Raúl Oliveira

Raúl Oliveira

Personal information
Full name	Raúl Miguel Silva Fonseca Castanheira de Oliveira
Date of birth	26 August 1972
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
1984–1991	Amora
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991–1995	Amora	49	(2)
1995–1996	Belenenses	9	(0)
1996–1997	Farense	13	(0)
1997	Bradford City	2	(0)
1997–2002	Estrela Amadora	140	(4)
2002–2004	Académica	22	(1)
2005–2008	Lusitânia	47	(2)
Total		282	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

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

Football career

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 top division, almost always as a starter – Académica de Coimbra and S.C. Lusitânia, retiring in 2008 at nearly 36.

In early 1997 Oliveira had an abroad stint, with English side Bradford City in English Division One, appearing only twice during the campaign for Chris Kamara's team and subsequently resuming his career in Portugal.

External links

• Raúl Oliveira at footballzz.co.uk
• Raúl Oliveira profile at ForaDeJogo
• Raúl Oliveira career statistics at Soccerbase
• Stats at Footballdatabase