Raul Meireles

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Personal information
Raul Meireles
Full name	Raul José Trindade Meireles
Date of birth	March 17, 1983 (1983-03-17) (age 25)
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.79 m
Playing position	Central midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Porto
Number	16
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-	CD Aves Boavista FC FC Porto	42 (1) 24 (0) 84 (9)
National team²
?-2006 2006-	Portugal U-21 Portugal	10 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Raul José Trindade Meireles (spelling Raúl is common but wrong) (born 17 March 1983 in Porto) is a Portuguese football (soccer) midfielder, who plays for Futebol Clube do Porto and the Portuguese national team. Meireles plays as an all-around central midfielder, with excellent passing and long-range shooting.

In the UEFA Champions League 2006-07, Meireles scored in a deflected volley against Chelsea F.C. in a 1-1 draw at the Estádio do Dragão, as Porto went on to lose the tie 3-2 on aggregate.

Raul scored the second goal against Turkey during their opening game of UEFA Euro 2008 in a 2-0 win.

[edit] Honours and awards

UEFA Under-16 football Championship winner: 2000
UEFA Under-21 football Championship 3rd place: 2004
Portuguese League: 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08
Portuguese Cup: 2005/06
SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira: 2006/07

[edit] International career

Raul Meireles has made ten appearances for his national team, Portugal, and has scored one goal in the game against Turkey, in the Euro 2008 competition.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
01.	June 7, 2008	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Turkey	2 − 0	2 − 0	Euro 2008

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v • d • e Portugal squad - Euro 2008

1 Ricardo • 2 P. Ferreira • 3 B. Alves • 4 Bosingwa • 5 F. Meira • 6 R. Meireles • 7 Ronaldo • 8 Petit • 9 H. Almeida • 10 Moutinho • 11 Simão • 12 Nuno • 13 Miguel • 14 J. Ribeiro • 15 Pepe • 16 R. Carvalho • 17 Quaresma • 18 Veloso • 19 Nani • 20 Deco • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 Rui Patrício • 23 H. Postiga • Coach: Scolari

v • d • e FC Porto – current squad

1 Helton • 2 B. Alves • 3 P. Emanuel • 4 Stepanov • 5 Čech • 7 Quaresma • 8 Lucho • 9 Lisandro • 11 Mariano • 13 Fucile • 14 J. Paulo • 15 Lino • 16 Meireles • 17 Sektioui • 18 Bolatti • 19 Farías • 20 L. Lima • 24 Ventura • 25 Kaź • 26 Castro • 28 Adriano • 29 Edgar • 30 Rui Pedro • 33 Nuno • Manager: J. Ferreira