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Miguel Guedes (born 10 May 1972, in
Porto
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) is a Portuguese musician, songwriter, singer, and the lead vocalist of Portuguese band
Blind Zero. He is also a lawyer, and has a column where he writes about politics on the Portuguese journal
Jornal de Notícias. He is an employee of the GDA - ''Cooperativa de Gestão dos Direitos dos Artistas Intérpretes ou Executantes'', dealing with
related rights
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issues. Miguel Guedes appears on the weekly
RTP programme ''Trio D'Ataque'' (with
Nuno Miguel Gonçalves and others) where he talks about
football and expresses his point of view as a lover of football and a supporter of
FC Porto. Since February 2023 he has been the chairman of
Coliseu do Porto
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. He votes
Bloco de Esquerda and writes for the official party's online publication Esquerda.net. Guedes graduated from the
University of Coimbra
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with a degree in law.
References
21st-century Portuguese male singers
Portuguese songwriters
Male songwriters
Portuguese musicians
1972 births
Musicians from Porto
University of Coimbra alumni
Living people
Portuguese association football commentators
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