Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro OIH, known as Miguel, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a right back.
He spent the vast majority of his career with Benfica (five seasons) and Valencia (seven), appearing in the vicinity of 200 official games with both clubs and winning a total of four major titles.
Miguel earned 59 caps for Portugal during the 2000s, and represented the country in two World Cups and as many European Championships.
A Portugal international since making his debut against Italy on 12 February 2003, Miguel was a member of the squad when the country hosted UEFA Euro 2004. Initially a backup to Paulo Ferreira, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari made him the starting right-back in a reorganised defence after a 2–1 loss to Greece in the opening game; he withdrew injured in the first half of the final, a 0–1 defeat to the same team.
At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ferreira started every match before going off with an injury in the 1–0 semi-final loss to France, while at Euro 2008 he backed up José Bosingwa, and only appeared in the 0–2 group stage loss to co-hosts Switzerland.
