Luís Boa Morte

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Luís Boa Morte
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Luís Boa Morte in May 2010
Personnel
Surname Luís Boa Morte Pereira
birthday 4th August 1977
place of birth Lisbon ,  Portugal
size 178 cm
position Forward / midfield
Juniors
Years station
1994-1996 Sporting Lisbon
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1996-1997 Sporting Lisbon 0 0(0)
1997-1999 Arsenal FC 25 0(0)
1999-2001 Southampton FC 14 0(1)
2000-2001 →  Fulham FC  (loan) 39 (18)
2001-2007 Fulham FC 166 (26)
2007-2011 West Ham United 91 0(2)
2011–2012 AE Larisa
2012 Orlando Pirates 3 0(0)
2012-2013 Chesterfield FC 12 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2001-2009 Portugal 28 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

Luís Boa Morte Pereira [ luˈiʃ ˈboɐ ˈmɔɾtɯ ] (born August 4, 1977 in Lisbon ) is a former Portuguese football player . Trained at Sporting Lisbon and versatile in midfield and attacking, he moved to the English Premier League for Arsenal in 1997 , where he immediately won the English championship . Further noteworthy stations in London were later on at Fulham FC and West Ham United .

Athletic career

Arsenal FC (1997-99)

Boa Morte, whose parents came from São Tomé and Príncipe , was transferred from Sporting Lisbon to Arsenal for £ 2.75 million for the 1997/98 season after Arsène Wenger spotted him at a U-21 youth tournament in Toulon in the summer of 1997 . In his first year Boa Morte was part of the team that won the 1998 "double" of the English championship and the FA Cup . He was mostly in the shadow of other offensive players who were also committed at the time, such as Nicolas Anelka and Marc Overmars . As a tricky winger and flank giver, he was considered an ideal squad and supplementary player. He played 15 Premier League games (including four from the start) and another four games in the English Cup, missing the final when Arsenal defeated Newcastle United 2-0 after goals from the aforementioned Overmars and Anelka . He had previously scored his first two goals on October 14, 1997 against Birmingham City (4-1) in the League Cup .

The hoped-for development step in the second year failed to materialize for Boa Morte at Arsenal. The only highlights during the 1998/99 season, in which Arsenal won the runner-up , were his goal in the third round of the FA Cup against Preston North End , when Arsenal converted a 0-2 deficit into a 4-2 win and another Goal in the Champions League against Panathinaikos Athens (3: 1). However, his sporting future at the club was obviously uncertain, so in August 1999 he moved to first division rivals Southampton FC for 500,000 pounds .

Southampton FC (1999-2000)

Boa Mortes debut in Southampton was unlucky with a red card in the second game at Middlesbrough FC (2-3) and later in the 1999/2000 season he found himself mostly on the bench. He played his best game on January 3, 2000 against Bradford City (1-0), in which he started numerous sprints on his preferred left side and thus posed major problems for the opposing defense. He was then loaned to the second division club Fulham for the entire 2000/01 season.

Fulham FC (2000-07)

In Fulham, Boa Morte immediately exceeded all expectations and scored 21 competitive goals in one year. He now acted as an attacker and formed a storm partnership with both Louis Saha and Barry Hayles . Fulham was promoted to the Premier League with the second division championship and coach Jean Tigana "fixed" him under contract for 1.7 million pounds . From then on, Tigana used him as an outside player in midfield and so the goal yield in the 2001/02 season was reduced to a league goal. As a spirited footballer, he also made a negative impression this year, as he was expelled from the field for spitting and a " swallow ". After winning the UI Cup in 2002 , which brought Fulham qualification for the UEFA Cup , Boa Morte started the new 2002/03 season with a good performance in the first league game against Bolton Wanderers (4-1). Still as a constant in left midfield and occasionally helping out in attack, he was particularly noticeable in the UEFA Cup with his goals in the duel against Dinamo Zagreb . With ten competitive goals in the 2003/04 season - the club's second best haul - Boa Morte reported back as a "scorer" and also filled a gap that Saha's departure had left. Regardless of the disappointing “non-nomination” for Euro 2004 in his own country , he repeated the previous year's performance in the 2004/05 season, scoring only one less with nine goals and showing a personal highlight in the 4-1 away win against Newcastle United .

Before the start of the 2005/06 season Boa Morte was promoted to the new team captain of Fulham FC. This was accompanied by a new role that provided that he "pulled the strings" a little more withdrawn in midfield. For the second half of the season, however, he returned to the left wing and in addition to his "solo goal" against Charlton Athletic (2: 1), he decided the derby against the reigning champions FC Chelsea (1: 0). In September 2006, he broke a cheek in a duel with Tottenham Hotspur . After his comeback, he initially struggled to find his previous form before contributing to a long-awaited win against London rival Arsenal. Although he remained captain of the team, he decided in January 2007 to move within the Premier League to West Ham United , which brought Fulham a transfer fee of around five million pounds.

West Ham United (2007-11)

After Boa Mortes made a positive debut with the "Hammers" against Brighton & Hove Albion (3-0), in which he prepared two goals, he had to contend with injuries. On the substitutes' bench, however, he was instrumental in staying up in 2007 , which was only ensured on the last day of the game with a 1-0 away win against Manchester United . In the following two years until the end of the 2008/09 season he came to 27 league games. Although he was only used as a substitute player from the bench at the beginning of the 2008/09 season, he was in good shape again at the end, especially on the last matchday against Middlesbrough FC (2-1).

Boa Morte tore his cruciate ligament during the pre-season preparation in Asia in summer 2009. He had to wait until May 2010 for his return and in his only appearance that year he scored a goal against Manchester City (1-1). Boa Morte extended in June 2010 his contract with West Ham United for another two years, but after a year he left the club after the "hammer" as the Table were relegated from the Premier League.

Career finale (2011–13)

After brief guest appearances in Greece with AE Larisa (where he met his former Fulham coach Chris Coleman ) and in South Africa with the Orlando Pirates , he ended his active career in England with FC Chesterfield .

Portuguese national team

In April 2001 Boa Morte completed his first senior international for Portugal against France . Three years later he was an Olympic participant in Portugal in 2004 and two years later he was nominated for the Portuguese national soccer team in the squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany . There he came on in the group stage against Mexico (2-1) in the 80th minute for Luís Figo . He played a total of 28 international matches for Portugal. He scored his only goal against Angola , the prestigious duel had to be canceled in November 2001 after four Angolan players had been sent off.

After the active career

After the end of his active career, Boa Morte switched to coaching and started working in the youth field at his home club Sporting Lisbon.

Title / Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Portugal - Record International Players" (RSSSF)
  2. ↑ "Another side of Bucs' Boa Morte" (News24)
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 234 .
  4. ↑ "Luis BOA MORTE - Arsenal FC - Biography" (Sporting Heroes)
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 39 .
  6. ↑ a b c Barry J. Hugman (ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 36 f .
  7. ^ Dennis Turner: Fulham - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-85983-566-1 , pp. 147-148 .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 1-85291-651-6 , pp. 52 .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 48 .
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 48 f .
  11. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006-07 . Mainstream Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-84596-111-0 , pp. 47 f .
  12. ↑ a b Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007-08 . Mainstream Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3 , pp. 49 f .
  13. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09 . Mainstream Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8 , pp. 55 .
  14. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-10 . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 50 .
  15. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010-11 . Mainstream Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0 , pp. 50 .
  16. ^ "Luis Boa Morte signs two-year contract at West Ham" (BBC Sport)
  17. ↑ “Boa Morte departs” ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (West Ham United) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.whufc.com
  18. ↑ "Luis BOA MORTE - Portugal - Jogos Olímpicos 2004" (Sporting Heroes)
  19. ^ "Match abandoned with Angola down to six" (The Guardian)
  20. ↑ "Luis Boa Morte" (The Coaching Manual)
personal data
SURNAME Boa Morte, Luís
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon , Portugal