Mika (footballer, born 1991) Michael Simões Domingues , known as Mika , is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Associação Académica de Coimbra .Club career Born in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland to Portuguese parents , Mika joined U.D. Leiria's youth ranks in 2006, aged 15. He was promoted to the main squad for the 2009–10 season , as third choice. On 26 February 2010, in a home match against Vitória de Guimarães , he made his Primeira Liga debut, coming on as a substitute for Carlão after Hélder Godinho received a red card for committing a foul inside the box – he was not able to prevent Andrezinho from scoring the game's only goal, in the subsequent penalty kick ; the following campaign he was still a backup, but two of his three appearances were against Sporting CP and S.L. Benfica. On 7 July 2011 , whilst on international duty with the Portuguese under-20s , Mika signed a five-year contract with Benfica for €500,000. He played no official games during 2011–12 , playing understudy to experienced Artur and Eduardo , going on to spend the following two seasons with the B-team in the Segunda Liga . On 27 January 2014, Mika cut ties with the Lisbon club. He signed for two years with second level side Atlético Clube de Portugal the same day, being first-choice during his short tenure but not being able to help prevent relegation . Mika returned to the top flight in summer 2014, penning a three-year deal with Boavista FC . During the 2016 off-season, he gained interest from Premier League clubs Leicester City and Sunderland: initial reports stated he agreed a move to the latter on transfer deadline day , but the deal was not finalized as the transfer window had already closed. The reason for the delayed transfer was a technical fault at the Portuguese end, but after an appeal to FIFA he was granted permission to join and signed a two-year contract. Mika played no official games in his first season , serving as backup to Jordan Pickford and Vito Mannone . On 12 January 2018 , player and the club mutually agreed to terminate his contract. Mika returned to União de Leiria on 8 March 2018, with the team now competing in the third division . He moved back to his country's top tier in the ensuing June, signing a one-year deal with Belenenses SAD .International career Mika was Portugal's starter at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. He helped the national team reach the final without conceding a single goal, before losing to Brazil 2–3 in the decisive match. In the quarter-finals against Argentina he saved three penalties in the shootout and, in the following game, against France , he broke the record for number of minutes without conceding a goal in U-20 World Cup history in a 2–0 win; eventually, he was voted as best goalkeeper in the tournament. Subsequently, Mika was chosen by under-21 manager Rui Jorge for the 2013 UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign. He played in half of the games, with Portugal just missing out on the play-off round .Club statistics Honours International Portugal FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2011Individual FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Glove: 2011
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