Early career and São Paulo Born in
Paranavaí,
Paraná, Miranda started at
Coritiba, where he made 89 appearances and scored 6 goals. On 29 July 2005, Miranda signed a four-year deal with French side
Sochaux. Miranda made twenty appearances for Sochaux as the club finished mid-table but he was not able to settle in France and soon moved back to his home country. Miranda returned to Brazil in August 2006, on loan to
São Paulo FC. In March 2007, he signed with São Paulo FC until 2011. In the same year, São Paulo won the
2006 Campeonato Brasileiro. He went on to win the
2007 and the
2008 editions of the Campeonato Brasileiro also, even being selected for the "Team of the Year" in both 2007 and 2008 respectively. While São Paulo failed to win any more national titles during Miranda's stay with the club, his individual performances did not go unheralded, as he was included in a further two "Team of the Year" squads in 2009 and 2010.
Atlético Madrid in the 2013–14 season Miranda joined Spanish side
Atlético Madrid in July 2011 upon signing a three-year pre-contractual agreement in January 2011 with Atlético after deciding not to renew his contract with São Paulo which was due to expire in July 2011. Miranda made his competitive debut for his new club on 25 August 2011 in a 4–0 thumping of
Portuguese side
Vitória S.C. in the second leg of their
Europa League playoff round tie. Miranda made his
La Liga debut on 10 September in a 1–0 loss to
Valencia CF,
Roberto Soldado scoring the game's only goal. The Brazilian defender scored his first goal for the capital club against
Granada CF on 11 March 2012, converting a pass from
Diego Godín to a goal in the top left corner of the net, pushing the club to a 2–0 league victory. On 8 April, Miranda put in an underwhelming display against fellow
Champions League chasing club
Levante UD, letting
Arouna Koné in for Levante's second goal in the tenth minute and then picking up a red card with seven minutes left; Atlético lost the game 2–0 and Levante moved up to fourth place. His first European goal for the club came later that month against Spanish opposition, scoring Atlético's second goal in an eventual 4–2 first-leg win against Valencia in the semi-finals of their Europa League encounter on 19 April. Miranda scored Atlético's third goal in their 4–1
UEFA Super Cup thrashing of
European Champions Chelsea on 31 August 2012. On 12 March 2013, Miranda renewed his contract with Madrid, keeping him in Spain until 2016. In the
Copa del Rey final on 17 May, Miranda provided the match-winner, scoring a header in added time of extra time to give Atlético a 2–1 victory over
Real Madrid. This ended a streak of 25 games, stretching back to 1999, without a win against their city rivals. After helping Atlético to their first league title in 17 years, Miranda was nominated in 2014 as the best defender in La Liga, alongside teammate
Filipe Luís and Real Madrid's
Sergio Ramos.
Inter Milan On 30 June 2015,
Serie A club
Inter Milan announced that they had signed Miranda on a two-year loan, for €4 million, with an obligation to sign outright for an additional €11 million on 1 July 2017, with conditions that would push the date even earlier. The obligation was activated after Miranda's 2016–17 season debut for Inter on 20 July. Miranda made his Inter debut on 23 August as they began the
season with a 1–0 home win over
Atalanta. He played 32 games over the campaign, scoring once in a 3–1 victory against
Sampdoria at the
San Siro on 20 February 2016. He was also sent off twice in his first year with the
Nerazzurri, the first coming on 27 September 2015 for a foul on
Nikola Kalinić in a 4–1 home loss to
Fiorentina that ended Inter's unbeaten start.
Jiangsu Suning On 26 July 2019, it was announced that Miranda's contract with Inter was terminated by a mutual consent. Inter also announced that he was set to join Chinese club
Jiangsu Suning. On 28 February 2021, Jiangsu announced that the club would be dissolved, and because of that, all players contracted to the club would be released, including Miranda.
Return to São Paulo In 6 March 2021, before the derby against
Santos at the
Campeonato Paulista,
São Paulo president Julio Casares confirmed the return of Miranda on a
free transfer after days of negotiations. He signed a 1 year and 8 month contract.
Retirement On January 11, 2023, Miranda announced his retirement at the age of 38, through his Instagram. ==International career==