Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Manuel Silva Oliveira [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 23 October 1990||
Place of birth | Braga, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rio Ave | ||
Number | 70 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2004 | Trabalhadores Nogueirense | ||
2004–2008 | Merelinense | ||
2008–2009 | Braga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2008 | Merelinense | 7 | (3) |
2009 | Braga | 1 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Merelinense | 48 | (2) |
2011–2012 | Vizela | 28 | (12) |
2012–2013 | Braga B | 8 | (0) |
2013 | → Cinfães (loan) | 10 | (3) |
2013−2016 | Boavista | 91 | (17) |
2016−2018 | Porto | 0 | (0) |
2016−2017 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 28 | (2) |
2017−2018 | → Wisła Kraków (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2018 | → Feirense (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2018−2020 | Santa Clara | 54 | (12) |
2020−2021 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 27 | (3) |
2021− | Rio Ave | 57 | (7) |
2022−2023 | → Nacional (loan) | 29 | (6) |
International career | |||
2007−2008 | Portugal U18 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:33, 18 May 2024 (UTC) |
José Manuel Silva Oliveira (born 23 October 1990), commonly known as Zé Manuel, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Rio Ave F.C. as a winger.
Born in Braga, Zé Manuel finished his youth career with local club S.C. Braga. He spent the better part of his first three seasons as a senior in the third division with Merelinense FC, but also managed to appear once in the Primeira Liga with Braga, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute in a 1−1 away draw against FC Porto on 24 May 2009. [2]
Having returned to his hometown in the summer of 2011, Zé Manuel represented exclusively F.C. Vizela ( farm team, third tier) and the reserves ( Segunda Liga). For the second part of the 2012–13 campaign, he was also loaned to division-three side C.D. Cinfães. [3]
In the 2013 off-season, Zé Manuel signed with Boavista F.C. who competed in the third division, being immediately promoted to the top flight as a result of the consequences of the Apito Dourado affair. He made his debut with the club in the latter competition on 17 August 2014, featuring 60 minutes in a 3–0 loss at former team Braga. [4] He produced exactly the same numbers in his second and third seasons, scoring six goals in 31 matches. [5]
On 25 June 2016, free agent Zé Manuel joined Porto on a five-year contract. [6] [7] He never appeared for them in competitive games, being successively loaned to Vitória de Setúbal, [8] Wisła Kraków [9] and C.D. Feirense. [10]
Zé Manuel agreed to a two-year deal at newly-promoted C.D. Santa Clara in July 2018. [11] At one point during his spell in the Azores, he was their all-time scorer in the Portuguese top tier. [12]
In October 2020, Zé Manuel signed for CS Gaz Metan Mediaș of the Romanian Liga I. [13] The following 2 July, he returned to his country on a two-year contract with second-division Rio Ave FC. [14]