Sérgio Miguel Relvas de Oliveira (born 2 June 1992) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Portugal national team. He spent the better part of his career with Porto after making his first-team debut at the age of 17, going on to appear in 174 competitive matches and win three

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championships, three

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and two

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. He was also loaned to Beira-Mar,

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, Penafiel,

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, PAOK and

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, winning another

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with PAOK in the 2018–19 season and the

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with Roma in

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. In the Portuguese top division, he also represented

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. Oliveira finished second at the 2015 European Under-21 Championship with

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. He made his

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debut in 2018, being part of the squad at Euro 2020.

Club career

Porto

Born in Paços de Brandão,

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, Oliveira arrived at

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's youth system in 2002, at the age of 10. On 17 October 2009, he became the club's youngest ever player to appear for the first team, at the age of 17 years, four months and 15 days, in a 4–0 home win against Sertanense F.C. in the third round of the

; during the game, he provided an assist for Hulk in one of the goals. The following month, he signed a renewed contract, running until June 2012 with a €30 million

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. Oliveira was loaned to S.C. Beira-Mar of the

for the 2010–11 campaign. He made his debut in the competition on 23 October 2010, playing one minute in a 1–1 away draw with F.C. Paços de Ferreira. In the summer of 2011, still owned by Porto, Oliveira was deemed surplus to requirements by new manager Vítor Pereira as practically all Portuguese players, and joined

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club

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. In the following

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, in the same situation, he returned to his country and signed for F.C. Penafiel in the second division.

Paços Ferreira

Oliveira agreed to a three-year contract with Paços de Ferreira for 2013–14, also in the Portuguese top tier. In each of his two seasons, he scored twice in the league.

Return to Porto

After having been sold back to Porto before the start of the 2015–16 campaign, Oliveira scored his first competitive goal for the side on 3 February 2016, helping to a 3–0 away defeat of Gil Vicente F.C. in the semi-finals of the domestic cup. Late into the 2017 January

, he was loaned to

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as the French side was coached by compatriot

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, who subsequently would be his boss at Porto. Oliveira was a very important unit for the 2017–18 national champions, first rising to prominence after a remarkable performance against

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in the group stage of the

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. His importance grew even further as he spent the final stretch of the season as a starter, forming a revamped midfield partnership with Héctor Herrera after

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suffered a serious injury which ruled him out for several months. Oliveira still took the field in the 2018 edition of the

, a 3–1 victory over C.D. Aves. On 31 January 2019, having ceased to be part of Conceição's plans, he joined

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on a five-month loan deal. On 18 February, he contributed to a 5–1

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rout at

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for his first goal. He added two more the following month in wins against Atromitos FC (3–0) and Xanthi FC (2–1), and eventually helped the club conquer

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for the first time in its history. In the 2019–20 campaign, Oliveira played 34 games in all competitions and scored five times to win another double, edging

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on both domestic fronts. In the final of the Portuguese Cup, he came on as an 80th-minute substitute for Jesús Corona as his team (reduced to ten men since the end of the first half) held on to a 2–1 victory in

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. Oliveira achieved a career-best 20 goals in

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. On 9 March 2021, he scored a brace in a 3–2 loss after extra-time to

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in the Champions League round of 16 – an early penalty and a 115th-minute

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– to qualify his team on the

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. Consequently, he was given the "Dragão de Ouro" award for Porto's footballer of the year. Subsequently, Oliveira attracted interest from clubs such as

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, A.S. Roma and

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. As the summer transfer window closed, no moves materialised, and he began the 2021–22 season on the bench, as fellow youth graduate Bruno Costa who had just been re-signed started in his place. However, after scoring a late winner in a 2–1 league victory against Gil Vicente, he returned to the starting eleven.

Loan to Roma

On 12 January 2022, Oliveira joined

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club Roma, coached by his compatriot José Mourinho; the €1 million loan deal included a €13.5 million buying option at the end of the campaign. He scored on his debut four days later, his 33rd-minute penalty being the only goal of the home fixture with

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. He made six appearances as the ''Giallorossi'' won the inaugural edition of the

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, and scored the only goal in the last-16 first leg away to

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in which he was also

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; he replaced the injured Henrikh Mkhitaryan after a quarter of an hour in the final on 25 May in another single-goal win over a Dutch side,

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Galatasaray

On 9 July 2022,

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announced the signing of Oliveira on a four-year contract. He made his

debut on 7 August, starting as the season began with a 1–0 win at

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. His first goal came on 16 September to open a 2–1 home victory over

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in 59 seconds.

International career

Oliveira was selected by the Portugal under-19 team for the 2010 UEFA European Championship; in the tournament in France, he scored in a 2–0 group stage victory over

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as both nations went on to be eliminated after the first three games. He was also part of the under-20 side at the 2011 FIFA World Cup in Colombia, finishing in second place. Oliveira was the

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of the under-21s at the 2015 European Championship in the Czech Republic. He hit the crossbar in the first half of the final against Sweden, and was replaced as they went on to lose in a

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after a 0–0 draw in

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. Oliveira was selected by full side manager Fernando Santos to a preliminary 35-man squad for the

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, but he did not make the final cut. He won his first

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on 6 September of that year, replacing William Carvalho for the final ten minutes of a 1–1 friendly draw with

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in São João da Venda,

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. His maiden competitive appearance took place four days later, when he came on for the same player late into a 1–0 win over

for the

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. On 20 May 2021, Oliveira was named in the squad for

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. He made his debut in the competition on 23 June, in a 2–2 draw against

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which closed the group stage. In October 2022, Oliveira was included in a preliminary 55-man squad for the

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in Qatar.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

Porto *

: 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22 *

: 2009–10, 2019–20, 2021–22 *

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PAOK *

: 2018–19 *

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: 2018–19 Roma *

: 2021–22

International

Portugal U20 *

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runner-up: 2011 Portugal U21 *

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runner-up:

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Individual

*Primeira Liga Team of the Year:

Squad of the Season:

* FC Porto Player of the Year:

Orders

Knight of the

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References

External links

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