Vieirinha

Porto

Developed in the youth system of local Vitória de Guimarães, Vieirinha caught the interest of Porto and finished his formative years there. After a six-month loan at Segunda Liga's Marco, he joined the first team in the 2006–07 season, being given a four-year professional contract. Vieirinha played his first official game for Porto on 11 August 2006, in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against Vitória de Setúbal, coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute and scoring the game's last goal in the 89th, in a 3–0 final result. Alongside teammates Diogo Valente and Paulo Machado, Vieirinha was loaned to Primeira Liga promotees Leixões for 2007–08. All proved instrumental as the Matosinhos side retained their league status at the end of the campaign.

PAOK

Vieirinha then returned to Porto, being immediately loaned to PAOK of Greece, which had expressed interest in the player as his compatriot Fernando Santos was at the club's helm at the time; a season-long loan was eventually arranged, as the player teamed up with compatriot Sérgio Conceição. After only a few games, he picked up a serious injury (torn ankle ligament) in a derby against Aris Thessaloniki, caused by Vitolo, a player who would join PAOK the following year. In mid-July 2009, PAOK came to terms with Porto to make the move permanent for roughly €1 million, following Vieirinha's wish to continue playing under coach Santos. He renewed his link late in the year until June 2013, with a €15…

Vieirinha featured for every youth level of the Portugal national team, from under-16 to under-21, earning a total of 83 caps and scoring 28 goals in the process. In November 2011 he received his first callup to the main squad, replacing the injured Danny for the UEFA Euro 2012 playoffs against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Vieirinha finally made his debut for Portugal on 22 March 2013, playing the last 30 minutes in a 3–3 draw in Israel for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. On 19 May of the following year he was named in the final 23-man squad for the finals in Brazil and, on 11 June, scored his only international goal, netting his team's fourth in a 5–1 friendly win over the Republic of Ireland in the United States four minutes after replacing Silvestre Varela. He featured once in the final stages, playing 21 minutes in the 2–1 group stage defeat of Ghana as Portugal went out on goal difference. On 17 November 2015, Vieirinha captained the side for the only time in a 2–0 friendly victory away to Luxembourg. At the victorious Euro 2016 campaign, under former PAOK boss Santos, he was the first choice right-back during the group stage but lost his place to Southampton's Cédric Soares in the knockout phase.

Club

International

Porto

Primeira Liga: 2006–07 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2006 Wolfsburg

DFB-Pokal: 2014–15 DFL-Supercup: 2015 PAOK

Super League Greece: 2018–19, 2023–24 Greek Football Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21 Portugal U17

UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2003 Portugal

UEFA European Championship: 2016 Individual

Super League Greece Best Foreign Player: 2010–11, 2018–19 Greek Football Cup Final MVP: 2017–18 Super League Greece Team of the Season: 2017–18, 2018–19 PAOK MVP of the Season: 2010–11, 2017–18, 2018–19 Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2014–15 Orders

Commander of the Order of Merit