Miguelito

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Personal information
Miguelito
Full name	José Miguel Organista Simões Aguiar
Date of birth	February 4, 1981 (1981-02-04) (age 27)
Place of birth	Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Left defender/winger
Club information
Current club	Braga
Number	25
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2002 2002-2006 2006- 2008	Rio Ave FC CD Nacional SL Benfica SC Braga (loan)	78 (2) 43 (1) 07 (0) 06 (0)
National team
?-2004	Portugal U21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 19, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

This article is about the Portuguese football player. For the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer, see Miguelito (singer).

José Miguel Organista Simões Aguiar, commonly known as Miguelito (born in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal on February 4, 1981) is a Portuguese footballer, currently playing for Sporting Braga.

[edit] Club career

While at Rio Ave FC, Miguelito started playing for their youth team, and broke into the first squad aged 18. He was a fan favourite for his fast counterattacks which would leed to crosses and goals.

Transferred to Madeira's CD Nacional in 2002, he was there considered of one the best left wingers in the Portuguese Liga. After an impressive 2005/06 season he was bought by SL Benfica on August 22,^[1]and voted best defender of the 2005/06 league by football newspaper Record.

In 2007-08, after having managed just 3 appearances in Portuguese League Cup, Miguelito joined S.C. Braga in January, on loan.^[2]