Mika

Michael Simoes Domingues CvIH (born 8 March 1991), known as Mika, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Associacao Academica 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 Vitoria de Guimaraes, he made his Primeira Liga debut, coming on as a substitute for Carlao after Helder 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 matches during 2011–12, playing understudy to experienced Artur and Eduardo, and went 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 division side Atletico 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 finalised 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 competitive games in his first season, serving as backup to Jordan Pickford and Vito Mannone.