João Daniel Mendes Real

João Real
Personal information
Full name	João Daniel Mendes Real
Date of birth	13 May 1983 (age 35)
Place of birth	Covilhã, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Académica
Number	13
Youth career
1994–2001	Estação
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 18 November 2018

Last updated April 13, 2019

João Daniel Mendes Real (born 13 May 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a central defender.

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Football career

Born in Covilhã, Real started playing amateur football with locals of A.D. Estação. In 2003, at the age of 20, he switched to city giants Sporting Clube, twice helping them promote to the second division.

Covilhã Municipality in Centro, Portugal

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Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã, is Portuguese football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the second-tier LigaPro. The club was founded in 1923. Their nickname is the Leões da Serra, meaning "Lions of the Mountain Range," due to Covilhã's location in the Serra de Estrela, the highest mountains in Portugal. In 2007–08, they finished first in the Portuguese Second Division Serie C, out-scoring teams and exceeding expectations and also, in remarkable fashion, finishing first in the playoffs and beating historic club GD Chaves. Their home ground is Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto, located at approximately 900 m of altitude. However, SCC play sometimes at a more recent Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã in Covilhã, which holds a capacity of 3,000 spectators. Their current chairman is José Oliveira Mendes and current manager is Fernando Chaló. They have won five Second Division in 1948, 1958, 1987 (second-tier), 2002, and 2005 (third-tier). The club is now in their sixth consecutive presence in the second tier.

In the summer of 2008, after a solid season – his second promotion – which brought him six goals in 25 matches, Real moved to the Primeira Liga, with Associação Naval 1º de Maio. His first year was quite unassuming, as he had to wait until 15 February 2009 to make his league debut, playing eight minutes in a 2–2 away draw against C.D. Trofense.^[1]

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In the 2009–10 campaign, with Naval again retaining its top level status, Real appeared more, but remained a fringe player nonetheless. On 17 April 2010, he found the net in the club's 3–1 win at F.C. Paços de Ferreira, but also scored an own goal.^[2]

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Real featured regularly for Naval in 2010–11, but the Figueira da Foz side was relegated after a six-year stay. In June 2011, he signed for Académica de Coimbra on a free transfer.^[3]

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Figueira da Foz Municipality in Centro, Portugal

Figueira da Foz, also known as Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic coast, it is located at the mouth of the Mondego River, 40 km west of Coimbra, and sheltered by hills. The population in 2011 was 62,125, in an area of 379.05 km². The city of Figueira da Foz proper has a population of 46,600. It is the second largest city in the district of Coimbra.

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Honours

Académica

Taça de Portugal: 2011–12

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References

↑ "Trofense 2–2 Naval" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
↑ "P. Ferreira-Naval, 1–3 (crónica)" [P. Ferreira-Naval, 1–3 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
↑ "João Real confirma acordo com a Académica" [João Real confirms Académica deal]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 8 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

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[1] "Trofense 2–2 Naval" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

[2] "P. Ferreira-Naval, 1–3 (crónica)" [P. Ferreira-Naval, 1–3 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

[3] "João Real confirma acordo com a Académica" [João Real confirms Académica deal]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 8 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.