Comoros Islands.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Miro at Soccerway
- ^ a b c Fernando Vieira, João (5 January 2023). ""I want to be one of the best African strikers and help Gil Vicente win"". ojogo.pt. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ a b "TALENTO ANGOLANO CONTINUA DE "PÉ QUENTE" NO FUTEBOL PORTUGUÊS". portaldeangola.de. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Oliveirense-Gil Vicente: 1-0: André Schutte's goal defines another surprise". Record.pt. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "OLIVEIRENSE VS. GIL VICENTE 1 - 0". Soccerway. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "GIL VICENTE VS. AMARANTE 3 - 1". Soccerway. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Gil Vicente passes to eliminate the combative Amarante da Taça". rtp.pt. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "MIRO É AURIVERDE" [MIRO IS GOLDEN-GREEN] (in Portuguese). Tondela. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "David Carmo called up for the Angolan national team for the first time". Verangola. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Gil VIcente's trip to Braga will still feature international players - Buatu, Miro, Jesús Castillo and Depú only travel on Monday to their respective teams". record.pt. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.