Raúl Oliveira
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raúl Miguel Silva Fonseca Castanheira de Oliveira | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
1984–1991 | Amora | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1995 | Amora | 49 | (2) |
1995–1996 | Belenenses | 9 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Farense | 13 | (0) |
1997 | Bradford City | 2 | (0) |
1997–2002 | Estrela Amadora | 140 | (4) |
2002–2004 | Académica | 22 | (1) |
2005–2008 | Lusitânia | 46 | (2) |
Total | 281 | (9) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Raúl Miguel Silva Fonseca Castanheira de Oliveira (born 26 August 1972) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Football career
Born in Lisbon, Oliveira played for six clubs in his native country: Amora FC, C.F. Os Belenenses, S.C. Farense, C.F. Estrela da Amadora – his biggest success, spending four consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga, almost always as a starter – Académica de Coimbra and S.C. Lusitânia, retiring in 2008 at nearly 36.
In early 1997, Oliveira started an abroad stint with English side Bradford City, appearing in only two Division One games during the campaign for Chris Kamara's team and subsequently resuming his career in Portugal.
External links
- Template:Zerozero
- Raúl Oliveira at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Raúl Oliveira at Soccerbase
- Stats at Footballdatabase
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lisbon
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- Amora F.C. players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- S.C. Farense players
- Estrela da Amadora players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
- English Football League players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England