Playing position 2003–2007 Benfica Weight 82 kg | Number 31 Height 1.93 m Career start 2013 | |
Full name Miguel José Oliveira Silva Santos Date of birth (1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 22) Place of birth Paço de Arcos, Portugal Current team Fortuna Sittard (#31 / Goalkeeper) | ||
Miguel José Oliveira Silva Santos (born 21 October 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club Fortuna Sittard. He spent his youth with Benfica, SC Lourel, Belenenses, and Estoril, before spending the 2015–16 season as Benfica B's first choice goalkeeper. He signed with English club Port Vale for a five-month spell in August 2016, before moving on to Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard in January 2017.
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Benfica B
Sanots joined Benfica's junior team from Estoril in 2013. He made his Segunda Liga debut for Benfica B in a 3–2 defeat to Atlético CP at the Futebol Campus on 17 August, when he came on as a substitute for Wei Huang following goalkeeper Bruno Varela's sending off. He made one further appearance in the 2013–14 campaign, before he established himself as Benfica B's first choice goalkeeper in February 2015 and played ten games at the end of the 2014–15 season. He played 37 of Benfica B's 46 league games in the 2015–16 season.
Port Vale
On 31 August 2016, Santos signed a two-year contract with English League One club Port Vale. He had already been training at Vale Park for several weeks before signing, and said that his aim was to replace Jak Alnwick as the club's first choice goalkeeper. He made his debut for the "Valiants" in a 1–0 defeat to Mansfield Town in an EFL Trophy Northern Group E match at Vale Park on 4 October. He made a second appearance in the same competition, keeping a clean sheet and saving two penalties in the resulting shoot-out with Doncaster Rovers; first-team coach Andy Smith praised Santos after the game, saying "It was an outstanding performance... he is a top quality goalkeeper". After Michael Brown succeeded Bruno Ribeiro as manager, Santos left the club by mutual consent in January 2017.
Fortuna Sittard
Santos joined Dutch Eerste Divisie club Fortuna Sittard in January 2017.