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João Meira

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Portuguese footballer (born 1987)

In thisPortuguese name, the first or maternalfamily name isSerpa and the second or paternal family name isMeira.
João Meira
Personal information
Full nameJoão Diogo Serpa Meira[1]
Date of birth (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (age 38)[1]
Place of birthLisbon, Portugal
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
PositionCentre-back
Youth career
1995–2003Cova Piedade
2003–2006Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008Cova Piedade
2008–2009Mafra24(0)
2009–2012Atlético66(2)
2012–2015Belenenses79(2)
2016–2017Chicago Fire59(0)
2018Lorca0(0)
2018Vålerenga2(0)
2019Concordia Chiajna13(0)
2019–2020Vitória Setúbal8(0)
2020–2021Cova Piedade24(1)
2021–2023Leixões23(0)
Total298(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

João Diogo Serpa Meira (born 30 April 1987) is aPortuguese former professionalfootballer who played as acentral defender.

Club career

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Born inLisbon and raised inAlmada,[2] Meira spent until the age of 24 competing in thethird andfourth divisions. In the2010–11 season, he started in all of his 33 league appearances asAtlético Clube de Portugal returned to theSegunda Liga following a lengthy absence.[2]

Meira made his professional debut on 31 July 2011, in a 0–1 home loss againstS.C. Freamunde in thefirst round of theTaça da Liga.[3] On 2 February 2012, he was suspended for eight months after failing adrug test on 29 May of the previous year, in a match againstPadroense FC.[4]

For2012–13, Meira joinedC.F. Os Belenenses also in the second tier, signing a three-year contract.[5] He contributed 34 games and two goals,[6][7] as theLisbon side returned to thePrimeira Liga after three years, as champions with 21 points more than the closest team in the table.[8][9]

From2013 to2015, Meira started in 43 of his 45 league appearances, and Belenenses alsoqualified for theUEFA Europa League in the latter season.[10][11] On 23 January 2016, aged 28, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing withChicago Fire FC ofMajor League Soccer as afree agent.[12] He made his debut on 6 March, asthe campaign opened with a 3–4 home defeat toNew York City FC.[13]

After a solid performance during a 3–0 win overPhiladelphia Union atToyota Park on 4 September 2016, Meira earned a spot on the Team of the Week.[14] In November 2017, he announced he would not continue thefollowing season.[15]

Meira joined SpanishSegunda División clubLorca FC on 11 January 2018.[16][17] Eleven days later, however, after the latter failed to meet the terms of the contract, he left.[18]

On 23 March 2018, Meira signed a one-year deal withVålerenga Fotball from the NorwegianEliteserien.[19] In late January 2019, he moved to the RomanianLiga I withCS Concordia Chiajna.[20]

Meira retired in October 2023 aged 36, following one-season spells withVitória de Setúbal (top division),[21]C.D. Cova da Piedade[22] andLeixões SC (second). Immediately afterwards, he was named his last club'ssporting director.[23]

References

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  1. ^abc"João Meira" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved30 July 2020.
  2. ^abSimões de Abreu, Alexandra (19 December 2020).""Na Roménia, o treinador tirou-me da equipa, em cima de um jogo, porque quis comer ovos em vez de esparguete"" ["In Romania, the manager removed me from the team, just before kick-off, because I wanted to eat eggs instead of spaghetti"].Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved21 July 2025.
  3. ^"Freamunde vence Atlético com golo de Matias" [Freamunde beat Atlético with Matias goal].Record (in Portuguese). 31 July 2011. Retrieved21 July 2025.
  4. ^"Atlético: João Meira suspenso oito meses" [Atlético: João Meira suspended eight months] (in Portuguese).Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 2 February 2012. Retrieved6 September 2017.
  5. ^"João Meira assina por três épocas" [João Meira signs for three seasons].Record (in Portuguese). 30 May 2012. Retrieved2 June 2017.
  6. ^"Belenenses-Naval, 1–0: João Meira vale triunfo" [Belenenses-Naval, 1–0: João Meira gives win].Record (in Portuguese). 2 September 2012. Retrieved21 July 2025.
  7. ^"Resultados e marcadores" [Scores and scorers] (in Portuguese).Sábado. 21 April 2013. Archived fromthe original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved6 September 2017.
  8. ^Lucas, Cipriano (30 March 2013)."Belenenses regressa à primeira Liga três anos depois" [Belenenses return to the first League three years later].Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved21 July 2025.
  9. ^"Belenenses um clube de Lisboa" [Belenenses a Lisbon club].Record (in Portuguese). 6 May 2013. Retrieved2 May 2016.
  10. ^"Exibições de Palmeira convencem Lito Vidigal" [Palmeira displays convince Lito Vidigal].Record (in Portuguese). 7 August 2014. Retrieved21 July 2025.
  11. ^Travassos, Nuno (4 June 2015)."Belenenses: Simão com saída confirmada, Sá Pinto a chegar" [Belenenses: Simão with exit confirmed, Sá Pinto to arrive] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved21 July 2025.
  12. ^"Chicago Fire add two players to 2016 roster". Chicago Fire. 23 January 2016. Retrieved23 January 2016.
  13. ^"Chicago Fire rally falls short in season-opening 4–3 loss vs. NYCFC". Chicago Fire. 6 March 2016. Retrieved2 May 2016.
  14. ^Baer, Benjamin (6 September 2016)."2016 Team of the Week (Wk 26): Chicago Fire dominate Union front to back".Major League Soccer. Retrieved2 June 2017.
  15. ^Stejskal, Sam (18 November 2017)."Joao Meira announces he won't return to Chicago Fire in 2018". Major League Soccer. Retrieved24 January 2018.
  16. ^"João Meira assina pelo Lorca" [João Meira signs for Lorca].Record (in Portuguese). 11 January 2018. Retrieved21 July 2025.
  17. ^Montiel, Cayetano (12 January 2018)."El luso Joao Meira pasa el reconocimiento médico con el Lorca" [Lusitanian João Meira has medical with Lorca].La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved24 January 2018.
  18. ^"João Meira sai do Lorca e está livre" [João Meira leaves Lorca and is free].A Bola (in Portuguese). 22 January 2018. Retrieved24 January 2018.
  19. ^Lønning, Simen (23 March 2018)."João Diogo Serpa Meira klar for Vålerenga" [João Diogo Serpa Meira signs for Vålerenga].Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved28 March 2018.
  20. ^Nedelea, Vlad (30 January 2019)."EXCLUSIV Concordia Chiajna a transferat un fost coechipier al lui Bastian Schweinsteiger" [EXCLUSIVE Concordia Chiajna signed former Bastian Schweinsteiger teammate].Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved31 January 2019.
  21. ^"OFICIAL: João Meira regressa ao V. Setúbal 13 anos depois" [OFFICIAL: João Meira returns to V. Setúbal 13 years later] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 July 2019. Retrieved21 July 2025.
  22. ^"Central João Meira deixa Vitória de Setúbal e regressa ao Cova da Piedade" [Stopper João Meira leaves Vitória de Setúbal and returns to Cova da Piedade] (in Portuguese).SAPO. 7 October 2020. Retrieved21 July 2025.
  23. ^"João Meira volta ao Leixões como diretor desportivo" [João Meira returns to Leixões as sporting director].Record (in Portuguese). 20 October 2023. Retrieved21 July 2025.

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