Artur Filipe Bernardes Moreira (born 18 February 1984), known simply as Artur, is a Portuguese former
footballer
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who played as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
He amassed
Primeira Liga totals of 187 matches and 13 goals over nine seasons, at the service of
Beira-Mar,
Marítimo and
Arouca. He also played professionally in Ukraine, with
Chornomorets.
Club career
Born in
Cacia
Cacia is a civil parish in the municipality of Aveiro. The population in 2011 was 7,354, in an area of 35.75 km².
History
There are no clear indications of the first peoples to inhabit the region; João Gaspar suggests that they could have ...
,
Aveiro, Artur joined
S.C. Beira-Mar
Sport Clube Beira-Mar () is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 ...
as a 16-year-old. He made his
Primeira Liga debut with the local club on 12 December 2004 in a 1–3 home loss against
Moreirense F.C. where he came on as a late
substitute, one of just three appearances during the
relegation-ending season.
In the
2009–10 campaign, Artur scored eight goals to help the team return to the top division as champions under
Leonardo Jardim
José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim (; born 1 August 1974) is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of Emirati club Shabab Al Ahli.
He started working at the professional level at the age of 35, initially with Camacha and Cha ...
. The following two, he totalled a further nine.
On 1 January 2013, following a very brief spell in the
Ukrainian Premier League
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with
FC Chornomorets Odesa
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The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...
, Artur was loaned to
C.S. Marítimo
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of the
Portuguese top tier. On 9 June 2014, he signed a permanent two-year contract at
F.C. Arouca of the same league, scoring his only goal for the latter side on 2 April 2016 in a 3–2 home victory over
Académica de Coimbra.
Artur returned to Beira-Mar aged 33, with the club now in the regional championships.
References
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1984 births
Living people
Portuguese men's footballers
Footballers from Aveiro, Portugal
Men's association football midfielders
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
S.C. Beira-Mar players
G.D. Gafanha players
A.A. Avanca players
C.S. Marítimo players
F.C. Arouca players
Ukrainian Premier League players
FC Chornomorets Odesa players
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Portuguese football managers