Nuno Lopes (footballer, born 1986)

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Nuno Lopes
Personal information
Full name Nuno Miguel Almeida Costa Lopes [1]
Date of birth (1986-12-19) 19 December 1986 (age 37) [1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal [1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1995–1999 Oriental
1999–2002 Olivais Moscavide
2002–2005 Alverca
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Sintrense
2007 Lewes
2007–2009 Operário 54 (8)
2009–2010 Boavista 27 (5)
2010–2012 Oliveirense 28 (2)
2012–2013 Beira-Mar 31 (0)
2013–2015 Rio Ave 20 (0)
2015–2017 Apollon Limassol 30 (1)
2017 Estoril 0 (0)
2018 União Madeira 11 (0)
2019–2022 Aris Limassol
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2020

Nuno Miguel Almeida Costa Lopes (born 19 December 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back.

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Club career

Born in Lisbon, Lopes spent until the age of 23 in lower league and amateur football. During that timeframe, he represented S.U. Sintrense, Lewes (English sixth division), CD Operário and Boavista FC.

Lopes made his professional debut in 2010–11, with U.D. Oliveirense, his first game in the competition occurring on 29 August 2010 as he played 68 minutes in a 1–0 home win against C.D. Fátima in the Segunda Liga. [2] Late into the 2012 January transfer window he signed with Primeira Liga club S.C. Beira-Mar, [3] contributing 19 matches in his first full season, which ended in relegation.

For the 2013–14 campaign, Lopes joined Rio Ave F.C. also in the top division on a two-year contract. [4] During his tenure in Vila do Conde he played understudy to Brazilian Lionn [5] and, in another winter transfer move, signed for Apollon Limassol FC of the Cypriot First Division. [6]

Lopes then had brief spells with G.D. Estoril Praia – where he failed to appear in any matches due to a knee injury [7] – and C.F. União. [8] He returned to Cyprus on 2 August 2019, agreeing to a deal at Aris Limassol FC (Second Division). [9]

Personal life

Lopes' twin brother, Miguel, was also a footballer and a right-back. Both came through exactly the same youth system setup, with the exception of S.L. Benfica. [10] [11]

Career statistics

As of 14 November 2015
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Operário 2007–08 [12] Segunda Divisão 29500—295
2008–09 [12] Segunda Divisão25320—273
Total54820—568
Boavista 2009–10 [12] Segunda Divisão27500—275
Oliveirense 2010–11 [12] Segunda Liga 14060—200
2011–12 [12] Segunda Liga14291—233
Total282151—433
Beira-Mar 2011–12 [12] Primeira Liga 12000—120
2012–13 [12] Primeira Liga19040—230
Total31040—350
Rio Ave 2013–14 [12] Primeira Liga13020—150
2014–15 [12] Primeira Liga70503 [lower-alpha 1] 0150
Total2007030300
Apollon Limassol 2014–15 [13] Cypriot First Division 1510000151
2015–16 [13] Cypriot First Division10005 [lower-alpha 1] 060
Total1610050211
Career total176162818021217
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nuno Lopes" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Oliveirense entra a ganhar" [Oliveirense have winning debut]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 August 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Frederico, Francisco (30 January 2012). "Beira Mar anuncia Nuno Lopes e Tiago Cintra" [Beira Mar announce Nuno Lopes and Tiago Cintra] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Nuno Lopes já assinou pelo Rio Ave" [Nuno Lopes has already signed for Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "A hora de Nuno Lopes" [Nuno Lopes' time]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Pereira, Sérgio (20 January 2015). "Rio Ave: Nuno Lopes no Apollon Limassol" [Rio Ave: Nuno Lopes in Apollon Limassol] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Castro Martins, Luís (3 September 2017). "Estoril rescinde com Nuno Lopes" [Estoril rescind with Nuno Lopes] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "OFICIAL: Nuno Lopes no União da Madeira" [OFFICIAL: Nuno Lopes to União da Madeira] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Νούνο Λόπεζ οι φίλοι και οπαδοί του Άρη Λεμεσού σε καλωσορίζουμε στην οικογένεια μας και σου ευχόμαστε κάθε επιτυχία" [Nuno Lopes the friends and supporters of Aris Limassol welcome you to our family and wish you every success] (in Greek). Facebook. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  10. ↑ Pereira, Sérgio (23 January 2009). "Miguel Lopes, a história do lateral que já foi guarda-redes" [Miguel Lopes, the story of the fullback who used to be a goalkeeper] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Jogo de Alvalade juntou dois irmãos gémeos" [Game at Alvalade joined two twin brothers]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 January 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nuno Lopes at ForaDeJogo (archived) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  13. 1 2 "Nuno Lopes". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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