Richard Garcia Miranda da Silva (born 15 October 1975), commonly known as Miran, is a Brazilian

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who last played for Luxembourg club

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as a

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Football career

Born in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, Miran started playing organized football already well into his 20s. In 2001, he moved to

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and signed with S.C. Braga, being relatively used during his sole season as the team finished in tenth position. Miran continued playing in the country in six of the following seven years, helping C.F. Estrela da Amadora promote to the

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, ...

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with a career-best ten goals in 28 games. He also represented, always in the

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C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

, S.C. Beira-Mar,

Portimonense S.C. Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese sports club based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, it is most notable for its professional association football, football team, which currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

and

Varzim SC Varzim Sport Club () is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football team based in Póvoa de Varzim, near Porto in the north of the country. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club si ...

. In the 2007–08 campaign he played in

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, with FC Vihren Sandanski. In late March 2010, after a brief spell in

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, Miran joined English club Atherstone Town after his international clearance was granted. He made his debut as a substitute in a 0–1 home defeat against

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, on 10 April. After one season back in Portugal with lowly

C.D. Pinhalnovense Clube Desportivo Pinhalnovense is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football club based in the town of Pinhal Novo, Palmela, Setúbal District. Founded in 1948, it currently plays in AF Setúbal 2ª Divisão, holding home games at ''Ca ...

, Miran returned to top flight football in

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

, with FC Progrès Niedercorn. He continued competing in the latter nation in the next years, representing SC Steinfort, FC UNA Strassen and

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miran 1975 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Braga players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players C.D. Santa Clara players S.C. Beira-Mar players Portimonense S.C. players Varzim S.C. players C.D. Pinhalnovense players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players OFC Vihren Sandanski players Atherstone Town F.C. players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Angola Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg FC UNA Strassen players FC Mamer 32 players