Luís Manuel (footballer, born 1981)

Luís Manuel
Personal information
Full name	Luís Manuel Mendes Pereira
Date of birth	25 June 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Braga, Portugal
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1993–2000	Braga
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000−2002	Braga B
2002−2003	Joane
2003−2004	Dragões Sandinenses
2004−2005	Leixões
2005−2006	Nacional
2006−2007	Vizela
2007−2008	Gil Vicente
2008−2009	União Leiria
2009−2010	Lousada
2010−2013	Gil Vicente
2013−2015	Aves
2015−2016	Vilaverdense
2016–2017	Brito
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luís Manuel Mendes Pereira (born 25 June 1981), known as Luís Manuel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Braga, Luís Manuel spent seven years in local S.C. Braga's youth system. He only appeared for the reserve side as a senior, however.

After a one-year spell with GD Joane in the fourth division, and another with Sport Clube Dragões Sandinenses in the third, Luís Manuel signed with Leixões S.C. in 2004, making his professional debut on 29 August of that year in a Segunda Liga match against S.C. Espinho (90 minutes played, 3–2 away win). Subsequently, he moved to the Primeira Liga with C.D. Nacional, but left at the end of the 2005–06 season with only two competitive appearances to his credit.

In the following years, Luís Manuel competed in all three major levels of Portuguese football, with F.C. Vizela, Gil Vicente FC (two spells, two consecutive campaigns in the top flight from 2011 to 2013), U.D. Leiria, A.D. Lousada and C.D. Aves.^[1]^[2]

^ "Luís Manuel vai ser reforço" [Luís Manuel is going to be an addition] (in Portuguese). Agente Desportivo. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ "Luis Manuel assina pelo Desportivo das Aves e Kaby vai jogar no Marítimo" [Luis Manuel signs for Desportivo das Aves and Kaby will play with Marítimo]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 19 July 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2015.