Raul Meireles

Raul Meireles
Meireles playing for Fenerbahçe in 2015
Personal information
Full name Raul José Trindade Meireles
Date of birth (1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 43)
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–2001 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Boavista 29 (0)
2001–2003 → Aves (loan) 44 (1)
2004–2010 Porto 137 (15)
2010–2011 Liverpool 35 (5)
2011–2012 Chelsea 31 (2)
2012–2016 Fenerbahçe 76 (6)
Total 352 (29)
International career
2000 Portugal U16 11 (0)
2000 Portugal U17 7 (1)
2001–2002 Portugal U18 13 (1)
2003 Portugal U20 8 (0)
2003–2006 Portugal U21 26 (2)
2004 Portugal U23 4 (0)
2004–2006 Portugal B 5 (0)
2006–2014 Portugal 76 (10)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2012 Poland-Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Third place2004 Germany
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner2000 Israel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raul José Trindade Meireles (pt; born 17 March 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aves (loan) 2001–02 Segunda Liga 18000———180
2002–03 Segunda Liga 26100———261
Total 44100———441
Boavista 2003–04 Primeira Liga 29000———290
Porto 2004–05 Primeira Liga 13000—20—150
2005–06 Primeira Liga 18230—10—222
2006–07 Primeira Liga 25310—7110344
2007–08 Primeira Liga 28440008110415
2008–09 Primeira Liga 28441009010425
2009–10 Primeira Liga 25242108010394
2010–11 Primeira Liga 000000001010
Total 13715203103525019820
Liverpool 2010–11 Premier League 335100070—415
2011–12 Premier League 200010——30
Total 355101070—445
Chelsea 2011–12 Premier League 2826200112—456
2012–13 Premier League 300000000030
Total 312620011200486
Fenerbahçe 2012–13 Süper Lig 22230—81—333
2013–14 Süper Lig 20100—4100242
2014–15 Süper Lig 23230——10272
2015–16 Süper Lig 11130—70—211
Total 76690—192101058
Career total 35628303827266047239
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
YearAppsGoals
Portugal 200610
200750
2008121
2009122
2010135
2011100
2012110
201381
201441
Total7610
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Meireles goal.
List of international goals scored by Raul Meireles
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
17 June 2008Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Turkey2–02–0UEFA Euro 2008
212 August 2009Rheinpark, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein2–03–0Friendly
318 November 2009Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina1–01–02010 World Cup qualification – Playoffs
41 June 2010Complexo Desportivo, Covilhã, Portugal Cameroon1–03–1Friendly
52–0
621 June 2010Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa North Korea1–07–02010 FIFA World Cup
73 September 2010D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal Cyprus2–24–4Euro 2012 qualifying
812 October 2010Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland2–13–1UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
910 September 2013Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States Brazil1–01–3Friendly
105 March 2014Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal Cameroon2–15–1Friendly

Honours

Meireles (centre) in Chelsea's victory parade after the 2012 Champions League Final

Porto

Chelsea

Fenerbahçe

Portugal U-16

Portugal U-21

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Raul Meireles". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Raul Meireles at ForaDeJogo Edit this at Wikidata
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Raul Meireles". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Raul Meireles at ESPN FC
  5. 1 2 "Raúl Meireles". European Football. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Faz anos Raul Meireles" [Birthday for Raul Meireles]. Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 17 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "A afirmação de uma geração" [A generation takes a stand]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 June 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2011.[permanent dead link]
  8. ↑ "Raul Meireles set for Liverpool exit – report". Goal. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Meireles named Fans' Player of the Year". ESPN Soccernet. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2023.