Eurípedes Daniel Adão Amoreirinha (born 5 August 1984) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played mainly as a

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Club career

A product of

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's youth system, Amoreirinha was born in

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, and he made his

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debut with

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F.C. Alverca in 2003, then appeared in eight matches with the former in the 2004–05 season as they conquered the national title after 11 years. He finished the campaign on loan at modest

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. After two seasons on loan with C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Amoreirinha was released by Benfica and moved to

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for

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1 million, joining the club's massive Portuguese contingent. In February 2008, he was loaned to fellow

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side FCM UTA Arad. Amoreirinha returned to Portugal in January 2009, moving to Académica de Coimbra and being almost exclusively used as a backup in the next top-flight campaigns, after which he was released in June 2011. He met exactly the same fate in the same amount of time in his next club, Vitória de Setúbal. On 5 August 2014, after an unassuming spell in

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and a few months with Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco, Amoreirinha signed for C.D. Santa Clara of Segunda Liga. In June of the following year, he joined F.C. Penafiel in the same league.

Career statistics

Honours

Benfica *

: 2004–05 *

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runner-up:

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CFR Cluj *

: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amoreirinha, Euripedes 1984 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Vila Franca de Xira Men's association football central defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players F.C. Alverca players S.L. Benfica footballers G.D. Estoril Praia players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Vitória F.C. players Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco players C.D. Santa Clara players F.C. Penafiel players Liga I players CFR Cluj players FC UTA Arad players Churchill Brothers FC Goa 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 India Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in India 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen