Raul Meireles is a football player who playsin the position of midfielder for the national team of Portugal and for the Turkish club “Fenerbahce”. Many people know this colorful and technical player, so you should tell more about his successes.
Родился футболист 17-го марта 1983-го года.Raul Meireles began playing football as a graduate of the Boavista football academy. However, he began his professional activity as a midfielder by playing for the first few years for a club like Avesh. But he returned to his home team in 2003, in the summer. In one season, he entered the field 29 times, but did not score goals. After that, he became interested in the most famous Portuguese club, which is called “Porto”. With this team, Raul Meireles has signed a five-year contract. The footballer himself says that after he received an offer from this club, he didn’t doubt for a moment that he would go there.
In Porto, Raul Meireles played 5 seasons, onas the contract was signed. And then, at the end of the summer of 2010, the media launched a lot of news: it is quite possible that the player will switch to the English “Liverpool”! The club decided that Raul Meireles, whose biography (in terms of sports) turned out to be very impressive, would be an excellent substitute for Javier Mascherano, who left for Barcelona in Catalan.
Less than half a day, as this informationconfirmed. On the same day, the official website of the MerseySide Club published the news that the transfer was agreed upon, and Raul Meireles begins to undergo a medical examination and all that remains is to sign! The Portuguese himself said that the coach of “Liverpool” had to make considerable efforts in order to persuade the midfielder to play for the Mermside team.
But in “Liverpool” Raul Meireles still passed andbegan to score goals. The first is on January 16th, the second is on 22nd, the third is February 2nd ... It’s no wonder that Liverpool fans instantly fell in love with the newcomer, and the main sponsor called him the best player in January.
Raul Meireles whose photo shows usvery extravagant and bright person, changed for his life a few clubs. After “Liverpool”, he moved to “Chelsea”, and half an hour before the transfer window was closed! Not surprisingly, the news shocked everyone. The year was played by the Portuguese in “Chelsea”, entering the field 31 times and scoring two goals.
In the national team, by the way, the Portuguese career toodeveloped very successfully. First, he played for the youth team, with which he became the champion of Europe. Then he moved to the youth team, with which in Germany, also at the European Championship, took third place. And, finally, he then moved to the adult team, with which he won the bronze at Euro 2012. True, the World Cup 2014 success was not achieved - even in the playoffs did not work for the team to pass. Too strong were the rivals of the national Portuguese team.
In 2012, by the way, the Turkish club bought it.“Fenerbahce”. And since that time, he plays in Turkey. The idea is that the contract is for four years, so the player has another season. Let's see how his career will develop further.
Since 2008, Raul has ceased to be single.Then he married a girl named Yvon Viana. The couple have a daughter, whose name is Lara. In general, I must say that Yvon and Raoul are a very colorful couple, interesting and undoubtedly attracting attention. Both he and she are real tattoo fans. And their bodies are really littered with various interesting images. They all can not refrain from applying new tattoos. The couple looks very impressive. In general, as you can see, Raul succeeded in both football and personal fronts.
