Jaime Miguel Linares

Jaime Linares

Personal information
Full name	Jaime Miguel Linares
Date of birth	(1982-05-21) 21 May 1982
Place of birth	Vila Real, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Libolo
Number	21
Youth career
1992–1996	Diogo Cão
1996–1998	Vila Real
1998–2001	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Gondomar	8	(0)
2002	Olhanense	7	(0)
2002–2003	Leça	31	(0)
2003–2004	Lusitânia	30	(2)
2004–2005	Ovarense	28	(0)
2005–2006	Dragões Sandinenses	24	(1)
2006–2007	Dhofar
2007–2010	Bordj Bou Arréridj	77	(3)
2011–2015	Progresso
2016–	Libolo
International career‡
2012–	Angola	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 1 January 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Jaime Miguel Linares (born 21 May 1982) is an Angolan footballer who plays for C.D.R. Libolo as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Vila Real, Portugal to Angolan parents, Linares started playing football for Associação Desportiva e Cultural Escola Diogo Cão, joining SC Vila Real at the age of 14 and finishing his formation with Boavista FC. He made his senior debuts with another northern club, Gondomar S.C. in the third division, finishing the campaign with fellow league team S.C. Olhanense.

In the following four seasons, Linares continued to play in the third level, but also competed in division two with Leça F.C. and A.D. Ovarense. On early morning 16 May 2005, he was involved in a traffic accident with four other players, most notably José Bosingwa and Nélson Marcos, but suffered only minor injuries.

After one year in Oman, Linares then played in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with CA Bordj Bou Arréridj, spending three seasons with the side. Subsequently, he returned to the land of his ancestors and signed for Progresso Associação do Sambizanga.

International career

Linares was part of the Angolan squad at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. There, on 22 January, at the age of almost 30, he made his international debut, playing the last seconds of the 2–1 group stage win against Burkina Faso.

External links

• Jaime Miguel Linares at footballzz.co.uk
• Jaime Miguel Linares profile at ForaDeJogo
• Jaime Linares profile at DZFoot.com (French)
• Linares.html Jaime Miguel Linares at National-Football-Teams.com
• Stats at Footballdatabase