Luís Miguel Vieira Babo Machado (born 4 November 1992) is a Portuguese professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left winger
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.
Club career
Born in
Lamego
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,
Viseu District
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Municipalities
The district is composed by 24 municipalities:
* Armamar Municipality, Armamar
* Carregal d ...
, Machado joined Paredes in 1999, aged only six. In 2009, while still a junior, he made his senior debut, playing two fourth-division games with the club.
In the summer of 2010, Machado signed for
Freamunde
Freamunde is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Paços de Ferreira. The population in 2011 was 7,789,2011–12 season, playing his first match in the Segunda Liga on 25 September 2011, a 1–0 away loss against
Belenenses
Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...
.
On 5 July 2014, Machado agreed to a two-year contract at another second-tier side,
Tondela
Tondela () is a concelho, municipality in the Centro, Portugal, central Portugal, Portuguese subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 28,946, in an area of 371.22 km2.
History
Local writer and intellectual Amadeu Ferraz de Carv ...
. He scored two goals in 26 matches in his
first year
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, as they reached the
Primeira Liga
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for the first time in 82 years of history.
Machado made his debut in the Portuguese top flight on 14 August 2015, starting in a 1–2 home defeat to
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,
. In the following
transfer window
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, however, he returned to division two after joining Feirense on a short-term deal. After achieving promotion and renewing his contract, he went on to spend a further three campaigns with the team, being relegated at the end of 2018–19 and subsequently released.
In the 2019 off-season, Machado signed a three-year contract with
Moreirense
Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim d ...
. He moved abroad for the first time in his career in September 2020, joining
NorthEast United
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of the
Indian Super League
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. In his only season, he netted braces in the 2–2 draw at
Bengaluru
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and the 3–1 home win over
Odisha
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.
Machado joined Polish
Ekstraklasa
(; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...
club
Radomiak Radom
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in summer 2021. On 5 July 2024, he moved to the
Hong Kong Premier League
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with
Kitchee
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The club has won 12 List of Hong Kong football champion ...