Mickaël Meira (born 25 January 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kosovan club Feronikeli 74.

Club career

Meira was born in

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...

, France to a Portuguese father, and emigrated to Portugal at the age of 9. He started playing football in the latter country with Grupo Recreativo Amigos da Paz, finishing his development at Sporting CP after signing in 2009. On 16 December 2013, Meira made his professional debut with the latter club's B team, appearing in a 2–0 home win against

S.C. Braga B Sporting Clube de Braga B, commonly known as Sporting de Braga B or just Braga B, is a Portuguese association football, football team. It is the reserve team of S.C. Braga. Reserve teams in Portugal play in the same league system as the senior te ...

in the Segunda Liga. The following 31 August he signed with AEL Limassol from Cyprus, showing resentment towards his former employer for treatment he received in a farewell message. In the following transfer window, he returned to Portugal and joined

Atlético Clube de Portugal Atlético Clube de Portugal is a Portuguese club, located in the city of Lisbon, more precisely in the parish of Alcântara. It was founded on 18 September 1942 due to the merger of two clubs of Alcântara (Carcavelinhos Football Club) and Santo ...

, going on to spend one and a half seasons in the second tier with the team. Meira moved to Boavista F.C. on 2 June 2016 on a three-year contract. His first

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

appearance took place on 18 September, in a 1–2 home loss to

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. After a year out of football, Meira competed in the Moldovan National Division with FC Zimbru Chișinău. Ahead of the 2019–20 campaign, he joined SCM Gloria Buzău of Romania's Liga II, but was one of several players released by manager Ilie Stan at the halfway point. Remaining in Eastern Europe, Meira signed with Lori FC for the rest of the Armenian Premier League season on 7 February 2020. On 25 January 2021, he agreed to a two-year deal at FC Petrocub Hîncești from Amora FC. Meira joined Hyères FC of the French Championnat National 2 in January 2022.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meira, Mickael 1994 births Living people French sportspeople of Portuguese descent Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Ajaccio Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players C.D. Fátima players Sporting CP B players Atlético Clube de Portugal players Boavista F.C. players Amora F.C. players AEL Limassol players Moldovan Super Liga players FC Zimbru Chișinău players FC Petrocub Hîncești players FC Gloria Buzău players Armenian Premier League players Lori FC players Championnat National 2 players Hyères FC players Football Superleague of Kosovo players FC Feronikeli 74 players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Armenia