Richard Garcia Miranda da Silva (born 15 October 1975), commonly known as Miran, is a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who last played for Luxembourg club

FC Mamer 32 FC Mamer 32 is a football club based in Mamer, Luxembourg. History FC Mamer was founded in 1932. The club plied its trade in the lower leagues of Luxembourgish football for most of its first sixty years, and only reached the third tier (the ' ...

as a

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Football career

Born in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, Miran started playing organized football already well into his 20s. In 2001, he moved to

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

and signed with

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...

, being relatively used during his sole season as the team finished in tenth position. Miran continued playing in the country in six of the following seven years, helping

C.F. Estrela da Amadora Club Football Estrela Amadora SAD (), sometimes just Estrela da Amadora, is a Portuguese professional sports club (predominantly football) based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon. The team is currently competing in the Primeira Liga, after winnin ...

promote to the

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with a career-best ten goals in 28 games. He also represented, always in the

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, C.D. Santa Clara,

S.C. Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar (), commonly known as Beira-Mar, is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Ave ...

Portimonense S.C. Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, the second division of Portuguese footbal ...

and

Varzim SC Varzim Sport Club () is a Portuguese football club based in Póvoa de Varzim. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since its foundation. The club plays in Liga 3, following relegation in ...

. In the 2007–08 campaign he played in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

, with

FC Vihren Sandanski OFC Vihren () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sandanski, currently playing in the Second League. Sandanski's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandanski with a capacity of 6,000. Vihren Sandanski's team colours are green an ...

. In late March 2010, after a brief spell in

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

, Miran joined English club Atherstone Town after his international clearance was granted. He made his debut as a substitute in a 0–1 home defeat against

Woodford United Woodford United Football Club is a football club based in Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Byfield Road. History The club was established in 1946. After playing in the Rugby & District ...

, on 10 April. After one season back in Portugal with lowly C.D. Pinhalnovense, Miran returned to top flight football in

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

, with

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. He continued competing in the latter nation in the next years, representing SC Steinfort,

FC UNA Strassen FC UNA Strassen, founded in 1922 is a professional football club based in Strassen, Southern Luxembourg. They play at the top of Luxembourg’s football pyramid, in the Luxembourg National Division alongside 15 other clubs. History Early Y ...

and

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miran 1975 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Braga players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players C.D. Santa Clara players S.C. Beira-Mar players Portimonense S.C. players Varzim S.C. players C.D. Pinhalnovense players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players OFC Vihren Sandanski players Atherstone Town F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Angola Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg FC UNA Strassen players FC Mamer 32 players