Sérgio Oliveira

Sérgio Oliveira

Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Miguel Relvas de Oliveira
Date of birth	(1992-06-02) 2 June 1992
Place of birth	Paços de Brandão, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Porto
Number	13
Youth career
2000–2002	Paços Brandão
2002–2010	Porto
2007–2008	→ Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–	Porto	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Beira-Mar (loan)	6	(0)
2011	→ Mechelen (loan)	6	(1)
2012	→ Penafiel (loan)	12	(2)
2012–2013	Porto B	36	(6)
2013–2015	→ Paços Ferreira (loan)	56	(4)
International career‡
2008–2009	Portugal U17	15	(0)
2009	Portugal U18	4	(1)
2009–2010	Portugal U19	13	(3)
2010–2012	Portugal U20	20	(3)
2012–2015	Portugal U21	23	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 24 May 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2015

Sérgio Miguel Relvas de Oliveira (born 2 June 1992) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for FC Porto as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Paços de Brandão, Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro, Oliveira arrived at F.C. Porto's youth system in 2002, at the age of 10. On 17 October 2009, still a junior, he became the club's youngest ever player to appear for the first team, in a 4–0 home win against Sertanense F.C. for the season's Portuguese Cup, at the age of 17 years, four months and 15 days; during the game he assisted Hulk in one of the goals and, the following month, signed his first professional contract, running until June 2012 with a €30 million buyout clause.

For the 2010–11 campaign, Oliveira was loaned to S.C. Beira-Mar in the top division. He made his debut in the competition on 23 October 2010, playing one minute in a 1–1 away draw against F.C. Paços de Ferreira.

In the 2011 summer, still owned by Porto, Oliveira was deemed surplus to requirements by new club manager Vítor Pereira, as practically all Portuguese players, and joined Belgian club KV Mechelen. In the following transfer window, in the same predicament, he returned to his country and signed for F.C. Penafiel in the second level.

International career

Oliveira made his debut for the Portuguese under-19 side against Hungary, scoring the first goal of the match. He was selected for the following year's UEFA European Championship in France, netting in a 2–0 group stage win against Italy, with both teams being however eliminated after the first three games.

Oliveira was the captain of the under-21 team at the 2015 European Championship in the Czech Republic. He hit the crossbar in the first half of the final against Sweden, and was substituted as they went on to lose in a penalty shootout after a 0–0 draw in Prague.

Honours

Country

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 2011
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Runner-up 2015

External links

• Sérgio Oliveira at footballzz.co.uk
• Sérgio Oliveira profile at ForaDeJogo
• Biography at Academia de Talentos (Portuguese)
• Sérgio Oliveira at Soccerway