Raul Meireles

**Raul José Trindade Meireles** (; born 17 March 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Aves (loan)|2001–02|Segunda Liga|18|0|0|0|—|—|—|18|0||||
|2002–03|Segunda Liga|26|1|0|0|—|—|—|26|1||||||
|Boavista|2003–04|Primeira Liga|29|0|0|0|—|—|—|29|0|||||
|rowspan="8"|Porto|2004–05|Primeira Liga|13|0|0|0|—|2|0|—|15|0|||
|2005–06|Primeira Liga|18|2|3|0|—|1|0|—|22|2|||||
|2006–07|Primeira Liga|25|3|1|0|—|7|1|1|0|34|4||||
|2007–08|Primeira Liga|28|4|4|0|0|0|8|1|1|0|41|5|||
|2008–09|Primeira Liga|28|4|4|1|0|0|9|0|1|0|42|5|||
|2009–10|Primeira Liga|25|2|4|2|1|0|8|0|1|0|39|4|||
|2010–11|Primeira Liga|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Liverpool|2010–11|Premier League|33|5|1|0|0|0|7|0|—|41|5||
|2011–12|Premier League|2|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|3|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Chelsea|2011–12|Premier League|28|2|6|2|0|0|11|2|—|45|6||
|2012–13|Premier League|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|||
|rowspan="5"|Fenerbahçe|2012–13|Süper Lig|22|2|3|0|—|8|1|—|33|3|||
|2013–14|Süper Lig|20|1|0|0|—|4|1|0|0|24|2||||
|2014–15|Süper Lig|23|2|3|0|—|—|1|0|27|2|||||
|2015–16|Süper Lig|11|1|3|0|—|7|0|—|21|1|||||

### International

|Year|Apps|Goals|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Portugal|2006|1|0|
|2007|5|0|||
|2008|12|1|||
|2009|12|2|||
|2010|13|5|||
|2011|10|0|||
|2012|11|0|||
|2013|8|1|||
|2014|4|1|||

- _Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Meireles goal._
|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|7 June 2008|Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2008||||||||
|2|12 August 2009|Rheinpark, Vaduz, Liechtenstein||2–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|3|18 November 2009|Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina||1–0|1–0|2010 World Cup qualification – Playoffs||||||||
|4|1 June 2010|Complexo Desportivo, Covilhã, Portugal||1–0|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|5|2–0|||||||||||||
|6|21 June 2010|Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa||1–0|7–0|2010 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|7|3 September 2010|D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal||2–2|4–4|Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|8|12 October 2010|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland||2–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|9|10 September 2013|Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States||1–0|1–3|Friendly||||||||
|10|5 March 2014|Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal||2–1|5–1|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Porto**
- Primeira Liga: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Taça de Portugal: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2006, 2009, 2010

**Chelsea**
- FA Cup: 2011–12
- UEFA Champions League: 2011–12

**Fenerbahçe**
- Süper Lig: 2013–14
- Turkish Cup: 2012–13
- Turkish Super Cup: 2014

**Portugal U-16**
- UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 2000

**Portugal U-21**
- Toulon Tournament: 2003

**Individual**
- PFA Fans' Player of the Month: February 2011
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2011

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Raul Meireles
- **image**: Shaktar - Fenerbahçe 05 August 2015 CL Q3 5.jpg
- **upright**: 0.9
- **caption**: Meireles playing for Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe in 2015
- **fullname**: Raul José Trindade Meireles
- **birth place**: Porto, Portugal
- **height**: 1.79 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1990–2001
- **youthclubs1**: Boavista F.C., Boavista
- **years1**: 2001–2004
- **clubs1**: Boavista F.C., Boavista
- **caps1**: 29
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2001–2003
- **clubs2**: → C.D. Aves, Aves (loan)
- **caps2**: 44
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2004–2010
- **clubs3**: FC Porto, Porto
- **caps3**: 137
- **goals3**: 15
- **years4**: 2010–2011
- **clubs4**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps4**: 35
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2011–2012
- **clubs5**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps5**: 31
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2012–2016
- **clubs6**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **caps6**: 76
- **goals6**: 6
- **totalcaps**: 352
- **totalgoals**: 29
- **nationalyears1**: 2000
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-16 football team, Portugal U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 11
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2000
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national under-17 football team, Portugal U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2001–2002
- **nationalteam3**: Portugal national under-18 football team, Portugal U18
- **nationalcaps3**: 13
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2003
- **nationalteam4**: Portugal national under-20 football team, Portugal U20
- **nationalcaps4**: 8
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2003–2006
- **nationalteam5**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 26
- **nationalgoals5**: 2
- **nationalyears6**: 2004
- **nationalteam6**: Portugal Olympic football team, Portugal U23
- **nationalcaps6**: 4
- **nationalgoals6**: 0
- **nationalyears7**: 2004–2006
- **nationalteam7**: Portugal national football B team, Portugal B
- **nationalcaps7**: 5
- **nationalgoals7**: 0
- **nationalyears8**: 2006–2014
- **nationalteam8**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps8**: 76
- **nationalgoals8**: 10