Nuno Santos (footballer, born 1980)

Nuno Filipe Oliveira dos Santos (born 19 June 1980) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward but also as a full-back (right or left).

For other people with the same name, see Nuno Santos.
Nuno Santos
Personal information
Full name Nuno Filipe Oliveira dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (1980-06-19) 19 June 1980[1]
Place of birth Viana do Castelo, Portugal[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward, full-back
Youth career
1992–1994 Valenciano
1994–1995 Ribeira de Pena
1995–1996 Vitória Guimarães
1996–1997 Pevidém
1997 Vitória Guimarães
1998 Pevidém
1998–1999 Vizela
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Serzedelo
2000–2002 Oliveira Hospital 32 (5)
2002–2003 Torreense 33 (8)
2003 Académico Viseu 5 (0)
2003–2004 Oliveirense 30 (8)
2004–2005 Varzim 24 (3)
2005–2008 Oliveirense 72 (18)
2008–2010 Santa Clara 58 (12)
2010–2014 Paços Ferreira 49 (0)
2014–2016 Tondela 56 (6)
2016–2017 Académica 30 (0)
Total 389 (60)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Viana do Castelo, Santos spent his early career in the third and fourth divisions, reaching the Segunda Liga in 2004 with Varzim SC. Four years later he was signed by another club in that tier, Azores' C.D. Santa Clara, starting in all league games during the season and scoring nine goals, including two braces.[2][3]

In May 2010, after being again a starter with Santa Clara in the 2009–10 campaign, the 30-year-old Santos signed a two-year contract with Primeira Liga club F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[4] He appeared in 14 matches in his first year, totalling 430 minutes of action and failing to find the net.

Santos retired in 2017 at the age of 37, after spells with C.D. Tondela[5] and Académica de Coimbra.[6]

References
  1. "Nuno Santos" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. "Liga de Honra: Santa Clara vence na Covilhã e assalta liderança" [Honour League: Santa Clara win in Covilhã and take over first place] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 November 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. "Santa Clara-Vizela, 5–1: Salto para a liderança" [Santa Clara-Vizela, 5–1: Leap toward first place]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 November 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. "Nuno Santos 1º reforço para nova época" [Nuno Santos 1st signing for new season] (in Portuguese). F.C. Paços Ferreira. May 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  5. "Nuno Santos deixa Paços e reforça Tondela" [Nuno Santos leaves Paços and bolsters Tondela] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. "Nuno Santos reforça defesa da Académica" [Nuno Santos bolsters Académica's defence]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 22 June 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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