Miro (footballer)

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Miro
Personal information
Full name Valdemiro Pinto Domingos
Date of birth (2003-04-23) 23 April 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
Dynamo Makhachkala
Number 11
Youth career
–2021 ASA
2021–2023 Gil Vicente
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023–2024 Gil Vicente 5 (0)
2024–2025 Tondela 35 (10)
2025– Dynamo Makhachkala 1 (1)
International career
2024– Angola 5 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
COSAFA Cup
Winner 2024 South Africa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:21, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Valdemiro Pinto Domingos known as Miro (born 22 April 2003) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as an attacker for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Makhachkala. [1]

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Club career

Valdemiro Pinto Domingos, better known as Miro left his country of Angola in 2020 to pursue a career as a professional footballer in Portugal having trained at Atlético Sport Aviação. He joined Gil Vicente and in 2021 played for their youth team. [2] [3] He scored 22 goals in 36 games in his first season for their youth team in the Liga Revelação. [2]

He made his debut for Gil Vicente in the Taça da Liga on 22 July 2023 against U.D. Oliveirense. [4] [5] On 10 January 2024, he scored his first senior goal for the club in the Taça de Portugal against Amarante. [6] [7]

On 22 July 2024, Miro signed a three-year contract with Tondela. [8]

On 11 September 2025, Miro moved to Dynamo Makhachkala in Russia on a four-season deal. [9] On his league debut on 20 September 2025, Miro scored an added-time equalizer in a 1–1 draw against Lokomotiv Moscow. [10]

International career

He represented Angola at U16, U17, U20 and U23 level. [3] [2]

In March 2024, he was called up the senior Angola team for matches against Morocco and the Comoros Islands. [11] [12]

Honours

Angola

References

  1. Miro at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 3 Fernando Vieira, João (5 January 2023). ""I want to be one of the best African strikers and help Gil Vicente win"". ojogo.pt. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 "TALENTO ANGOLANO CONTINUA DE "PÉ QUENTE" NO FUTEBOL PORTUGUÊS". portaldeangola.de. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. "Oliveirense-Gil Vicente: 1-0: André Schutte's goal defines another surprise". Record.pt. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  5. "OLIVEIRENSE VS. GIL VICENTE 1 - 0". Soccerway. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. "GIL VICENTE VS. AMARANTE 3 - 1". Soccerway. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  7. "Gil Vicente passes to eliminate the combative Amarante da Taça". rtp.pt. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. "MIRO É AURIVERDE" [MIRO IS GOLDEN-GREEN] (in Portuguese). Tondela. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  9. ""Динамо" подписало контракт с ангольским нападающим Миро" [Dynamo signed a contract with Angolan forward Miro] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Makhachkala. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  10. "Матч Динамо Махачкала – Локомотив | 2025/26, 9 тур | РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  11. "David Carmo called up for the Angolan national team for the first time". Verangola. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  12. "Gil VIcente's trip to Braga will still feature international players - Buatu, Miro, Jesús Castillo and Depú only travel on Monday to their respective teams". record.pt. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  13. "COSAFA Cup 2024-Angola Squad" . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  14. "EN, FR, PR: Angola storm to HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Cup 2024 title" . Retrieved 22 June 2025.