Fernando Meira

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Born
1978 (48 years old)
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Guimarães, Portugal

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Centre-Back

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1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)

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Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born 5 June 1978) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a central defender.

In his country, he represented most notably Vitória de Guimarães, also playing one year with Benfica. After a lengthy spell in Germany with Stuttgart, he went on to appear for teams in Turkey, Russia and Spain.

A strong and skillful defender, Meira played 54 times for the Portugal national team, being part of the squads at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008.

After having earned 20 caps for the under-21s, Meira made his full debut for Portugal on 11 October 2000 in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands. In 2004 he played three games at the Summer Olympic Games, in an eventual group stage exit.

Meira was selected for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Benefitting from injury to Jorge Andrade, he appeared in all of Portugal's seven matches in the tournament as the national team finished fourth.

Meira was also a regular fixture at UEFA Euro 2008 held in Austria and Switzerland, playing three group stage matches but missing the quarter-final clash with Germany, a 3–2 defeat.

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Russian Premier League	Zenit St Petersburg	2010
Russian Cup	Zenit St Petersburg	2009-2010
German Bundesliga	Stuttgart	2006-2007
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Stuttgart	2002

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Former Youth Teams

Guimaraes	1988-1996	Youth	-	-

Former Senior Teams

Guimaraes	1996-2000	Permanent	-	-
Benfica	2000-2001	Permanent	-	-
Portugal	2000-2008	International	-	-
Stuttgart	2002-2008	Permanent	-	-
Galatasaray	2008-2009	Permanent	-	-
Zenit St Petersburg	2009-2011	Permanent	-	-
Zaragoza	2011-2012	Permanent	-	-