Luís Miguel Silva Tavares (born 10 March 1974), commonly known as Luís Vouzela, is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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. He amassed

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totals of 215 games and four goals over the course of eight seasons, mainly with

União de Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. ...

(five years).

Club career

Born in

Vouzela Vouzela () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 10,564, in an area of 193.69 km2. The present mayor is Rui Ladeira, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is May 14. Parishes ...

Viseu District The District of Viseu ( pt, Distrito de Viseu ) is located in the Central Inland of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Viseu. Municipalities The district is composed by 24 municipalities: * Armamar * Carregal do Sal * Castro Daire * ...

, Vouzela started his senior career with local Académico de Viseu FC, going on to remain four seasons with the club, two apiece in the

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and third divisions. He made his debut in the

in the 1996–97 season with

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

, playing 28 games and scoring one goal but suffering team relegation as second from bottom. From 1998 to 2005 Vouzela competed almost exclusively in his country's top flight, representing Leiria,

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

and

Moreirense FC Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

. He split the 2003–04 campaign with the last two teams, starting it with the former in division two; in 2005–06 he helped

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 ...

promote to the top tier of Portuguese football, as champions. After

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in the

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, with

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cy ...

, Vouzela returned to his country, going on to play exclusively in lower league and amateur football. He returned to Académico Viseu in the 2010 summer, suffering a serious leg injury the following year. He retired in 2014 at the age of 40, after one season in the

Viseu Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabita ...

regional championships with Grupo Desportivo Oliveira de Frades, and returned once again to Académico, where he was given a position in the backroom staff.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vouzela, Luis 1974 births Living people People from Vouzela Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Académico de Viseu F.C. players U.D. Leiria players C.D. Santa Clara players Moreirense F.C. players S.C. Beira-Mar players G.D. Chaves players A.D. Nogueirense players Cypriot First Division players Olympiakos Nicosia players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portugal B international footballers Sportspeople from Viseu District