Flávio Meireles

	Flávio Meireles Flávio Miguel Magalhães Sousa Meireles (born 3 October 1976) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Most of his 16-year professional career was associated with Vitória de Guimarães, which he represented in three different spells, appearing in nearly 250 official games. He later worked as the club's sporting director. Club career Born in Ribeira de Pena, Vila Real District, Meireles began his professional career with Vitória de Guimarães, having no impact whatsoever at the club in his first spell and moving to the lower leagues in 1996, first with Moreirense FC (where he was also featured rarely, in the Segunda Liga) then AD Fafe. Meireles returned to Vitória in summer 1999, being quickly loaned to Fafe. In the 2000–01 campaign he switched to another former side, Moreirense, being instrumental as they – also based in Guimarães – promoted from the third division to the Primeira Liga in only two years, under manager Manuel Machad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ribeira De Pena Ribeira de Pena () is a municipality in the Vila Real District, in Norte Region in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,544,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 217.46 km². Located on a zone of transition between the harsh and mountainous Trás-os-Montes and the verdant Minho Minho or Miño may refer to: People * Miño (surname) * Choi Min-ho, South Korean singer and actor known mononymously as Minho Places * Minho (river) or Miño, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2003–04 Primeira Liga The 2003–04 Primeira Liga was the 70th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started 16 August 2003 with an opening game between Académica de Coimbra and Sporting Clube de Portugal, and ended on 9 May 2004. It was contested by 18 teams. FC Porto were the defending champions and became champions again, winning the Portuguese title in two consecutive seasons. The first goal of the season was scored by Académica's Filipe Alvim in the opening game against Sporting CP. The first red card of the season was given to Paços de Ferreira's Portuguese midfielder Pedrinha in the 3rd game of the season against Nacional and the first yellow card was given to Sporting's Portuguese midfielder Custódio in the opening game of the season. Porto's Benni McCarthy was the top scorer of the season, scoring 20 goals. Porto qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Director Of Football A sporting director, or director of sport, is an senior management, executive management position in a sports club. The role is well known as a manager role for European football clubs, which are sometime also "sports clubs", offering many types of sports. The sporting director is, in many cases, a member of the Board of directors#Inside director, executive board and therefore an executive director. The sporting director is usually directly subordinate to the CEO or the chairman of the sports organisation. The sporting director is in turn typically the manager of the coaching staff. Director of football A director of football or director of soccer, sometimes also called a sporting director or technical director, is a senior management figure at an football (soccer), association football (soccer) club, most commonly in Europe. Often, their key task is managing Transfer (association football), transfers of players to and from the team. However, the nature of the position varies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	A Bola ''A Bola'' (; ) is a Portuguese language, Portuguese sports newspaper published in Lisbon. History and profile ''A Bola'' was founded in 1945 by Cândido de Oliveira, Ribeiro dos Reis and Vicente de Melo and was then published twice a week. It became a daily newspaper in 1995. Although its subtitle is "newspaper of all sports", its content is mainly about association football, football. Since the 1952–53 Primeira Liga, 1952–53 season, it hands the Bola de Prata (Portugal), Bota de Prata award to the Primeira Liga's top goalscorer. It is the most popular newspaper among Portuguese emigrants abroad and is widely read in the Portuguese-speaking African countries, former Portuguese colonies in Africa. From 2006, it is also printed in Newark, New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, an American city with a large Portuguese American, Portuguese population. In 2012, they launched the television channel A Bola TV. In 2023, Ringier, Ringier Sports Media Group acquired the company. Player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association football, football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football. Founded on 28 September 1893, Porto is one of the "Big Three (Portugal), Big Three" (Portuguese: ''Os Três Grandes'') teams in Portugal – together with Lisbon-based O Clássico, rivals Benfica and FC Porto–Sporting CP rivalry, Sporting CP, that have appeared in every season of the Primeira Liga since its establishment in 1934. They are nicknamed ''dragões'' (Dragons), for the mythical creature atop the club's crest, and ''Azuis e brancos'' (Blue-and-whites), for the shirt colours. Those colours are in stripes with blue shorts. The club supporters are called ''portistas''. Since 2003, Porto have played their ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Taça De Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 season. Organised by the Portuguese Football Federation since it was first held in 1938, the competition is open to professional and amateur clubs from the top-four league divisions. Matches are played from August–September to May–June, and the final is traditionally held at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, near Lisbon. The cup winners qualify for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (or the runners-up, in case the winners are also the league champions) and the UEFA Europa League. The Europa League berth is passed down the contemporaneous Primeira Liga table if the cup winner had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Before 1938, a similar competition was held since 1922 under the name Campeonato de Portugal (), which det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2010–11 Taça De Portugal The 2010–11 Taça de Portugal, also known as Taça de Portugal Millennium for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st season of the Taça de Portugal. A total of 172 clubs from all four tiers of Portuguese football took part in this tournament. In the final (played at the Estádio Nacional, in Oeiras), Porto beat Vitória de Guimarães by 6–2, in a reedition of the 1988 final. Participating teams The following teams took part in this competition: ; Liga Zon Sagres (16 teams, 2 in competition) ; Liga Orangina (16 teams) ; Second Division (46 teams) ;Terceira Divisão (94 teams) First round In this round entered teams from the Segunda Divisão (3rd level) and the Terceira Divisão (4th level). Twenty teams received a bye to the Second Round: 1º de Maio (III), Alcochetense (III), Aliados Lordelo (II), Amarante (III), Atlético da Malveira (III), Camacha (II), Coimbrões (II), Esposende (III), Limianos (III), Maria da Fonte (III), Mondinense (III), Monsanto (III), Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Açoriano Oriental ''Açoriano Oriental'' (meaning ''The Eastern Azorean'' in English) is a Portuguese language newspaper published daily from Ponta Delgada, in the archipelago of the Azores, Portugal. History and profile The ''Açoriano Oriental'' was founded on 18 April 1835, a period when national and international newspapers dominated public communication. It was its founder, Manuel António de Vasconcelos, born in Pilar da Bretanha, who first decided to publish a weekly newspaper with a regional character for the island of São Miguel, which mixed the public service and community aspects with politics and journalism. Manuel António was a liberal, and a vigorous defender of his principles, who used his paper as a vehicle for political battles that occurred on the national stage in the period. It was a combative and debate-oriented newspaper that supported the principles espoused by the constitutional monarchists of the time, while supporting the local agrarian populous on the island. Four mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2007–08 Primeira Liga The 2007–08 Primeira Liga was the 74th edition of the Primeira Liga, the top professional league for Portuguese association football clubs. It started on 17 August 2007 and ended on 11 May 2008, with the fixtures announced on 12 July 2007. Porto were the two-time defending champions, having won their 22nd title the previous season, and secured a third consecutive title for the second time in their history. Porto and Sporting CP were both qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage; Benfica, Marítimo and Vitória de Setúbal qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Boavista and União de Leiria were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Lisandro López was the top scorer with 24 goals. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Liga de Honra * Desportivo das Aves * Beira Mar Desportivo das Aves and Beira-Mar were both consigned to Liga de Honra following their final classification in 2006–07. Teams promoted from Liga de Honra Leixõe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a Round-robin tournament, round robin league phase to qualify for the double-legged knockout rounds, and a single-leg final. It is the most-watched club competition in the world and the third most-watched football competition overall, behind only the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations. Introduced 1955–56 European Cup, in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup (), and commonly known as the European Cup, it was initially a straigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	2008–09 UEFA Champions League The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 27 May 2009. It was the eighth time the European Cup final has been held in Italy and the fourth time it has been held at the Stadio Olimpico. The final was contested by the defending champions, Manchester United, and Barcelona, who had last won the tournament in 2006. Barcelona won the match 2–0, with goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi, securing The Treble in the process. In addition, both UEFA Cup finalists, Werder Bremen and Shakhtar Donetsk featured in the Champions League group stage. Anorthosis Famagusta of Cyprus and BATE Borisov of Belarus were the first teams from their respective countries to qualify for the group stage. Romanian side CFR Cluj and Russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg also made their Champions League debuts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]