Manuel Miguel Afonso Pedroso Liz Rodrigues (born 30 November 1989), is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for

Sintrense Sport União Sintrense is a Portuguese football club based in Sintra Sintra (, ) is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 377,835, i ...

as a second striker.

Career

Born in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, Liz is a youth graduate from

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, joining them in 1999 and staying there for nine seasons, debuting for the first team on 24 August 2008 in the third tier. After two seasons, he joined Sport União Sintrense in the fourth tier, racking up more than sixty league games in two seasons, sparking the interest of S.L. Benfica which signed him and teammate

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on 12 January 2012. His first season was spent at

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, signing a loan deal on 9 August 2012. When he started the second season, he was not registered with the reserve side, spending six months without competing, until he joined

Atlético CP Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

on a -year contract on 26 January 2014. On 23 January 2014, Liz made his professional debut with Atlético in a Segunda Liga match against Portimonense. He left Atlético at the end of the season and returned to Sintrense.

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* * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football forwards S.L. Benfica footballers Liga Portugal 2 players S.C.U. Torreense players Atlético Clube de Portugal players C.D. Fátima players S.U. Sintrense players S.U. 1º Dezembro players {{Portugal-footy-forward-stub