João Moreira (footballer, born 1986)
João Vítor Rocha de Carvalho Moreira is a Portuguese footballer who plays for New Zealand club Team Wellington as a forward.Club career
Moreira was born in Amadora, Lisbon. Still a youngster, he made his Primeira Liga debut with C.F. Estrela da Amadora and, after that season, he signed a five-year contract with Valencia CF, but was immediately loaned out to Rayo Vallecano.
Moreira played one season with the latter club's B-side, being relegated from Segunda División B. Still under loan, he then spent the 2007–08 campaign with C.D. Nacional and Leixões SC, being released in June 2008 by the Spaniards without any official appearances and dropping down to the second level in his country by joining S.C. Beira-Mar.
On 26 June 2009, Moreira underwent a trial at Heart of Midlothian alongside compatriot Zezinando. An eventual deal fell through, and he returned to Estrela after four years.
Moreira left for Spain again in June 2010, agreeing to a one-year contract with UE Lleida in division three. He stayed in that country and tier for 2011–12 and joined Real Balompédica Linense, but was released by the latter in January 2012.
On 18 December 2012, Moreira signed for the only professional football team in Brunei, DPMM FC, joining alongside Stéphane Auvray as one of the foreign players for the 2013 season of the S.League. On 6 February 2014 he switched to the New Zealand Football Championship with Auckland City FC, making his first league appearance ten days later when he started and scored once in the 10–0 away demolition of Southern United FC.
Moreira netted six times in as many games during the 2017 edition of the OFC Champions League – including twice in a 2–0 final first leg defeat of Team Wellington – helping the club to the seventh consecutive accolade in the competition. On 14 October of that year, the 31-year-old left Kiwitea Street.
