Bock (footballer)

Fernando Jorge Tavares de Oliveira (born 19 September 1975), commonly known as Bock, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a striker.

Bock
Personal information
Full name Fernando Jorge Tavares de Oliveira
Date of birth (1975-09-19) 19 September 1975
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1985–1987 Passarinhos da Ribeira
1987–1994 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Maia 10 (1)
1995–1996 Amarante 32 (17)
1996–1997 Lixa 26 (6)
1997–2000 Freamunde 74 (45)
2000 Trofense 16 (11)
2000 Marco 7 (0)
2001 Ermesinde 22 (10)
2001–2002 Gondomar 36 (18)
2002–2003 Leixões 25 (9)
2003–2005 Freamunde 70 (54)
2005–2006 Vizela 37 (20)
2007–2013 Freamunde 194 (53)
2013–2014 Ribeirão 7 (1)
2014–2015 Rebordosa 44 (8)
2015–2016 Lixa 35 (11)
Total 635 (264)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He never played in the Primeira Liga in his professional career, which spanned nearly two decades, but appeared in 234 matches in the second division while scoring 71 goals, mostly with Freamunde.[1]

Football career

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Bock joined FC Porto's youth ranks at the age of 12 and, even though he excelled at goalscoring during his formative years,[1] never received a first-team opportunity,[2] being released in 1994 and taking his game to the third division, where he had one-season spells with F.C. Maia, Amarante FC and F.C. Lixa.

In the 1997–98 season, Bock had his first spell with what would be his main club, S.C. Freamunde, scoring 30 goals to help the side promote from the fourth level, one of two consecutive. In the following seven years he played almost exclusively in division three, with very brief stints in the second tier; in 2004–05 he netted 32 in 34 matches for Freamunde, who could not however promote to the latter category.

Bock's finest moment in the second division of Portuguese football came in the 2005–06 campaign, as he led the scoring charts to help F.C. Vizela finish in 11th position, at 19 goals. In the 2007 January transfer window the veteran returned to Freamunde with the club in that same tier from 2007–08 onwards, going on to feature regularly until his departure at the age of 37.[3][4]

Club statistics

[5]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leixões 2002–03 25900--259
Freamunde 2003–04 362210--3722
2004–05 343200--3432
Total 705410--7154
Vizela 2005–06 321920--3419
2006–07 5100--51
Total 372020--3920
Freamunde 2006–07 15300--153
2007–08 28112010-3111
2008–09 2742040-334
2009–10 2952021-336
2010–11 28151030-3215
2011–12 27101031-3111
2012–13 3142052-386
Total 18552100184-21356
Career totals 184-

Honours

Club

Freamunde

Leixões

Individual

References
  1. Bock lamenta nunca ter jogado na I Liga (Bock regrets never having played in I League) Archived 9 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine; SAPO, 19 September 2012 (in Portuguese)
  2. Bock: «Em Portugal treina-se muito e joga-se pouco» (Bock: «In Portugal you train too much and you play too little»); Futebol 365, 24 August 2012 (in Portuguese)
  3. Bock: «É um grande alívio» (Bock: «It is a great relief») Archived 15 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Record, 13 May 2012 (in Portuguese)
  4. Bock: «Quase não dormi» (Bock: «I hardly slept») Archived 22 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Record, 20 August 2012 (in Portuguese)
  5. "Bock". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  • Bock at ForaDeJogo (archived)
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