Miguel Luís


Miguel Mariz Luís is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sporting CP.

Club career

Born in Charneca de Caparica, Almada, Luís joined Sporting CP's youth ranks at the age of 10, from Académica de Coimbra. He made his professional debut for the reserve team on 6 August 2017 on the first day of the LigaPro season away to S.C. Covilhã as a 72nd-minute substitute for Bubacar Djaló and scoring the 2–1 winner in added time.
On 4 November 2018, under caretaker manager Tiago Fernandes, Luís made his first-team and Primeira Liga debut for the last seconds of a 2–1 win away to C.D. Santa Clara. Four days later, he made a first start and European bow in a goalless draw away to Arsenal in the UEFA Europa League group stage; on 13 December in the same competition he scored a first goal in a 3–0 win over FC Vorskla of Ukraine at the Estádio José Alvalade.
Luís scored his first goal in Portugal's top flight on 3 January 2019, in a 2–1 home win over Belenenses SAD.

International career

A Portugal international from under-15 level onwards, Luís was part of the under-17 team that won the 2016 UEFA European Championship in Azerbaijan; he scored 5–0 wins over the hosts in the opening game and Austria in the quarter-finals.
At under-19 level, Luís was a European runner-up in 2017 and champion in 2018, netting twice in the group stage in the latter competition in Finland.

Honours

Sporting