Miguel Lourenço (footballer, born 1992)

Miguel Lourenço
Personal information
Full name Miguel Martelo Lourenço
Date of birth (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992
Place of birth São Sebastião, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Zira (loan from Vitória Setúbal)
Number 44
Youth career
2002–2004 AD Quinta do Conde
2004–2005 Fernão Ferro
2005–2006 Escolinha António Pica
2006–2011 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Vitória Setúbal 41 (1)
2011–2012 → Casa Pia (loan) 24 (0)
2013–2014 → Santa Clara (loan) 19 (1)
2016– → Zira (loan) 10 (0)
National team
2007 Portugal U16 3 (0)
2008 Portugal U17 3 (0)
2009 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal U21 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2016.


Miguel Martelo Lourenço (born 27 May 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Azerbaijani club Zira FK on loan from Vitória F.C. as a central defender.

Club career

Born in São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Lourenço joined Vitória de Setúbal's youth system in 2006, aged 14. He made his senior debut with amateurs Casa Pia AC, on loan.

Lourenço first appeared in the Primeira Liga on 26 August 2012, playing the second half of a 0–5 home loss against S.L. Benfica as the hosts were already trailing 0–3 and with one player less. His first goal arrived on 23 February of the following year, when he scored the game's only through a header to defeat S.C. Beira-Mar also at the Estádio do Bonfim.[1]

For 2013–14, Lourenço was loaned to Segunda Liga team C.D. Santa Clara.[2] He subsequently returned, going on to appear in 24 league matches in the following two top flight seasons combined.

On 28 June 2016, still owned by Vitória, Lourenço joined Zira FK.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "V. Setúbal-Beira-Mar, 1–0: Nem expulsão de Ney ajudou Costinha" [V. Setúbal-Beira-Mar, 1–0: Not even Ney's ejection helped Costinha] (in Portuguese). Record. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Castigo de Vezo obriga a mexer na defesa" [Vezo ban forces changes in defense] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ↑ ""Zire" agreed with ex-player of National Team of Portugal". Zira FK. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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