Miguel António Teixeira Ferreira Pedro (born 6 November 1983) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for F.C. Maia Lidador as an

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Club career

Born in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, Miguel Pedro began his professional career in the

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, playing two seasons each with

S.C. Salgueiros Sport Comércio e Salgueiros (), commonly known as simply Salgueiros, is a Portuguese multi-sports club from the city of Porto, in the northern region of the country. Founded on 8 December 1911, in the parish of Paranhos, it is mostly known f ...

and

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

, both in the north. In the summer of 2006 he moved to the

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with Académica de Coimbra, making his competition debut on 28 August in a 1–1 away draw against

Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal (), the club was born under the original name Sport Victoria from the ashes of the small Bonfim Foot-Ball Club. When it comes ...

and finishing his debut campaign with 26 games and two goals, as the ''Students'' maintained their division status. In the following years, Miguel Pedro continued to be regularly played at Académica, although rarely as a starter. Also brought from the bench, he scored against

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

on 25 October 2009, but in a 2–3 away defeat; the following month he was sold to

Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...

in Cyprus, for three-and-a-half years and a

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100,000 transfer fee.Decision of the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) judge
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at FIFA However, Anorthosis did not pay the solidarity contribution tax to Salgueiros and Aves, and both clubs requested arbitration from the

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Dispute Resolution Chamber, eventually being ordered to pay. For

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, Miguel Pedro was loaned to fellow First Division side

Ermis Aradippou FC Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Second Division. Ermis' greatest success came ...

. In July 2011, Miguel Pedro returned to his country, signing a two-year contract with

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...

who had just promoted to the top level.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro, Miguel 1983 births Living people Footballers from Porto Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Salgueiros players C.D. Aves players Académica de Coimbra (football) players C.D. Feirense players Vitória F.C. players S.C. Freamunde players F.C. Maia players Cypriot First Division players Anorthosis Famagusta FC players Ermis Aradippou FC players Football League (Greece) players Panachaiki F.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece