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Raúl Oliveira
Personal information
Full name Raúl Miguel Silva Fonseca Castanheira de Oliveira
Date of birth (1972-08-26) 26 August 1972 (age 51)
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 86 (4)
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)
2005–2007 Lusitânia 46 (2)
Total 318 (11)
*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.

Club career

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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[1][2]Académica de Coimbra and S.C. Lusitânia, retiring in 2008 at the age of 35.[3]

Oliveira started an abroad stint in England with Bradford City in early 1997, appearing in only two Division One games during the campaign for Chris Kamara's team and subsequently resuming his career in Portugal.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Pereira, Carla (13 February 2000). "Raul Oliveira e Jorge Andrade colocam responsabilidade no Sporting" [Raul Oliveira and Jorge Andrade place responsibility with Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Raul Oliveira e Renato ausentes no Estrela da Amadora" [Raul Oliveira and Renato absent at Estrela da Amadora] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 3 April 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Raul Oliveira: «Lusitânia deve-me 28 mil euros»" [Raul Oliveira: "Lusitânia owes me 28 thousand euros"]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 December 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Portuguese men-a-broad". The Football Association. 4 September 2002. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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