Ruca (footballer, born January 1990)

Rui Pedro Correia Nunes (born 7 January 1990), known as Ruca, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Ruca
Personal information
Full name Rui Pedro Correia Nunes[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34)[1]
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
2005–2006Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Marítimo B 9 (0)
2010–2011Tourizense (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

Club career

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "Ruca" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
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