Steven Moreira

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Steven Moreira
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Moreira with the Columbus Crew in 2023
Personal information
Full name Steven Moreira
Date of birth (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Noisy-le-Grand, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back, centre-back [1]
Team information
Current team
 Columbus Crew
Number 31
Youth career
2000–2005 AS Champs-sur-Marne [2]
2005–2009 US Torcy [3]
2009–2013 Rennes [4]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Rennes B 20 (0)
2013–2016 Rennes 58 (0)
2016–2018 Lorient 63 (1)
2018–2021 Toulouse 58 (1)
2018 Toulouse B 3 (0)
2021– Columbus Crew 73 (1)
International career‡
2009 France U16 1 (0)
2013 France U19 7 (0)
2014 France U20 2 (0)
2015 France U21 4 (0)
2023– Cape Verde 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:27, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:27, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Steven Moreira (born 13 August 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. Born in France, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.

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Club career

A product of Rennes' youth academy, Moreira secured a professional contract with the Breton side in 2013 and scored his first professional goal for Rennes on 19 January 2016 in a Coupe de France match, [5] notching his team's only goal in a 3–1 loss to Bourg-en-Bresse. [6] Moreria joined FC Lorient on 30 August 2016 for a reported €1.2 million, signing a four year deal. [7] [8] He scored a goal against RC Lens in the second round of the Coupe de la Ligue. [9]

Moreira was transferred to Toulouse on 10 August 2018 and agreed to terms on a three year deal. [10] [11] He incurred a three-match suspension following a red card received during a match against Marseille on 24 November 2019. [12] [13] On 15 February 2020, he was shown a red card for a foul on Adam Ounas, resulting in another three-match suspension. [14] [15] [16] He would score his first league goal for the club on 26 September 2020, contributing to a 3–1 victory at home for Les Violets. [17] On 20 March 2021, Moreira received a red card in a 1–0 defeat against Niort, serving a three-match suspension as a result. [18] [19]

In August 2021, Moreira signed with Columbus Crew on a free transfer, with team options to extend his contract until the end of the 2023 season. [20] He would go on to appear in eight total matches in his first season, including making his team debut in the Campeones Cup. [21]

On 27 August 2022, Moreira scored his first goal for the Crew, a right-footed volley in the 96th minute to tie Hell is Real rivals FC Cincinnati 2–2. [22]

International career

Born in France, Moreira is of Cape Verdean descent, and is a former France youth international. He played at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 European Championship, finishing as the runner-up. [20] He was called up to the Cape Verde national team team for a set of friendlies in October 2023. [23] He debuted with Cape Verde in a 5–1 loss to Algeria on 12 October 2023. [24] Moreira was part of the Cape Verde team that made the Quarter-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. [25]

Honours

Columbus Crew

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