Raúl Oliveira

Raúl Oliveira
Personal information
Full name Raúl Miguel Silva Fonseca Castanheira de Oliveira
Date of birth (1972-08-26) 26 August 1972
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
1984–1991 Amora
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Amora 49 (2)
1995–1996 Belenenses 9 (0)
1996–1997 Farense 13 (0)
1997 Bradford City 2 (0)
1997–2002 Estrela Amadora 140 (4)
2002–2004 Académica 22 (1)
2005–2008 Lusitânia 46 (2)
Total 281 (9)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Raúl Miguel Silva Fonseca Castanheira de Oliveira (born 26 August 1972) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Lisbon, Oliveira played for six clubs in his native country: Amora FC, C.F. Os Belenenses, S.C. Farense, C.F. Estrela da Amadora – his biggest success, spending four consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga, almost always as a starter – Académica de Coimbra and S.C. Lusitânia, retiring in 2008 at nearly 36.

In early 1997, Oliveira started an abroad stint with English side Bradford City, appearing in only two Division One games during the campaign for Chris Kamara's team and subsequently resuming his career in Portugal.

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