Adriano Miranda

Adriano Miranda
Personal information
Full name	Adriano Miranda de Carvalho
Date of birth	22 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Belém, Brazil
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2006	Clube do Remo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2007	Clube do Remo
2007–2010	Litex Lovech
2008	→ FK Pelister (loan)
2009	→ Spartak Varna (loan)
2010	Sliven 2000
2011	Tuna Luso
2011	→ AA Goiatuba (loan)
2011–2012	São Raimundo
2012–2013	Paragominas
2013	Tuna Luso
2014	Vênus-AC
2015	Tapajós
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2016

Adriano Miranda de Carvalho (born 22 June 1989), known as Adriano Miranda, is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Tapajós.^[1]

Career

In 2006, he participated in the Copa da Juventude, a tournament arranged by a radio and television network in his home town Belém. Miranda, being the star of the competition, was contracted by the local team Clube do Remo. He won the Campeonato Paraense 2007 with this team.

At the beginning of 2008, he signed with the Bulgarian side Litex Lovech but left immediately on loan to FK Pelister playing in the Macedonian First League. On April 26, 2008, he scored a hat-trick against Pelister's greatest rivals FK Vardar bringing the first victory for his team in Skopje after 8 years, gaining great popularity in Bitola.^[2] Miranda was one of the best players for Pelister in the 2007–08 season when they finished third on the table. In August 2008, Mirsad Jonuz, the head coach of the Macedonian's national under-21 football team wanted to see this young player wear the Macedonian's jersey. If he agreed, a procedure would be started so he could get a Macedonian passport. On 22 December 2008, Miranda was named the Best foreign footballer in the Macedonian championship.^[3]

In the winter of 2009, he has been invited by Bulgarian side Spartak Varna to join a trial period, which began on 12 January. On 17th Miranda signed with Spartak on loan until the end of 2008–09 season. On 8 March 2009 he made his debut in Bulgarian A PFG in a match against Lokomotiv Mezdra. In this match Miranda his first goal in Bulgaria. In June 2009 he returned to Litex Lovech, but however, in early 2010 was sold to OFC Sliven 2000. Miranda left the team from Sliven after the end of the first half of the 2010–11 season and in late January 2011 he signed a contract with Brazilian club Tuna Luso.^[4]