Jaime Linares

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Jaime Linares
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Linares with Angola in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jaime Miguel Linares
Date of birth (1982-05-21) 21 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Vila Real, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1992–1996 Diogo Cão
1996–1998 Vila Real
1998–2001 Boavista
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 Gondomar 8 (0)
2002–2003 Leça 31 (0)
2003–2004 Lusitânia 30 (2)
2004–2005 Ovarense 28 (0)
2005–2006 Dragões Sandinenses 25 (1)
2006–2007 Ribeira Brava 26 (0)
2007–2010 Bordj Bou Arréridj 77 (3)
2011–2015 Progresso 62 (2)
2016–2019 Libolo 49 (2)
Total336(12)
International career
2011–2014 Angola 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaime Miguel Linares (born 21 May 1982) is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

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Club career

Born in Vila Real, Portugal to Angolan parents, Linares started playing football for Associação Desportiva e Cultural Escola Diogo Cão, joining S.C. Vila Real at the age of 14 and finishing his youth career with Boavista FC. He made his senior debut with another northern club, Gondomar S.C. of the third division.

In the following four seasons, Linares continued to play in the third level, but also competed in division two with Leça F.C. and A.D. Ovarense. On early morning 16 May 2005 he was involved in a traffic accident with four other players, most notably José Bosingwa and Nélson Marcos, but suffered only minor injuries. [1]

Linares then played in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with CA Bordj Bou Arréridj, spending three seasons with the side. Subsequently, he returned to the land of his ancestors and signed for Progresso Associação do Sambizanga.

International career

Linares was part of the Angolan squad at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. [2] There, on 22 January, at the age of almost 30, he made his international debut, playing the last seconds of the 2–1 group stage win against Burkina Faso. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bosingwa e mais quatro futebolistas envolvem-se em aparatoso acidente" [Bosingwa and four other footballers involved in spectacular accident]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 May 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Angola await Rafael clearance". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Burkina Faso 1–2 Angola". BBC Sport. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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