Rui Monteiro (footballer, born 1991)

Rui Nuno Paulo Monteiro (born 6 January 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Rui Monteiro
Personal information
Full name Rui Nuno Paulo Monteiro[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-06) 6 January 1991[1]
Place of birth Sintra, Portugal[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2000 Mucifalense
2000–2005 Benfica
2005–2006 Sporting Lourel
2006–2010 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Casa Pia 19 (1)
2011–2013 Marítimo B 22 (1)
2013–2017 Sintrense 120 (34)
2017 Torreense 9 (1)
2018–2019 Lusitanos Saint-Maur 25 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2019

Club career

Monteiro was born in Sintra, Lisbon District. He all but spent his senior career in Portugal in the third division, where he represented Casa Pia AC, S.U. Sintrense and S.C.U. Torreense.[2][3]

The exception to this was in the 2012–13 season, when Monteiro appeared in five matches for C.S. Marítimo's reserve team in the Segunda Liga. He made his debut in the competition on 22 August 2012, playing the entire 1–0 away loss against U.D. Oliveirense.[4]

In the 2018 January transfer window, Monteiro signed with French Championnat National 2 club US Lusitanos Saint-Maur.[5][3]

References
  1. "Rui Monteiro" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. Gouveia Pereira, Miguel (26 May 2015). "Sete jovens do Sintrense no treino" [Seven Sintrense youths in training]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. "Rui Monteiro: do Torreense para os Lusitanos de Saint-Maur" [Rui Monteiro: from Torreense to Lusitanos de Saint-Maur] (in Portuguese). Bom Dia. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. "Oliveirense-Marítimo B, 1–0: Diogo sentencia contenda" [Oliveirense-Marítimo B, 1–0: Diogo sentences clash]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 August 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. "Rui Monteiro débarque aux Lusitanos" [Rui Monteiro lands at Lusitanos]. Luso Jornal (in French). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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