Pedro Miguel Ferreira de Oliveira (born 30 November 1981) is a Portuguese former

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Club career

After more than one decade in the youth academy of

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in his hometown of

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, Oliveira moved to neighbours

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at the age of 18, where he was largely unsuccessful, going on to serve loans for the following two and a half years and starting at Académica de Coimbra in January 2003. In the 2005–06 season he signed for Vitória F.C. in a permanent deal, having played there the previous year on loan. In the summer of 2006, Oliveira left for

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along with a handful of Portuguese players. In his first year he was an important first-team member as the team finished third in

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and qualified for the

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, but he was deemed surplus to requirements in the following campaign, being loaned to fellow league club

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. Oliveira moved countries again in 2008–09, joining

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in Italy. The following summer, also in Italy, he signed with modest

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(

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), on a free transfer.

Honours

Vitória Setúbal *

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: 2004–05 CFR Cluj *

: 2007–08 Créteil *

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: 2012–13

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Pedro 1981 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 FC Porto B players FC Porto players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Leixões S.C. players Vitória F.C. players Portimonense S.C. players Padroense F.C. players Liga I players CFR Cluj players FC UTA Arad players Serie B players Serie C players Modena FC 2018 players SS Arezzo players Pisa SC players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in France Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France