Miguel José Oliveira Silva Santos (born 21 October 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.
Santos spent his youth with Benfica, SC Lourel, Belenenses, and Estoril, before spending the 2015âÂÂ16 season as Benfica B's first-choice goalkeeper. He signed with English club Port Vale for five months in August 2016 before moving on to Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard in January 2017. He helped Fortuna win promotion out of the Eerste Divisie at the end of the 2017âÂÂ18 season. He signed with Romanian side Astra Giurgiu in August 2018 and was loaned out to Academica Clinceni for the 2019âÂÂ20 season. He joined the Dutch club Roda in October 2020 and then returned to Portugal to sign for Mafra in July 2021. He moved on to Trofense 12 months later. He joined Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia in July 2023. He joined Finnish club Jaro via Anadia in February 2025 and moved on to AC Oulu the following year.
Santos joined Benfica's junior team from Estoril in 2013. He made his Segunda Liga debut for Benfica B in a 3âÂÂ2 defeat to Atlético CP at the Benfica Campus on 17 August, when he came on as a substitute for Wei Huang following goalkeeper Bruno Varela's sending off. He made one further appearance in the 2013âÂÂ14 campaign before he established himself as Benfica B's first choice goalkeeper in February 2015 and played ten games at the end of the 2014âÂÂ15 season. He played 37 of Benfica B's 46 league games in the 2015âÂÂ16 season.
On 31 August 2016, Santos signed a two-year contract with English League One club Port Vale. He had already been training at Vale Park for several weeks before signing, and said that he aimed to replace Jak Alnwick as the club's first choice goalkeeper. He made his debut for the "Valiants" in a 1âÂÂ0 defeat to Mansfield Town in an EFL Trophy Northern Group E match at Vale Park on 4 October. He made a second appearance in the same competition, keeping a clean sheet and saving two penalties in the resulting shoot-out with Doncaster Rovers; first-team coach Andy Smith praised Santos after the game, saying "It was an outstanding performance... he is a top quality goalkeeper". After Michael Brown succeeded Bruno Ribeiro as manager, Santos left the club by mutual consent in January 2017.
Santos joined the Dutch Eerste Divisie club Fortuna Sittard in January 2017. He played 19 league games for Fortuna in the second half of the 2016âÂÂ17 season. He played 25 matches for "Fortunezen" during the 2017âÂÂ18 season as the club won promotion to the Eredivisie as runners-up of the Eerste Divisie.
On 15 August 2018, Santos signed a four-year contract with Romanian Liga I club Astra Giurgiu. Manager Marius MÃÂldÃÂrÃÂÃÂanu expected him to compete with Bulgarian goalkeeper Plamen Iliev for a first-team place. However, he remained only a back-up to David Lazar and was restricted to four appearances at the Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in the 2018âÂÂ19 season, and was an unused substitute in the Cupa României final defeat to Viitorul ConstanÃÂa at the Ilie OanàStadium. On 19 August 2019, he joined Liga I rivals Academica Clinceni on loan for the rest of the 2019âÂÂ20 season.
On 5 October 2020, he returned to the Netherlands and signed with Eerste Divisie club Roda JC Kerkrade. He featured nine times in the 2020âÂÂ21 campaign as Groningen loanee Jan Hoekstra was preferred in goal.
On 30 July 2021, he returned to Portugal and signed with Mafra. Manager Ricardo Sousa selected him for 23 of Mafra's 34 league games, with Brazilian Renan playing the other 11. On 21 July 2022, he signed with league rivals Trofense, where manager Jorge Casquilha was looking for him to provide competition for Tiago Silva. On 7 November, he scored a bizarre own goal after Benfica B goalkeeper Samuel Soares hit the crossbar with a kick from his own half and the ball rebounded into Santos and over the goal line. He played 17 games in the 2022âÂÂ23 campaign as Trofense were relegated into Liga 3.
In July 2023, he joined newly relegated Cypriot Second Division club Olympiakos Nicosia on a one-year contract, with the option of a further year. He spent the first half of the 2024âÂÂ25 season with Anadia in Liga 3 Portugal.
On 3 February 2025, Santos moved to Finland and signed with newly-promoted Veikkausliiga club Jaro. He signed for Finnish club AC Oulu for the 2026 Veikkausliiga season.
Fortuna Sittard
Astra Giurgiu