Luís Dias (footballer, born 1981)

Luís Filipe Veiga Dias (born 8 May 1981) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back.

Luís Dias
Personal information
Full name Luís Filipe Veiga Dias
Date of birth (1981-05-08) 8 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1992–1994 Futsal
1994–1998 Odivelas
1998–2000 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Sporting CP B 64 (5)
2002–2003 Estrela Portalegre 31 (7)
2003–2004 União Lamas 31 (5)
2004–2007 Olivais Moscavide 59 (1)
2007 Vihren 3 (0)
2008 Olivais Moscavide 6 (0)
2008–2010 Gloria Buzău 34 (2)
2010–2014 Atlético 124 (1)
2014–2016 Cova Piedade 59 (3)
Total 411 (24)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Born in Lisbon, Dias spent four years with local and national giants Sporting CP (youth teams included), but could never appear for more than the reserves as a senior. He first competed in the second division at the age of already 25, with neighbours C.D. Olivais e Moscavide, playing 15 games as the team was immediately relegated to the third tier.

In the following years, Dias played in Bulgaria – only a couple of months, after which he returned to his previous club – and Romania, spending the 2009–10 season with FC Gloria Buzău in Liga II. In summer 2010 he returned to his country and joined another side from the capital, Atlético Clube de Portugal, appearing in all 30 matches in his first year as they were promoted to division two after an absence of several decades.

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