Miguel Barbosa

Not to be confused with Miguel Barbosa Huerta.
Miguel Barbosa
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ângelo Freitas Barbosa
Date of birth (1996-10-16) October 16, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Funchal, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
2007–2009 Nacional
2009–2011 Marítimo
2011–2012 Barreirense Funchal
2012–2015 Marítimo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Marítimo 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Marítimo B
2016–2018 → Marítimo C
2018 Sloboda Užice 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2018

Miguel Ângelo Freitas Barbosa (born 16 October 1996), known as Miguel Barbosa, is a Portuguese football defender.

Club career

Born in Funchal, the capital of Madeira islands, a Portuguese autonomous region, Miguel Barbosa begin playing in 2007 in the youth team of local side C.D. Nacional. Two years later, he moved to their rivals, C.S. Marítimo, where he played in their youth team until 2015, with a minor exception of a one season spell at youth team of C.D. Barreirense in 2011–12.[1] He was upgraded to the senior team in 2015, and included in the C.S. Marítimo B team which played in the 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal. That season he also made 22 appearances and scored 9 goals for C.S. Marítimo C.[1] He played for Marítimo C the following two seasons as well.[2] He had a highlight when, on May 12, 2018, he scored a hat-trick in the final of the Cup of Madeira which Marítimo C won by 3–2 against A.D. Pontassolense.[3]

In summer 2018, he decided to take a chance abroad, and, after a successful trial period, he signed with Serbian club FK Sloboda Užice.[4] He made a debut in the 2018–19 Serbian First League on September 18, 2018, in a home defeat against FK Zlatibor Čajetina by 0–3.[5]

Honours

Marítimo C
  • Cup of Madeira: 2018[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Miguel Barbosa at foradejogo.net
  2. ^ Miguel Barbosa at zerozero.pt
  3. ^ a b Miguel Barbosa levou a Taça by Walter Faría, at Diário de Notícias online, 13-5-2018, retrieved 23-9-2018 (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Barbosa, Miguel at FK Sloboda Užice official website, retrieved 23-9-2018
  5. ^ Miguel Barbosa profile at Soccerway