Miguel Luís

Miguel Mariz Luís (born 27 February 1999) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sporting CP.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Mariz and the second or paternal family name is Luís.
Miguel Luís
Personal information
Full name Miguel Mariz Luís
Date of birth (1999-02-27) 27 February 1999
Place of birth Charneca de Caparica, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 27
Youth career
2007–2009 Académica
2009–2018 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Sporting B 15 (1)
2018– Sporting CP 10 (1)
National team‡
2014 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2015 Portugal U16 10 (0)
2015–2016 Portugal U17 16 (5)
2016–2018 Portugal U19 23 (5)
2017–2019 Portugal U20 16 (1)
2019– Portugal U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:54, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Club career

Born in Charneca de Caparica, Almada, Luís joined Sporting CP's youth ranks at the age of 10, from Académica de Coimbra. He made his professional debut for the reserve team on 6 August 2017 on the first day of the LigaPro season away to S.C. Covilhã as a 72nd-minute substitute for Bubacar Djaló and scoring the 2–1 winner in added time.[1]

On 4 November 2018, under caretaker manager Tiago Fernandes, Luís made his first-team and Primeira Liga debut for the last seconds of a 2–1 win away to C.D. Santa Clara.[2] Four days later, he made a first start and European bow in a goalless draw away to Arsenal in the UEFA Europa League group stage;[3] on 13 December in the same competition he scored a first goal in a 3–0 win over FC Vorskla of Ukraine at the Estádio José Alvalade.[4]

Luís scored his first goal in Portugal's top flight on 3 January 2019, in a 2–1 home win over Belenenses SAD.[5]

International career

A Portugal international from under-15 level onwards, Luís was part of the under-17 team that won the 2016 UEFA European Championship in Azerbaijan; he scored 5–0 wins over the hosts in the opening game and Austria in the quarter-finals.[6][7]

At under-19 level, Luís was a European runner-up in 2017 and champion in 2018, netting twice in the group stage in the latter competition in Finland.[8][9]

Honours

Sporting

References
  1. "COMENTÁRIO: Sporting B vence na Covilhã com dois golos nos últimos minutos" [COMMENTARY: Sporting B win in Covilhã with two goals in the last minutes]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 6 August 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. Fernandes, Nuno (4 November 2018). "Sporting vence nos Açores e ultrapassa Benfica na classificação" [Sporting win in the Azores and leapfrog Benfica in the table]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. Bernardino, Augusto (8 November 2018). "Nulo dá qualificação a Arsenal e reforça "vice" Sporting" [Goalless draw gives qualification to Arsenal and strengthens Sporting "B"]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  4. "Sporting 2–0 Vorskla: Miguel Luís estreia-se a marcar pelos leões" [Sporting 2–0 Vorskla: Miguel Luís scores for the first time for the Lions] (in Portuguese). SIC Notícias. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. "UEFA destaca Miguel Luís: "miúdo-maravilha"" [UEFA highlights Miguel Luís: "wonderkid"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 4 January 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  6. "Portugal goleia Azerbaijão na estreia" [Portugal thrash Azerbaijan in opener]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 5 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  7. "José Gomes hits hat-trick as Portugal U17s storm into semi-finals". PortuGOAL. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  8. "COMENTÁRIO: 'Bis' de Trincão lança Portugal para triunfo afortunado sobre a Noruega" [COMMENTARY: Trincão 'brace' launches Portugal to a lucky win over Norway]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  9. "Europeu de sub-19: Portugal cede à eficácia italiana" [U19 Euro: Portugal fall to Italian efficiency]. Público (in Portuguese). 19 July 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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