Raul Jos� Trindade Meireles is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Fenerbah�e in the Turkish S�per Lig. Raul Meireles started his career as a trainee with Boavista but was loaned to Desportivo das Aves in the Liga de Honra, where he made his professional debut. After a two-year loan spell he returned to Boavista where he made his Primeira Liga debut. His great performances brought Meireles to Porto, winning three Primeira Liga titles in a row, adding two Portuguese Cups and three Portuguese Supercups. In 2010 he moved to Liverpool where he won the 2011 PFA Fans' Player of the Year award following a very successful first season in Premier League. On August 2011, Meireles signed for Chelsea, joining his former manager Andr� Villas-Boas with whom he had spent a short period of time. During his debut season at Stamford Bridge, he won the 2012 UEFA Champions League and the 2011?12 FA Cup, his first titles since his arrival in England. In international football Meireles' national career began at youth level when he represented the Under-16 side at the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship in Israel. 

March 17th, 1983 in Porto (Age 41)