Salvador José Milhazes Agra (born 11 November 1991) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for

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as a winger. In a

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career, he made over 200 Primeira Liga appearances for Olhanense,

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, Académica,

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, Aves,

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and Boavista, while also being on the books of Benfica. Abroad, he had brief spells in Italy, Spain and Poland.

Club career

Early years and Olhanense

Born in

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, Agra began his career with Varzim SC, joining the club's youth ranks at the age of 13. He made his senior debut in

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, being a very important attacking unit – only one league game missed – as the

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team was finally relegated from the Segunda Liga. He scored his one goal on 21 May 2011 in the penultimate round of the season, opening a 1–2 home loss against C.F. Os Belenenses. Agra signed for

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in the summer of 2011, penning a three-year contract with the

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side on 8 July. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 13 August, playing 15 minutes in a 1–1 draw at

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. His first goal was on 11 September as a substitute in a 1–2 home defeat to C.D. Feirense.

Betis

In late January 2012, Agra joined Spanish club

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who paid €300,000 for 60% of his rights, but stayed with Olhanense until the end of the campaign. He appeared in just 14 competitive matches during his spell in

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– scoring his only goal in a 2–4

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home loss against Atlético Madrid– being successively loaned to A.C. Siena,

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and Académica de Coimbra. While on loan to Braga, Agra was

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for the only time in his career in a goalless draw to rivals

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on 7 December 2014 for an altercation with

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, who was also dismissed. He made four appearances from the bench in their run to

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of the

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; in that match, on 31 May, he missed the decisive penalty in the

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as they lost to Sporting.

Later years

On 28 June 2015, Agra cut ties with Betis and signed a four-year contract with C.D. Nacional. On 1 July 2017, after the latter's

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, he agreed to a three-year deal with Portuguese champions

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; he spent his first year on loan, to

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and

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(the latter in the Spanish Segunda División). For 2018–19, Agra joined Cádiz CF from Spain on a one-year loan. In the following

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, however, he terminated his link with Benfica and moved to Legia Warsaw in the Polish

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on a two-and-a-half-year contract. He quit the club a year early on 7 May 2020, having made only nine goalless appearances, weeks before they secured the league title. Agra returned to Portugal on 14 August 2020, signing a two-year contract with C.D. Tondela. He missed only five league games in his spell at the

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and scored nine times, including two on 16 January 2021 in a 3–1 home win over Boavista FC. On 22 May 2022, days after the team's relegation, he captained the side in the 3–1 loss to FC Porto in the domestic cup final; he had featured six times up to the decisive match, and scored an added-time winner in a 2–1 victory against amateurs A.D. Camacha in the third round. On 11 June 2022, Agra agreed to a two-year deal at Boavista.

International career

Agra earned 15

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for

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at youth level, including eight for the under-21 team. His first arrived on 5 September 2011, when he played the last 12 minutes of a 1–0 friendly win over

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. Agra was also one of three over-23 players for the Olympic team in

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Personal life

Agra's cousin, Nélson, was a teammate at Varzim. Also born in 1991, he spent most of his professional career at the club.

Club statistics

Honours

Aves *

: 2017–18 Legia Warsaw *

: 2019–20

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agra, Salvador 1991 births Living people People from Vila do Conde Sportspeople from Porto District Portuguese footballers Association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Varzim S.C. players S.C. Olhanense players S.C. Braga players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players S.C. Braga B players C.D. Nacional players S.L. Benfica footballers C.D. Aves players C.D. Tondela players Boavista F.C. players La Liga players Segunda División players Real Betis players Granada CF footballers Cádiz CF players Serie A players A.C.N. Siena 1904 players Ekstraklasa players Legia Warsaw players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers of Portugal Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Poland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland