Adriano Miranda
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adriano Miranda de Carvalho | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Belém, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006 | Clube do Remo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Clube do Remo | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Litex Lovech | 8 | (2) |
| 2008 | → FK Pelister (loan) | 27 | (6) |
| 2009 | → Spartak Varna (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2010 | Sliven 2000 | 28 | (1) |
| 2011 | Tuna Luso | ||
| 2011 | → AA Goiatuba (loan) | ||
| 2011–2012 | São Raimundo | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Paragominas | 8 | (1) |
| 2013 | Tuna Luso | ||
| 2014 | Vênus-AC | ||
| 2015 | Tapajós | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2016 | |||
Adriano Miranda de Carvalho (born 22 June 1989), known as Adriano Miranda, is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Tapajós.[1]
Career[edit]
In 2006, he participated in the Copa da Juventude, a tournament arranged by a radio and television network in his home town Belém. Miranda, being the star of the competition, was contracted by the local team Clube do Remo. He won the Campeonato Paraense 2007 with this team.
At the beginning of 2008, he signed with the Bulgarian side Litex Lovech but left immediately on loan to FK Pelister playing in the Macedonian First League. On April 26, 2008, he scored a hat-trick against Pelister's greatest rivals FK Vardar bringing the first victory for his team in Skopje after 8 years, gaining great popularity in Bitola.[2] Miranda was one of the best players for Pelister in the 2007–08 season when they finished third on the table. In August 2008, Mirsad Jonuz, the head coach of the Macedonian's national under-21 football team wanted to see this young player wear the Macedonian's jersey. If he agreed, a procedure would be started so he could get a Macedonian passport. On 22 December 2008, Miranda was named the Best foreign footballer in the Macedonian championship.[3]
In the winter of 2009, he has been invited by Bulgarian side Spartak Varna to join a trial period, which began on 12 January. On 17th Miranda signed with Spartak on loan until the end of 2008–09 season. On 8 March 2009 he made his debut in Bulgarian A PFG in a match against Lokomotiv Mezdra. In this match Miranda his first goal in Bulgaria. In June 2009 he returned to Litex Lovech, but however, in early 2010 was sold to OFC Sliven 2000. Miranda left the team from Sliven after the end of the first half of the 2010–11 season and in late January 2011 he signed a contract with Brazilian club Tuna Luso.[4]
Honours[edit]
- Campeonato Paraense: 2007
- Best foreign footballer in Macedonian First League: 2008
References[edit]
- ^ "Adriano Miranda". ogol.com.br. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: vardar PELISTER 1-3 26.04.2008. YouTube.
- ^ "FFM awarded the best in 2008". Igor Naumovski. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
- ^ "Adriano Miranda Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
External links[edit]
- Macedonian Football (in English)
- Makedonski sport (in Macedonian)
- Adriano Miranda at ZeroZero
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Clube do Remo players
- PFC Litex Lovech players
- FC Spartak Varna players
- FC Sliven players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- FK Pelister players
- Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Belém