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António Xavier

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António Xavier
Personal information
Full name António Manuel Pereira Xavier[1]
Date of birth (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Levadiakos
(on loan from Panathinaikos)
Number 16
Youth career
2002–2011 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Tourizense 30 (1)
2012−2014 Braga B 25 (0)
2013−2014 → Feirense (loan) 19 (0)
2014 → Leixões (loan) 12 (0)
2014−2015 Marítimo B 18 (7)
2014–2017 Marítimo 67 (4)
2017–2018 Paços Ferreira 33 (0)
2018–2020 Tondela 56 (4)
2020– Panathinaikos 7 (0)
2021–2022 → Estoril (loan) 21 (0)
2023– → Levadiakos (loan) 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Xavier.

António Manuel Pereira Xavier (born 6 July 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Greek Super League club Levadiakos, on loan from Panathinaikos, as a winger.

He achieved Primeira Liga totals of 177 games and eight goals for Marítimo, Paços de Ferreira, Tondela and Estoril.

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Association football

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Super League Greece

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Levadiakos F.C.

Levadiakos F.C.

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Panathinaikos F.C.

Panathinaikos F.C.

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Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, it is contested by 18 teams since the 2014–15 season, with the three lowest placed teams relegated to the Liga Portugal 2 and replaced by the top-three non-reserve teams from this division.

C.S. Marítimo

C.S. Marítimo

Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as Marítimo, is a Portuguese sports club founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. Marítimo is best known for its football team playing in Portugal's top-flight competition, the Primeira Liga. The club's reserve team, Marítimo B, compete in the fourth division, and the female team feature in the top-tier Campeonato Nacional Feminino. Aside from football, Marítimo have teams in other sports competing in national leagues, such as volleyball, handball, roller hockey and athletics. Marítimo supporters are called Maritimistas.

F.C. Paços de Ferreira

F.C. Paços de Ferreira

Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal stadium where the team has been based since 1973. The club's colours are yellow and green.

C.D. Tondela

C.D. Tondela

Clube Desportivo de Tondela is a Portuguese professional football club that plays in Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. They are based in the town of Tondela, located in Viseu District, and play in the Estádio João Cardoso. Founded in 1933, the club predominantly played within Portugal's regional leagues until their climb up the league pyramid after 2004.

G.D. Estoril Praia

G.D. Estoril Praia

Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia, commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, with a seating capacity of 8,015. As a sports club, Estoril has departments for football, futsal and basketball.

Career

Born in Guimarães, Xavier spent his youth at hometown club Vitória S.C. before making his senior debut in the third division with G.D. Tourizense. After spells in the second with S.C. Braga B, C.D. Feirense and Leixões SC, he signed a four-year contract with C.S. Marítimo in July 2014.[2]

On 27 August 2014, Xavier scored his first professional goal as Marítimo's reserves drew 1–1 at home to G.D. Chaves.[3] In December, manager Leonel Pontes called him up for his first Primeira Liga match at home to G.D. Estoril Praia,[4] and he played the full 90 minutes of the goalless draw.[5] A week later, he was sent off in a 1–0 away loss against F.C. Arouca, with both of his yellow cards being for simulation.[6]

Xavier scored his first top-flight goal on 15 February 2015, a penalty in a 4–3 comeback win at F.C. Penafiel.[7] He remained a first-team player more often than not during his time in Madeira, until joining F.C. Paços de Ferreira in June 2017 on a three-year deal with his previous employer keeping some economic rights.[8]

On 30 July 2017, Xavier scored on his debut as the Castores won 2–1 at Arouca in the second round of the Taça da Liga.[9] It was his only goal during his year in the Furniture Capital, and following their relegation he moved to C.D. Tondela on a two-year contract in June 2018.[10] On 23 September, he scored both goals of a home defeat of Moreirense FC,[11] and two months later he netted a hat-trick in a 7–0 win over F.C. Vale Formoso in the last 32 of the Taça de Portugal.[12]

Xavier moved abroad for the first time on 30 July 2020, joining Super League Greece side Panathinaikos F.C. on a free transfer for three years.[13] Having played rarely in Athens, he returned home on 31 August the following year on loan to Estoril.[14]

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Guimarães

Guimarães

Guimarães is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and authentic example of the evolution of a medieval settlement into a modern town" in Europe.

G.D. Tourizense

G.D. Tourizense

Grupo Desportivo Tourizense is a Portuguese football club based in Touriz, Tábua Municipality. Founded in 1975, it plays home games at Estádio Visconde do Vinhal, with a 1,200-seat capacity.

C.D. Feirense

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Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairman is Kunle Soname and their manager is Filipe Martins. The club plays its home matches at the Estádio Marcolino de Castro, with a capacity of 5,500 spectators.

Leixões S.C.

Leixões S.C.

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C.S. Marítimo

C.S. Marítimo

Club Sport Marítimo MH M, commonly known as Marítimo, is a Portuguese sports club founded in Funchal, Madeira, in 1910. Marítimo is best known for its football team playing in Portugal's top-flight competition, the Primeira Liga. The club's reserve team, Marítimo B, compete in the fourth division, and the female team feature in the top-tier Campeonato Nacional Feminino. Aside from football, Marítimo have teams in other sports competing in national leagues, such as volleyball, handball, roller hockey and athletics. Marítimo supporters are called Maritimistas.

C.S. Marítimo B

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G.D. Chaves

G.D. Chaves

Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves, is a Portuguese football club from Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Estádio Municipal de Chaves. Their home kit is red-and-blue striped shirt with blue shorts and socks, and the away kit is all white. Their current president is Bruno Carvalho and their manager is Ricardo Soares. Chaves have been in the Portuguese First Division 13 times and had their best finish of fifth-place in the 1989–90 season. They went to Europe in the 1987–88 season, where they played in the UEFA Cup, beating Romanian side Universitatea Craiova in the first round and losing to Hungarian team Budapest Honvéd in the next round.

Leonel Pontes

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G.D. Estoril Praia

G.D. Estoril Praia

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F.C. Arouca

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Source: "António Xavier", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 7th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_Xavier.

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References
  1. ^ a b c d "António Xavier" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ Resendes, Manuel (2 July 2014). "Mercado: Extremo António Xavier é reforço Marítimo" [Transfer market: Winger António Xavier is Marítimo addition] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Marítimo B-Chaves, 1–1: Flavienses empatam nos descontos" [Marítimo B-Chaves, 1–1: Flavienses draw in added time]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 August 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Leonel Pontes chama jogador da equipa B" [Leonel Pontes calls up B-team player]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Marítimo-Estoril, 0–0: Nem com mais um encontram o caminho" [Marítimo-Estoril, 0–0: Not even with one more do they get on track]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Arouca-Marítimo, 1–0: Não é para quem tem é para quem quer" [Arouca-Marítimo, 1–0: It's not for he who has it but for he who wants it]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Penafiel-Marítimo, 3–4: Calma presidente que o Marega está cá" [Penafiel-Marítimo, 3–4: Be calm president because Marega is here]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 February 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  8. ^ Santos, José (25 June 2017). "Xavier já assinou" [Xavier has already signed]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  9. ^ "COMENTÁRIO: Paços vence em Arouca e segue em frente na Taça da Liga" [COMMENTARY: Paços win in Arouca and advance in the League Cup]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 30 July 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. ^ "OFICIAL: António Xavier é reforço do Tondela" [OFFICIAL: António Xavier is Tondela addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  11. ^ Chambel, Ricardo (23 September 2018). "A crónica do Tondela-Moreirense, 2–0: Estreia a ganhar com magia de Xavier" [Report on Tondela-Moreirense, 2–0: First win with magic from Xavier]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  12. ^ Antunes Pereira, André (25 November 2018). "Taça: Tondela-Vale Formoso, 7–0 (crónica)" [Cup: Tondela-Vale Formoso, 7–0 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Oficial: António Xavier deixa Tondela e muda-se para a Grécia" [Official: António Xavier leaves Tondela and moves to Greece] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  14. ^ Soares da Silva, Eduardo (31 August 2021). "António Xavier regressa a Portugal para reforçar o Estoril" [António Xavier returns to Portugal to bolster Estoril] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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