Raul Meireles is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Portuguese national team and for the Turkish club Fenerbahçe. This colorful and technical player is known to many, so his successes should be described in more detail.
Carier start
A football player was born on March 17, 1983. Raul Meireles started playing football as a graduate of the Boavista Football Academy. However, he began the professional activity of a midfielder by playing the first few years for a club like Aves. But he returned to his native 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 called Porto. Raul Meireles signed a five-year contract with this team. The football player himself says that after he received an offer from this club, he did not even a moment doubt that he would go there.
Career at Liverpool
In “Port” Raul Meireles played 5 seasons, for which the contract was signed. And then, in the late summer of 2010, the media launched a lot of news: it is possible that the player will move to English “Liverpool”! The club decided that Raul Meireles, whose biography (in terms of sport) was very impressive, would be an excellent replacement for Javier Mascherano, who went to the Catalan “Barcelona”.
In less than half a day, this information was confirmed. On the same day, the news was published on the official website of the Merseyside Club that the transfer amount could be agreed, and Raul Meireles begins to undergo a medical examination and it remains only to put a signature! The Portuguese himself said that the Liverpool coach had to make considerable efforts to persuade the midfielder to play for the Merseyside team.
But in “Liverpool” Raul Meireles still moved and began to score goals. The first - on January 16, the second - on February 2 ... It is not surprising that Liverpool fans instantly fell in love with the newcomer, and the main sponsor called him the best player in January.
Chelsea and Fenerbahce
Raul Meireles, whose photo shows us a very extravagant and bright man, has changed a few clubs in his life. After Liverpool, he moved to Chelsea, and half an hour before the closing of the transfer window! Not surprisingly, the news shocked everyone. A year, the Portuguese played in Chelsea, having entered the field 31 times and scoring two goals.
In the national team, by the way, the Portuguese career was also very successful. At first he played for the youth team, with which he became the champion of Europe. Then he moved to the youth team, with which he took third place in Germany, also at the European Championships. And finally, then he moved to an adult team, with whom he won bronze at Euro 2012. True, no success was achieved at the 2014 World Cup - even in the playoffs the team did not manage to get through. The rivals of the Portuguese national team turned out to be too strong.
In 2012, by the way, it was bought by the Turkish Fenerbahçe club. And since that time he has been playing in Turkey. In theory, the contract is designed for four years, so the player has another season. Let's see how his career will develop further.
Personal life
Since 2008, Raul has ceased to be single. Then he married a girl named Yvonne Viana. The couple has a daughter, whose name is Lara. In general, I must say that Yvonne and Raul are a very colorful couple, interesting and, undoubtedly, attracting attention. Both he and she are real fans of tattoos. And their bodies are really dotted with various interesting images. They all can not resist the application of new tattoos. The couple looks very impressive. In general, as you can see, Raul managed to achieve success both in football and on the personal front.