Renato Moreira Nunes de Queirós (born 20 July 1977) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in Amarante,

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, Queirós started playing football with hometown club

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. He would go on to represent modest Portuguese sides: F.C. Felgueiras, F.C. Lixa and

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(with whom, in 2001–02 season, he scored four goals in as many games in the

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). Subsequently, Queirós made his debut in the

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, with F.C. Paços de Ferreira, where he netted 11 times in 54 official appearances, moving to

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for 2004–05. He rejoined the former for three further campaigns but, having been rarely used, signed for

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of the

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in July 2008. Unsettled, Queirós returned home after only one year, joining

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team

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. In the summer of 2010 the 33-year-old moved to

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, retiring in January 2012 due to injury problems.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Queiros, Renato 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Amarante, Portugal Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Amarante F.C. players F.C. Felgueiras players F.C. Lixa players A.D. Sanjoanense players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players U.D. Leiria players C.D. Feirense players Boavista F.C. players Azerbaijan Premier League players Khazar Lankaran FK players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Footballers from Porto District