Nuno Rocha (Cape Verdean footballer)

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Nuno Rocha
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Rocha with Tosno in 2017
Personal information
Full name Nuno Miguel Monteiro Rocha [1]
Date of birth (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32) [1]
Place of birth Praia, Cape Verde [1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2010–2011 Marítimo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Marítimo B 85 (8)
2013–2014 Marítimo 15 (1)
2014–2017 Universitatea Craiova 92 (22)
2017–2018 Tosno 27 (0)
2018–2019 Universitatea Craiova 16 (2)
Total235(33)
International career
2014–2019 Cape Verde 25 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nuno Miguel Monteiro Rocha (born 25 March 1992) is a Cape Verdean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Contents

Club career

Marítimo

Born in Praia, Rocha moved to Portugal with C.S. Marítimo for his last year as a junior. He spent the vast majority of his first three senior seasons with the reserves, competing with them in both the second and third divisions. [2]

Rocha made his Primeira Liga debut with the first team on 7 October 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Vitória de Guimarães. [3] He scored his first goal in the competition the following 16 February, the game's only at home to Vitória de Setúbal. [4]

Universitatea Craiova

In June 2014, Rocha signed with Romanian club CS Universitatea Craiova. [5] [6] His maiden appearance in Liga I took place on 25 July, as he came on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw with CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu. [7]

In the 2015–16 season, Rocha scored a career-best nine goals to help his team to finish in eighth position. His teammates included compatriots Kay and Rambé, [8] and he was released from contract on 11 April 2017. [9]

Tosno

On 7 June 2017, Rocha joined Russian Premier League side FC Tosno on a three-year deal. [10] He helped them win the domestic cup in his only season, scoring the decisive penalty kick in the semi-final shootout against FC Spartak Moscow [11] and also being featured in the decisive match against FC Avangard Kursk at the Volgograd Arena. [12]

International career

Rocha earned his first cap for Cape Verde on 6 September 2014, in a 3–1 away win over Niger for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Selected for the finals by manager Rui Águas, [13] he took part in all three group-phase games, which ended in draw and subsequent elimination. [14] [15] [16]

On 1 September 2017, Rocha scored twice to hand his team a 2–1 defeat of South Africa, their first ever win against their African counterparts. [17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 May 2018 [18] [19]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Marítimo B 2011–12 Campeonato de Portugal 294–––294
2012–13 LigaPro 352–––352
2013–14 212–––212
Total858000000858
Marítimo 2013–14 Primeira Liga 15110–4 [a] 1202
Universitatea Craiova 2014–15 Liga I 30810––318
2015–16 38910––399
2016–17 24520–1 [b] 0275
Total92224000109722
Tosno 2017–18 Russian Premier League 27030––300
Career total2193180005123232
  1. ↑ Four appearances in Taça da Liga
  2. ↑ One appearance in Cupa Ligii

International goals

Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rocha goal. [20]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 June 2015 Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 2–07–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
21 September 2017 Estádio Nacional, Praia, Cape VerdeFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–12–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
32–1

Honours

Tosno

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