João Manuel Antunes Dias (born 23 December 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for União Leiria as a right back.
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Full name | João Manuel Antunes Dias[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1986-12-23) 23 December 1986 (age 35)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Braga, Portugal[1] | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right back | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | União Leiria | |||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
1998–2003 | Braga | |||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Porto | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Porto B | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Prato | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2008 | Infesta | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Santa Clara | 59 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Trofense | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Académica | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Boavista | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Santa Clara | 64 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Covilhã | 34 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018– | União Leiria | 62 | (2) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Portugal U17 | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2004 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Portugal U19 | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2006 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2009 | Portugal U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2020 |
Born in Braga, Dias played youth football with local S.C. Braga as well as FC Porto. He made his senior debut with the latter's B team, which competed in the third division. In the summer of 2006, he signed with Italian amateurs A.C. Prato.
Dias first appeared at the professional level in 2008–09, with C.D. Santa Clara. He scored his first goal for the Azores side the following season when he contributed to a 2–1 home win against Varzim SC,[2] and in June 2010 he joined fellow Segunda Liga club C.D. Trofense on a one-year contract.[3]
In the summer of 2011, Dias agreed to a two-year deal at Académica de Coimbra.[4] His maiden appearance in the Primeira Liga took place on 15 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 away victory over U.D. Leiria.[5] During his spell at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, however, he was sparingly played.
In 2015, after one top-flight campaign with Boavista FC,[6] Dias returned to both Santa Clara and the second tier.
Académica
Portugal Under-17
U.D. Leiria – current squad | |
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