Jaime Miguel Linares

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Jaime Linares
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Linares in 2014
Personal information
Full nameJaime Miguel Linares
Date of birth (1982-05-21) 21 May 1982 (age 37)
Place of birth Vila Real, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Libolo
Number 21
Youth career
1992–1996 Diogo Cão
1996–1998 Vila Real
1998–2001 Boavista
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 Gondomar 8 (0)
2002 Olhanense 7 (0)
2002–2003 Leça 31 (0)
2003–2004 Lusitânia 30 (2)
2004–2005 Ovarense 28 (0)
2005–2006 Dragões Sandinenses 24 (1)
2006–2007 Ribeira Brava 26 (0)
2007–2010 Bordj Bou Arréridj 77 (3)
2011–2015 Progresso 62 (2)
2016– Libolo 26 (1)
National team‡
2012– Angola 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 2 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 May 2014

Jaime Miguel Linares (born 21 May 1982) is an Angolan footballer who plays for C.R.D. Libolo as a defensive midfielder.

Angola Country in Africa

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda.

Association football Team field sport

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C.R.D. Libolo association football club

Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo, usually known simply as Recreativo do Libolo, is an Angolan multisport club based in Libolo, Cuanza Sul Province.

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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, finishing the campaign with fellow league team S.C. Olhanense.

Vila Real Municipality in Norte, Portugal

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S.C. Vila Real association football team from Vila Real, Portugal

Sport Clube Vila Real (abbreviated as SC Vila Real ) is a Portuguese football club based in Vila Real in the district of Vila Real.

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]

Leça F.C.

Leça Futebol Clube, better known as Leça FC or simply Leça, is a Portuguese football club located in the town of Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos. Founded in 1912, it had a spell in the top-flight Primeira Liga between 1995 and 1998, when it was relegated for financial irregularities. They currently play in the Portuguese Second Division and, in the previous season of 2007–08, they finished 10th in the division. The club currently play their home games at the Estádio do Leça FC, which holds a capacity of 12,000 spectators. The current chairman is Fernando Monteiro and their current manager is Serbian Milic Jovanović. The club's shirt and socks are white while their shorts are green.

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José Bosingwa Portuguese footballer

José Bosingwa da Silva, known as Bosingwa, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back.

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.

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 top division of the Algerian football league system

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Chabab Ahly Bordj Bou Arréridj, known as CA Bord Bou Arréridj or simply CABBA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Bordj Bou Arreridj, founded in 1931. The club colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, Stade 20 Août 1955, has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Progresso Associação do Sambizanga

Progresso Associação do Sambizanga is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. The club was founded in 1975, as a result of a merger of three clubs: Juventude Unida do Bairro Alfredo(JUBA), Juventista and Vaza.

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]

Angola national football team national association football team

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2012 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament

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Burkina Faso national football team national association football team

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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. 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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