Fernando Meira

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Fernando Meira
Fernando Meira championship celebration.jpg
Personnel
Surname Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira
birthday June 5th 1978
place of birth Guimarães ,  Portugal
size 190 cm
position Defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-2000 Vitória Guimarães
1998-1999 →  FC Felgueiras  (loan)
2000-2002 Benfica Lisbon 46 0(2)
2002-2008 VfB Stuttgart 173 (11)
2008-2009 Galatasaray Istanbul 21 0(0)
2009-2011 Zenit St. Petersburg 34 0(1)
2011–2012 Real Zaragoza 12 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2000-2008 Portugal 54 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.

Fernando Meira [ fɯɾˈnɐ̃ðu ˈmɐiɾɐ ] (born  June 5, 1978 in Guimarães ; actually Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira ) is a former Portuguese football player .

Career in the club

In Portugal

The defensive all-rounder began his career in his hometown with Vitória Guimarães and received his first professional contract there. In the 1998/1999 season he was loaned to FC Felgueiras , but returned to Vitória the following season and subsequently became team captain . At the beginning of the 2000/01 season he moved to Benfica Lisbon , where he was also team captain.

VfB Stuttgart

From January 2002 Meira was under contract with VfB Stuttgart. He moved into the Champions League with VfB in 2003 and 2007 . He underwent an own goal against Chelsea (0: 1; 0: 0), which meant that VfB was eliminated from the competition. In March 2006, he prematurely extended his contract, which originally ran until 2007, to 2010.

Before the 2006/07 season, he was team captain. In his first season as captain of VfB, after winning the German championship, he was presented with the championship trophy from Guido Buchwald , who himself received the trophy in 1992 as VfB captain. It was the first title win in Meira's career. Before the 2008/09 season Meira was deposed as team captain by coach Armin Veh .

Galatasaray Istanbul

Meira signed a contract with Galatasaray Istanbul on July 22, 2008 until June 30, 2012 . On August 17, 2008 in the final against Kayserispor, he and his new team won the Turkish Supercup.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

On March 10, 2009, Meira moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg . A year later, Meira lost his place in the starting XI.

Real Zaragoza

In the summer of 2011 Meira moved to the Primera División for Real Saragossa . On February 1, 2012, he terminated his contract due to injury problems and a lack of fitness.

Career in the national team

Meira had been a national player since 2000. It has not yet been taken into account for the 2002 World Cup . After Luiz Felipe Scolari had become the coach of the Portuguese national soccer team in 2003 , Meira came to regular appearances, but was not nominated for the EM 2004 in Portugal either. He was only part of the squad at the 2006 World Cup and played his first major tournament for Portugal. The team advanced to the semi-finals , but were eliminated there against France and finally lost in the game for third place against Germany. Meira played all seven games for his team. He was also nominated for the 2008 European Championship in Switzerland and Austria, but was only used as a substitute.

successes

society

  • German champion 2007 with VfB Stuttgart
  • DFB Cup final 2007 with VfB Stuttgart
  • Turkish Supercup winner , 2008 with Galatasaray Istanbul

National team

  • 4th place with Portugal at the World Cup in Germany

family

Meira is married and has two children.

Web links

Commons : Fernando Meira  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/1bundesliga/news/:Stuttgarts%20Trainer%20Veh%20Meira%20Kapit%E4n/385557.html ( Memento from August 1st, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Veh sets Meira as captain
  2. ↑ Meira is at Galatasaray Istanbul (Turkish)
  3. ↑ Report: Fernando Meira moves from Zenit St. Petersburg to Real Zaragoza
  4. ↑ realzaragoza.com: "Fernando Meira, octavo fichaje del Real Zaragoza" (Spanish, accessed on September 22, 2011)
  5. ↑ realzaragoza.com: "Fernando Meira se desvincula del Real Zaragoza" (Spanish, accessed on February 2, 2012)
  6. ^ Zaragoza release center-back Fernando Meira after injury-plagued spell
personal data
SURNAME Meira, Fernando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES da Silva Freitas Meira, Fernando José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 5th 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Guimarães , Portugal