Miguel António Teixeira Ferreira Pedro (born 6 November 1983) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for F.C. Maia Lidador as an

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Club career

Born in

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

, Miguel Pedro began his professional career in the second division, playing two seasons each with S.C. Salgueiros and C.D. Aves, both in the north. In the summer of 2006 he moved to the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

with Académica de Coimbra, making his competition debut on 28 August in a 1–1 away draw against

Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube (), popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal, is a Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Setúbal that used to compete in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system ...

and finishing his debut campaign with 26 games and two goals, as the ''Students'' maintained their division status. In the following years, Miguel Pedro continued to be regularly played at Académica, although rarely as a starter. Also brought from the bench, he scored against

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 footbal ...

on 25 October 2009, but in a 2–3 away defeat; the following month he was sold to Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. in Cyprus, for three-and-a-half years and a

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100,000 transfer fee.Decision of the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) judge
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at FIFA However, Anorthosis did not pay the solidarity contribution tax to Salgueiros and Aves, and both clubs requested arbitration from the

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Dispute Resolution Chamber, eventually being ordered to pay. For

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, Miguel Pedro was loaned to fellow First Division side

Ermis Aradippou FC Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Third Division. Ermis' greatest success cam ...

. In July 2011, Miguel Pedro returned to his country, signing a two-year contract with

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese association football, football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of football in ...

who had just promoted to the top level.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro, Miguel 1983 births Living people Footballers from Porto Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Salgueiros players C.D. Aves players Académica de Coimbra (football) players C.D. Feirense players Vitória F.C. players S.C. Freamunde players F.C. Maia players Cypriot First Division players Anorthosis Famagusta FC players Ermis Aradippou FC players Football League (Greece) players Panachaiki F.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen