Miguel Santos (footballer)

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Miguel Santos
Personal information
Full name Miguel José Oliveira Silva Santos[1]
Date of birth (1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Paço de Arcos, Portugal[3]
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2003–2007 Benfica
2007–2008 SC Lourel
2008–2010 Belenenses
2010–2012 Estoril
2012–2013 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Benfica B 51 (0)
2016–2017 Port Vale 0 (0)
2017–2018 Fortuna Sittard 43 (0)
2018–2021 Astra Giurgiu 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Academica Clinceni (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 Roda 8 (0)
2021–2022 Mafra 23 (0)
2022–2023 Trofense 15 (0)
2023–2024 Olympiakos Nicosia 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:03, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Miguel José Oliveira Silva Santos (born 21 October 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Cypriot football club Olympiakos Nicosia.

Santos spent his youth with Benfica, SC Lourel, Belenenses, and Estoril, before spending the 2015–16 season as Benfica B's first choice goalkeeper. He signed with English club Port Vale for a five-month spell in August 2016, before moving on to Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard in January 2017. He helped Fortuna win promotion out of the Eerste Divisie at the end of the 2017–18 season. He signed with Romanian side Astra Giurgiu in August 2018 and was loaned out to Academica Clinceni for the 2019–20 season. He joined Dutch club Roda in October 2020, and then returned to Portugal to sign for Mafra in July 2021. He moved on to Trofense 12 months later. He joined Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia in July 2023.

Career[edit]

Benfica B[edit]

Santos joined Benfica's junior team from Estoril in 2013.[4] He made his Segunda Liga debut for Benfica B in a 3–2 defeat to Atlético CP at the Benfica Campus on 17 August, when he came on as a substitute for Wei Huang following goalkeeper Bruno Varela's sending off.[5] He made one further appearance in the 2013–14 campaign, before he established himself as Benfica B's first choice goalkeeper in February 2015 and played ten games at the end of the 2014–15 season. He played 37 of Benfica B's 46 league games in the 2015–16 season.

Port Vale[edit]

On 31 August 2016, Santos signed a two-year contract with English League One club Port Vale.[6] He had already been training at Vale Park for several weeks before signing, and said that his aim was to replace Jak Alnwick as the club's first choice goalkeeper.[7] He made his debut for the "Valiants" in a 1–0 defeat to Mansfield Town in an EFL Trophy Northern Group E match at Vale Park on 4 October.[8] He made a second appearance in the same competition, keeping a clean sheet and saving two penalties in the resulting shoot-out with Doncaster Rovers; first-team coach Andy Smith praised Santos after the game, saying "It was an outstanding performance... he is a top quality goalkeeper".[9] After Michael Brown succeeded Bruno Ribeiro as manager, Santos left the club by mutual consent in January 2017.[10]

Fortuna Sittard[edit]

Santos joined Dutch Eerste Divisie club Fortuna Sittard in January 2017.[11] He played 19 league games for Fortuna in the second half of the 2016–17 season.[3] He played 25 matches for "Fortunezen" during the 2017–18 season as the club won promotion to the Eredivisie as runners-up of the Eerste Divisie.[12]

Astra Giurgiu[edit]

On 15 August 2018, Santos signed a four-year contract with Romanian Liga I club Astra Giurgiu.[13] Manager Marius Măldărășanu expected him to compete with Bulgarian goalkeeper Plamen Iliev for a first-team place.[14] However, he remained only a back-up to David Lazar and was restricted to four appearances at the Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in the 2018–19 season, and was an unused substitute in the Cupa României final defeat to Viitorul Constanța at the Ilie Oană Stadium.[15] On 19 August 2019, he joined Liga I rivals Academica Clinceni on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[16]

Roda JC Kerkrade[edit]

On 5 October 2020, he returned to the Netherlands and signed with Eerste Divisie club Roda JC Kerkrade.[17] He featured nine times in the 2020–21 campaign as Groningen loanee Jan Hoekstra was preferred in goal.[3][18]

Return to Portugal[edit]

On 30 July 2021, he returned to Portugal and signed with Mafra.[19] Manager Ricardo Sousa selected him for 23 of Mafra's 34 league games, with Brazilian Renan playing the other 11.[3][20] On 21 July 2022, he signed with league rivals Trofense, where manager Jorge Casquilha was looking for him to provide competition for Tiago Silva.[21] On 7 November, he scored a bizarre own goal after Benfica B goalkeeper Samuel Soares hit the crossbar with a kick from his own half and the ball rebounded into Santos and over the goalline.[22] He played seventeen games in the 2022–23 campaign as Trofense were relegated into Liga 3.[3]

Olympiakos Nicosia[edit]

In July 2023, he joined newly relegated Cypriot Second Division club Olympiakos Nicosia on a one-year contract, with the option of a further year.[23]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 7 May 2023
Club Season Division League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2012–13[3] Segunda Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14[3] Segunda Liga 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2014–15[3] Segunda Liga 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2015–16[3] LigaPro 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
2016–17[3] LigaPro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0
Port Vale 2016–17[3] EFL League One 0 0 1 0 0 0 2[a] 0 3 0
Fortuna Sittard 2016–17[3] Eerste Divisie 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
2017–18[3] Eerste Divisie 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Total 43 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
Astra Giurgiu 2018–19[3] Liga I 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2019–20[3] Liga I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21[3] Liga I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Academica Clinceni (loan) 2019–20[3] Liga I 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Roda JC Kerkrade 2020–21[3] Eerste Divisie 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Mafra 2021–22[3] Liga Portugal 2 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
Trofense 2022–23[3] Liga Portugal 2 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 0
Olympiakos Nicosia 2023–24[3] Cypriot Second Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 150 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 162 0
  1. ^ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

Honours[edit]

Fortuna Sittard

Astra Giurgiu

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of players under written contract registered between 01/08/2016 and 31/08/2016" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 33. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2016/2017". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Miguel Santos at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Miguel Santos em ascensão". Record (in Portuguese). 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Benfica B 2 - 3 Atlético (Jornada nº 2 Liga2 Cabovisão 2013-2014)". Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Port Vale sign Miguel Santos and Gezim Shalaj". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ^ Sharpe, Rich (3 September 2016). "Port Vale: New boy Miguel Santos promises to push Jak Alnwick for number one spot". The Staffordshire Sentinel. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Results October 2016". Sky Sports. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. ^ Baggaley, Mike (11 November 2016). "Port Vale coach Andy Smith says Miguel Santos is top quality". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Goalkeeper Departs Vale Park". port-vale.co.uk. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Doelman Miguel Santos naar Fortuna Sittard". Fortuna Sittard (in Dutch). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Cookies op AD.nl | AD.nl". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Miguel Santos no Astra Giurgiu". Record PT (in Portuguese). 15 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Transfer important la Astra. Giurgiuvenii au luat un portar crescut de Benfica". Telekomsport.ro (in Romanian). 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Astra vs. Viitorul - 25 May 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Oficial: Miguel Santos emprestado ao Academica Clinceni". Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 19 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Roda JC verliest uit van Almere City FC". 1Limburg | Nieuws en sport uit Limburg (in Dutch). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  18. ^ Miguel Santos at Soccerway
  19. ^ "MIGUEL SANTOS É REFORÇO" (in Portuguese). Mafra. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  20. ^ Miguel Santos at Soccerway
  21. ^ "Miguel Santos reforça baliza do Trofense". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  22. ^ Sharma, Tanishq (8 June 2022). "WATCH: Benfica goalkeeper scores potential Puskas-winning goal in Liga Portugal 2". SportsTiger. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με Miguel Silva Santos!". ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΛΕΥΚΩΣΙΑΣ (in Greek). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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