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João Vítor (footballer, born 1987)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 22, 2024
Entity authorityQ6298432 ↗
Source-derived summary

João Vítor Albano Manuel (born 13 September 1987) is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays as a defender in the Portuguese Second Division for G.D. Lagoa.

Career

Manuel previously played for Liga de Honra side Portimonense. Manuel started his career at the youth level. He enjoyed some success and eventually joined the first team in the 2006/07 season, where he played 10 games. However, since that season, he has had limited chances, making only 3 appearances in that time.

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The public source identifies “João Vítor (footballer, born 1987)” as footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around João, Vítor and footballer.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with João, Vítor and footballer providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 22, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q6298432. The first chronological checks are 1987 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “João Vítor (footballer, born 1987)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.