Raúl Oliveira

Raúl Oliveira
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Miguel Silva Fonseca Castanheira de Oliveira
Date of birth	26 August 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1984–1991	Amora
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1995	Amora
1995–1996	Belenenses
1996–1997	Farense
1997	Bradford City
1997–2002	Estrela Amadora
2002–2004	Académica
2005–2007	Lusitânia
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Miguel Silva Fonseca Castanheira de Oliveira (born 26 August 1972) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career[edit]

Born in Lisbon, Oliveira played for six clubs in his native country: Amora FC, C.F. Os Belenenses, S.C. Farense, C.F. Estrela da Amadora – his biggest success, spending four consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga, almost always as a starter^[1]^[2]– Académica de Coimbra and S.C. Lusitânia, retiring in 2008 at the age of 35.^[3]

Oliveira started an abroad stint in England with Bradford City in early 1997, appearing in only two Division One games during the campaign for Chris Kamara's team and subsequently resuming his career in Portugal.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Pereira, Carla (13 February 2000). "Raul Oliveira e Jorge Andrade colocam responsabilidade no Sporting" [Raul Oliveira and Jorge Andrade place responsibility with Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ "Raul Oliveira e Renato ausentes no Estrela da Amadora" [Raul Oliveira and Renato absent at Estrela da Amadora] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 3 April 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ "Raul Oliveira: «Lusitânia deve-me 28 mil euros»" [Raul Oliveira: "Lusitânia owes me 28 thousand euros"]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 December 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ "Portuguese men-a-broad". The Football Association. 4 September 2002. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

External links[edit]

Raúl Oliveira at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Raúl Oliveira at Soccerbase
Raúl Oliveira at FootballDatabase.eu

[1] Pereira, Carla (13 February 2000). "Raul Oliveira e Jorge Andrade colocam responsabilidade no Sporting" [Raul Oliveira and Jorge Andrade place responsibility with Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 January 2023.

[2] "Raul Oliveira e Renato ausentes no Estrela da Amadora" [Raul Oliveira and Renato absent at Estrela da Amadora] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 3 April 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

[3] "Raul Oliveira: «Lusitânia deve-me 28 mil euros»" [Raul Oliveira: "Lusitânia owes me 28 thousand euros"]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 December 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

[4] "Portuguese men-a-broad". The Football Association. 4 September 2002. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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