Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro

Miguel
Personnel
Surname	Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro
birthday	4th January 1980
place of birth	Lisbon ,  Portugal
size	179 cm
position	Right-back
Juniors
Years	station
until 1999	CD Estrela Amadora
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-2000	CD Estrela Amadora	32 0(0)
2000-2005	Benfica Lisbon	131 (12)
2005–2012	Valencia CF	175 0(2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Portugal U-21
2003-2010	Portugal	59 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

Miguel [ miˈɣɛɫ ] (born January 4, 1980 in Lisbon ; actually Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro ) is a former Portuguese football player .

In 1998, Miguel, who was mainly used as a right-back, was accepted into the first team of Estrela Amadora . After two successful years, he went to Benfica Lisbon in 2000 . In 2006, the Portuguese moved to Valencia CF in the Primera División for eight million euros , where he ended his career in 2012.

Miguel played 59 times for the Portuguese national team between 2003 and 2010 and took part in two European and two world championships. In 2004 he became vice European champion in his own country with the national team.

In February 2011, Luís Miguel Monteiro was in the media after being charged with illegal gun possession .

successes

• Portuguese champion with Benfica Lisbon (2005)
• Portuguese Cup Winner with Benfica Lisbon (2004)
• Spanish cup winner with Valencia CF (2008)
• Vice European Champion with Portugal (2004)

Web links

Commons : Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro  - Collection of images

• Miguel in the database of fussballdaten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ futebolista Miguel acusado de posse de arma proibida. In: Expresso , February 1, 2011, accessed January 28, 2020.