{{short description|Angolan footballer (born 1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jaime Linares | image = Jaime Linares Iran vs. Angola 2014-05-30 (031).jpg | caption = Linares with Angola in 2014 | full_name = Jaime Miguel Linares | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vila Real, Portugal | height = 1.87 m | position = Defensive midfielder | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1992–1996 | youthclubs1 = Diogo Cão | youthyears2 = 1996–1998 | youthclubs2 = Vila Real | youthyears3 = 1998–2001 | youthclubs3 = Boavista | years1 = 2001–2002 | clubs1 = Gondomar | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2002–2003 | clubs2 = Leça | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2003–2004 | clubs3 = Lusitânia | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2004–2005 | clubs4 = Ovarense | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2005–2006 | clubs5 = Dragões Sandinenses | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2006–2007 | clubs6 = Ribeira Brava | caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2007–2010 | clubs7 = Bordj Bou Arréridj | caps7 = 77 | goals7 = 3 | years8 = 2011–2015 | clubs8 = Progresso | caps8 = 62 | goals8 = 2 | years9 = 2016–2019 | clubs9 = Libolo | caps9 = 49 | goals9 = 2 | totalcaps = 336 | totalgoals = 12 | nationalyears1 = 2011–2014 | nationalteam1 = Angola | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Jaime Miguel Linares''' (born 21 May 1982) is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
==Club career== Born in Vila Real, Portugal to Angolan parents, Linares started playing football for Associação Desportiva e Cultural Escola Diogo Cão, joining S.C. Vila Real at the age of 14 and finishing his youth career with Boavista FC. He made his senior debut with another northern club, Gondomar S.C. of the third division.
In the following four seasons, Linares continued to play in the third level, but also competed in division two with Leça F.C. and A.D. Ovarense. On early morning 16 May 2005 he was involved in a traffic accident with four other players, most notably José Bosingwa and Nélson Marcos, but suffered only minor injuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/interior.aspx?content_id=238647|title=Bosingwa e mais quatro futebolistas envolvem-se em aparatoso acidente|trans-title=Bosingwa and four other footballers involved in spectacular accident|newspaper=Record|language=Portuguese|date=16 May 2005|accessdate=25 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150103/http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/interior.aspx?content_id=238647|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Linares then played in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with CA Bordj Bou Arréridj, spending three seasons with the side. Subsequently, he returned to the land of his ancestors and signed for Progresso Associação do Sambizanga.
==International career== Linares was part of the Angolan squad at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/16440871|title=Angola await Rafael clearance|publisher=BBC Sport|date=6 January 2012|accessdate=26 May 2017}}</ref> There, on 22 January, at the age of almost 30, he made his international debut, playing the last seconds of the 2–1 group stage win against Burkina Faso.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/16669349|title=Burkina Faso 1–2 Angola|publisher=BBC Sport|date=22 January 2012|accessdate=26 May 2017}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{ForaDeJogo}} *{{DZFoot|1567}} *{{NFT|46356}}
{{Angola Squad 2012 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Linares, Jaime}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Vila Real Category:Angolan men's footballers Category:21st-century Angolan sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Angola men's international footballers Category:2012 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:Segunda Divisão players Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Category:Girabola players Category:Boavista F.C. players Category:Gondomar S.C. players Category:Leça F.C. players Category:S.C. Lusitânia players Category:A.D. Ovarense players Category:S.C. Dragões Sandinenses players Category:CD Ribeira Brava players Category:CA Bordj Bou Arréridj players Category:Progresso Associação do Sambizanga players Category:C.R.D. Libolo players Category:Angolan expatriate men's footballers Category:Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria