Fernando Meira

**Fernando Meira** (born 5 June 1978) is a Portuguese football player. He plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg.

### Club

|colspan=3|Club performance|colspan=2|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1999–00|Vitória Guimarães|Primeira Liga|30|2|4|0|—|—|34|2||
|2000–01|Benfica|Primeira Liga|31|0|3|0|—|2|0|36|0|
|2001–02|15|2|2|0|—|—|17|2||||
|2001–02|VfB Stuttgart|Bundesliga|14|2|0|0|—|—|14|2||
|2002–03|31|1|2|0|—|6|1|39|2|||
|2003–04|32|1|3|0|—|8|0|43|1|||
|2004–05|16|1|1|0|—|3|1|20|2|||
|2005–06|32|0|2|0|—|6|0|40|0|||
|2006–07|20|3|4|0|—|—|24|3||||
|2007–08|28|3|3|0|—|6|0|37|3|||
|2008–09|Galatasaray|Süper Lig|21|0|6|0|—|10|0|37|0|
|2009|Zenit|Russian Premier League|22|1|2|0|—|2|0|26|1|
|2010|11|0|3|0|—|5|0|19|0|||
|2011–12|1|0|3|0|—|4|0|8|0|||
|2011–12|Zaragoza|La Liga|12|0|0|0|—|0|0|12|0|

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=9 valign="center"|Portugal|2000|2|0|
|2001|5|0|||
|2002|4|0|||
|2003|7|0|||
|2004|1|0|||
|2005|7|2|||
|2006|10|0|||
|2007|8|0|||
|2008|10|0|||

### International goals

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## Honours

**VfB Stuttgart**
- Bundesliga: 2006–07
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002
- DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2006–07
- DFB-Ligapokal runner-up: 2005

**Galatasaray**
- Turkish Super Cup: 2008

**Zenit**
- Russian Premier League: 2010
- Russian Cup: 2009–10
- Russian Super Cup: 2011

**Orders**
- Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Fernando Meira
- **image**: FernandoMeira.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Meira in 2009
- **fullname**: Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira
- **birth place**: Guimarães, Portugal
- **height**: 1.92 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Centre-back, Centre-back, Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1988–1992
- **youthclubs1**: Vitória S.C., Vitória Guimarães
- **youthyears2**: 1992–1993
- **youthclubs2**: Ribeira de Pena
- **youthyears3**: 1993–1996
- **youthclubs3**: Vitória S.C., Vitória Guimarães
- **years1**: 1996–2000
- **clubs1**: Vitória S.C., Vitória Guimarães
- **caps1**: 53
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 1998–1999
- **clubs2**: → F.C. Felgueiras, Felgueiras (loan)
- **caps2**: 33
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2000–2001
- **clubs3**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps3**: 46
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2002–2008
- **clubs4**: VfB Stuttgart
- **caps4**: 173
- **goals4**: 11
- **years5**: 2008–2009
- **clubs5**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray
- **caps5**: 21
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2009–2011
- **clubs6**: FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit St. Petersburg
- **caps6**: 35
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2011–2012
- **clubs7**: Real Zaragoza, Zaragoza
- **caps7**: 12
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 373
- **totalgoals**: 16
- **nationalyears1**: 1997–1998
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 14
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1998–2000
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 20
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2004
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal Olympic football team, Portugal Olympic (List of overage players in Olympic football, O.P.)
- **nationalcaps3**: 3
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2000–2008
- **nationalteam4**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps4**: 54
- **nationalgoals4**: 2