External links
- Emanuel Novo at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Portuguese League profile (in Portuguese)
- Emanuel Novo at Soccerway
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emanuel Rodrigues Novo [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1992 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Vila do Conde, Portugal [1] | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Jandal | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2006 | Varzim | ||
| 2006–2011 | Rio Ave | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Oliveirense | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Melgacense | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Balasar | ||
| 2014–2016 | Famalicão | 18 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Chaves | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Varzim | 26 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Hermannstadt | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Penafiel | 12 | (0) |
| 2021 | Felgueiras 1932 | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Jeddah | 37 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Al-Riyadh | 33 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Al-Taraji | 25 | (0) |
| 2024– | Al-Jandal | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:15, 26 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
Emanuel Rodrigues Novo (born 26 August 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Saudi club Al-Jandal as a goalkeeper.
Born in Vila do Conde, Novo played as a youth for local clubs Varzim S.C. and Rio Ave FC. His early senior career was however spent at a lower level – including A.D.C. Balasar of the Porto Football Association's third district league in 2013–14 – though he won a national title in beach soccer with S.C. Braga in 2014. [2]
After two years with F.C. Famalicão, [3] the latter in the Segunda Liga, Novo signed a deal of the same length with G.D. Chaves in the Primeira Liga. [4] Third choice to Ricardo Nunes and António Filipe, he made just one brief substitute appearance in each of his seasons with the team from Trás-os-Montes; the first was on 8 May 2017 in the final matchday (2–1 away loss against G.D. Estoril Praia), in which the latter was sent off with six minutes remaining and he was immediately beaten by a free kick from Mattheus. [5] [6]
On 14 June 2018, Novo returned to Varzim on a two-year deal. [7] The following 1 July, he moved abroad for the first time, joining several compatriots at FC Hermannstadt in Romania. [8] He made his debut in Liga I 18 days later, a 0–2 home defeat to local rivals CS Gaz Metan Mediaș. [9]
Novo came back to his own country's second tier on 4 September 2020, on a one-year deal at F.C. Penafiel. [10] At the end of the campaign, he was on the books of F.C. Felgueiras 1932 for a few weeks before agreeing to a contract at Jeddah Club in the Saudi First Division League. [11] [12]
Novo continued competing in the same country and league the following seasons, with Al-Riyadh SC, [13] [14] Al-Taraji Club [15] and Al-Jandal SC. [16]
