Miguel Lourenço (footballer, born 1992)

Miguel Martelo Lourenço (born 27 May 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for C.D. Mafra as a central defender.

Miguel Lourenço
Personal information
Full name Miguel Martelo Lourenço
Date of birth (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992
Place of birth Quinta do Conde, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Mafra
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)
2010–2017 Vitória Setúbal 41 (1)
2011–2012 → Casa Pia (loan) 24 (0)
2013–2014 → Santa Clara (loan) 19 (1)
2016–2017 → Zira (loan) 20 (0)
2018 União Madeira 16 (2)
2018– Mafra 28 (1)
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 7 March 2020

Club career

Born in Quinta do Conde, Sesimbra, Setúbal District, 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 3–0 and with one player less.[1] 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.[2]

For 2013–14, Lourenço was loaned to Segunda Liga team C.D. Santa Clara.[3] He subsequently returned, going on to appear in a combined 24 league matches in the following two top-flight seasons.

On 28 June 2016, still owned by Vitória, Lourenço joined Zira FK on loan,[4] leaving at the end of the campaign.[5] Released by the former club one year later, he returned to his country and remained a free agent until late December 2017, when he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with C.F. União of the second level.[6]

International career

All youth levels comprised, Lourenço won 13 caps for Portugal. His first for the under-21 team arrived on 15 October 2012, when he played the first 45 minutes in a 0–1 friendly home loss to Ukraine.[7]

References
  1. "V. Setúbal 0–5 Benfica, I Liga, 2.ª jornada" [V. Setúbal 0–5 Benfica, I League, 2nd matchday] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. "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]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 February 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. "Castigo de Vezo obriga a mexer na defesa" [Vezo ban forces changes in defense]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 September 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. ""Zire" agreed with ex-player of National Team of Portugal". Zira FK. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  5. "Zirə 3 futbolçu ilə yollarını ayırdı" [Zirə and 3 footballers parted ways] (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  6. "Defesa central Miguel Lourenço reforça União da Madeira" [Central defender Miguel Lourenço bolsters União da Madeira]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 24 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. "Portugal perdeu com a Ucrânia" [Portugal lost to Ukraine]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 15 October 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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