Ruca (footballer, born January 1990)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rui Pedro Correia Nunes[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 January 1990||
Place of birth | Tábua, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2000 | Tabuense | ||
2000–2001 | Tourizense | ||
2001–2002 | Vila do Mato | ||
2002–2003 | Tourizense | ||
2003–2009 | Porto | ||
2005–2006 | → Padroense (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Marítimo B | 9 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Tourizense (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Nogueirense | 42 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Académico Viseu | 4 | (0) |
2016–2021 | Lusitano Vildemoinhos | 128 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Oliveira Hospital | 6 | (0) |
2022 | Castro Daire | 5 | (0) |
Total | 214 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rui Pedro Correia Nunes (born 7 January 1990), known as Ruca, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
[edit]Born in Tábua, Coimbra District, Ruca all but spent his entire senior career in the Portuguese lower leagues. In early February 2015, he signed a five-month contract with Segunda Liga club Académico de Viseu F.C. from A.D. Nogueirense,[2] making his debut in the competition on 15 April in a 0–0 home draw against FC Porto B.[3]
Ruca returned to the third division in the summer of 2016, joining Lusitano FCV in the same region.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ruca" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "DESPORTO: RUCA troca Nogueirense por Académico de Viseu" [SPORT: RUCA swaps Nogueirense for Académico de Viseu]. A Comarca de Arganil (in Portuguese). 3 February 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Ac. Viseu-FC Porto B, 0–0: Nulo penaliza equipa da casa" [Ac. Viseu-FC Porto B, 0–0: All-nil a punishment for home team]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 April 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Diogo Freire é o primeiro reforço do Académico de Viseu" [Diogo Freire is Académico de Viseu's first addition] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Ponte, Pedro (13 June 2019). "Lusitano de Vildemoinhos: Ruca renova até junho de 2020" [Lusitano de Vildemoinhos: Ruca renews until June 2020]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Ruca at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Portuguese League profile (in Portuguese)
- Ruca national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Ruca at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Tábua
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Footballers from Coimbra District
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- G.D. Tourizense players
- Padroense F.C. players
- C.S. Marítimo players
- A.D. Nogueirense players
- Académico de Viseu F.C. players
- Lusitano FCV players
- F.C. Oliveira do Hospital players
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen