Mauro Almeida
Personal information
Full name	Mauro Almeida
Date of birth	January 29, 1982 (1982-01-29) (age 27)
Place of birth	Viseu, Portugal
Playing position	Defender
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2002 2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2007 2007-2008 2008-2009	FC Porto Estrela Amadora FC Zwolle FC Vihren Sandanski Accrington Stanley Swindon Town Sligo Rovers	0 (0) 8 (0) 74 (8) - (-) 5 (0) 1 (0) 30 (5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:41, 22 June 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Mauro Alexandre de Silva Almeida (born January 29, 1982) is a Portuguese footballer.

He started his career with top Portuguese side FC Porto, where he failed to make a first team appearance, before moving to Estrela Amadora where he stayed for two seasons. He then left to join Dutch side FC Zwolle in January 2004, where he played for a year before leaving to play for Bulgarian top division club Vihren Sandanski. He was released, but was spotted by Accrington Stanley shortly after, during a mid-season training trip to Spain. He left Stanley at the end of the season.

He signed for Swindon Town at the end of August 2007, and made his debut against Brentford in the JP Trophy on the 4 September. On 27 February 2008, Sligo Rovers announced the signing of Almeida after a short trial with the club.

He left in June 2009 after a career-threatening injury.

[edit] External links

• Mauro Almeida career stats at Soccerbase

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