Nuno Rocha (Cape Verdean footballer)

Nuno Miguel Monteiro Rocha (born 25 March 1992) is a Cape Verdean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Not to be confused with Nuno Rocha (Portuguese footballer).
Nuno Rocha
Rocha with Tosno in 2017
Personal information
Full name Nuno Miguel Monteiro Rocha[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992[1]
Place of birth Praia, Cape Verde[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2010–2011 Marítimo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Marítimo B 85 (8)
2013–2014 Marítimo 15 (1)
2014–2017 Universitatea Craiova 92 (22)
2017–2018 Tosno 27 (0)
2018–2019 Universitatea Craiova 16 (2)
Total 235 (33)
International career
2014–2019 Cape Verde 25 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Marítimo

Born in Praia, Rocha moved to Portugal with C.S. Marítimo for his last year as a junior. He spent the vast majority of his first three senior seasons with the reserves, competing with them in both the second and third divisions.[2]

Rocha made his Primeira Liga debut with the first team on 7 October 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Vitória de Guimarães.[3] He scored his first goal in the competition the following 16 February, the game's only at home to Vitória de Setúbal.[4]

Universitatea Craiova

In June 2014, Rocha signed with Romanian club CS Universitatea Craiova.[5][6] His maiden appearance in Liga I took place on 25 July, as he came on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw with CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu.[7]

In the 2015–16 season, Rocha scored a career-best nine goals to help his team to finish in eighth position. His teammates included compatriots Kay and Rambé,[8] and he was released from contract on 11 April 2017.[9]

Tosno

On 7 June 2017, Rocha joined Russian Premier League side FC Tosno on a three-year deal.[10] He helped them win the domestic cup in his only season, scoring the decisive penalty kick in the semi-final shootout against FC Spartak Moscow[11] and also being featured in the decisive match against FC Avangard Kursk at the Volgograd Arena.[12]

International career

Rocha earned his first cap for Cape Verde on 6 September 2014, in a 3–1 away win over Niger for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Selected for the finals by manager Rui Águas,[13] he took part in all three group-phase games, which ended in draw and subsequent elimination.[14][15][16]

On 1 September 2017, Rocha scored twice to hand his team a 2–1 defeat of South Africa, their first ever win against their African counterparts.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 May 2018[18][19]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Marítimo B 2011–12 Campeonato de Portugal 294–––294
2012–13 LigaPro 352–––352
2013–14 212–––212
Total 858000000858
Marítimo 2013–14 Primeira Liga 15110–4[lower-alpha 1]1202
Universitatea Craiova 2014–15 Liga I 30810––318
2015–16 38910––399
2016–17 24520–1[lower-alpha 2]0275
Total 92224000109722
Tosno 2017–18 Russian Premier League 27030––300
Career total 2193180005123232
  1. Four appearances in Taça da Liga
  2. One appearance in Cupa Ligii

International goals
Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rocha goal.[20]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 June 2015Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde São Tomé and Príncipe2–07–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.1 September 2017Estádio Nacional, Praia, Cape Verde South Africa1–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.2–1

Honours

Tosno

References
  1. "Nuno Rocha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. "Nuno Rocha do Marítimo agrada a Jardim" [Marítimo's Nuno Rocha pleases Jardim] (in Portuguese). Super Sporting. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. "Vitória sobe ao oitavo lugar" [Vitória climb to eighth place] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. "Marítimo vence Setúbal e sobe ao oitavo lugar" [Marítimo beat Setúbal and climb to eighth place] (in Portuguese). TSF. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  5. "Sapte nume noi la Universitatea Craiova" [Seven new names at Universitatea Craiova] (in Romanian). Universitatea Craiova. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  6. "Cum poate deveni primul jucator de 15 mil euro din Liga I o TEAPA! Transferul care trebuia sa duca o nou promovata in Europa" [How to become the first 15 million euro player in Liga I! The transfer that was supposed to bring a new promotion to Europe] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. "CS Universitatea Craiova – Pandurii 1–1. Curelea a fost demon și înger în Bănie" [CS Universitatea Craiova – Pandurii 1–1. Curelea was a demon and an angel in Bănie] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  8. Partan, Victor (4 December 2016). "Rambe, mai mult Rambo decât fotbalist. Topul stranierilor din Liga I" [Rambe, more Rambo than a footballer. Top foreigners in Liga I] (in Romanian). Sportescu. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  9. Dobrescu, Petre (11 April 2017). "Nuno Rocha nu mai face parte din lotul lui CSU Craiova" [Nuno Rocha is no longer part of CSU Craiova]. Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  10. НУНУ РОША – В «ТОСНО» [Nuno Rocha – In Tosno] (in Russian). FC Tosno. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  11. "Federação Russa investiga cânticos racistas dos adeptos do Spartak a Nuno Rocha" [Russian Federation investigates racists chants from Spartak fans to Nuno Rocha]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 April 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  12. "Futebol: Tosno de Nuno Rocha conquista Taça da Rússia" [Football: Nuno Rocha's Tosno conquer Russian Cup]. A Nação (in Portuguese). 10 May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  13. "Tubarões Azuis: Rui Águas divulga a lista dos convocados para CAN 2015" [Blue Sharks: Rui Águas releases squad selected to 2015 ACN] (in Portuguese). RTC. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  14. "Tunisia 1–1 Cape Verde Islands". BBC Sport. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  15. "DR Congo's Robert Kidiaba denies Cape Verde in Africa Cup of Nations". The Guardian. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  16. "Cape Verde Islands 0–0 Zambia". BBC Sport. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  17. "Bafana suffer 2018 SWC qualifying setbacks". Sport 24. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  18. Nuno Rocha at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  19. Nuno Rocha at Soccerway
  20. "Nuno Rocha – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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