Rúben Lameiras

Rúben Lameiras
Lameiras playing for Plymouth Argyle in 2017
Personal information
Full name Rúben Barcelos De Sousa Lameiras[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-22) 22 December 1994
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Left midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Plymouth Argyle
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2014 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2015 → Åtvidaberg (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2017 Coventry City 56 (3)
2017– Plymouth Argyle 37 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:07, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Rúben Barcelos De Sousa Lameiras (born 22 December 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Plymouth Argyle.

Football career

Lameiras moved to Tottenham Hotspur's academy in July 2011 and signed a professional contract with the Premier League club in July 2014. He made eight appearances, including five starts, in the Under-21 Premier League in the 2014–15 season, scoring once in the process.

On 26 March 2015, Tottenham announced they had reached an agreement with Swedish club Åtvidabergs FF for the transfer of Lameiras on loan until June, with an option to extend the deal. He made his professional debut on 5 April, in a 1–0 loss away to IFK Göteborg for the season's Allsvenskan.[2]

After 14 league appearances, he returned to Tottenham, where his contract expired on 30 June. Lameiras signed a two-year deal with Coventry City on 24 July 2015, after impressing manager Tony Mowbray whilst on trial at the club.[3] He made his debut in senior English football on 8 August, starting in a 2–0 win over Wigan Athletic at the Ricoh Arena in the first game of the League One season.[4] A week later, he scored the first senior goal of his career, in a 4–0 away win over Millwall.[5]

Lameiras scored three goals in six games as Coventry won the 2016–17 EFL Trophy. He played the full 90 minutes of the final on 2 April at Wembley Stadium, a 2–1 win over Oxford United.[6]

On 8 June 2017, after the Sky Blues' relegation from League One, free agent Lameiras joined newly promoted club Plymouth Argyle.[7] He made his debut for the Pilgrims on 5 August as a 72nd-minute substitute for Jake Jervis in a 2–1 loss at Peterborough United, and afterwards he was praised by his midfield partner Graham Carey.[8]

Career statistics

As of 23 February 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Åtvidabergs (loan) 2015[9] Allsvenskan110000000110
Coventry City 2015–16[9] League One29210101[lower-alpha 1]0322
2016–17[10] League One27120216[lower-alpha 1]3375
Total 563303173697
Career total 673303173807
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2017 and 31/07/2017" (PDF). The FA. p. 46. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "IFK Goteborg 1–0 Atvidabergs FF". ZeroZero. 5 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "SIGNING: Coventry City sign Ruben Lameiras on a two-year deal following a successful trial". Coventry City F.C. 24 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Coventry 2–0 Wigan". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Millwall 0–4 Coventry". BBC Sport. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Turner, Andy (2 April 2017). "Coventry City 2 Oxford United 1: Match report as Sky Blues win Checkatrade Trophy at Wembley". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ruben Lameiras: Plymouth Argyle sign midfielder after Coventry City release". BBC Sport. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Errington, Chris (7 August 2017). "Ruben Lameiras has 'a big future' at Plymouth Argyle, says Graham Carey". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Games played by Rúben Lameiras in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Rúben Lameiras in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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