Rui Correia

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Rui Correia
Personal information
Full name Rui Manuel da Silva Correia
Date of birth (1967-10-22) 22 October 1967 (age 56) [1]
Place of birth São João da Madeira, Portugal [1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1982–1984 Sanjoanense
1984–1986 Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1988 Sporting CP 15 (0)
1988–1991 Vitória Setúbal 1 (0)
1991–1992 Chaves 34 (0)
1992–1997 Braga 158 (0)
1997–2001 Porto 38 (0)
2001–2002 Salgueiros 18 (0)
2002–2005 Feirense 87 (0)
2005–2006 Ovarense 27 (0)
2006–2007 Estoril 25 (0)
Total403(0)
International career
1989 Portugal U21 1 (0)
1995–1997 Portugal 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rui Manuel da Silva Correia (born 22 October 1967) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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He appeared in 264 Primeira Liga matches over 15 seasons, mainly with Braga.

Club career

Correia was born in São João da Madeira. In a 21-year professional career he represented Sporting CP, Vitória de Setúbal, G.D. Chaves, S.C. Braga, FC Porto (winning two Primeira Liga championships and starting most of the games in 1997–98), [2] S.C. Salgueiros, C.D. Feirense, A.D. Ovarense and G.D. Estoril Praia.

Correia retired at almost 40, after four seasons in the second division – and one in the third with Feirense [3] – and subsequently joined S.C. Olhanense as its goalkeeping coach. In 2010, he signed with top-flight club Académica de Coimbra in the same capacity. [4]

International career

Correia earned two caps for Portugal and participated at UEFA Euro 1996, being an unused squad member for the quarter-finalists. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rui Correia". Worldfootball. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. "Rui Correia: "Tenho orgulho no que fiz pela conquista do penta"" [Rui Correia: "I am proud of what I did to win the penta"]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 June 1999. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. Pedrosa, Paulo (15 May 2003). "Rui Correia subiu com o Feirense à II Liga: "Foi uma festa bonita"" [Rui Correia promoted with Feirense to II League: "It was a nice party"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. "Jorge Costa mantém equipa técnica" [Jorge Costa keeps technical staff]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 June 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. Hodgson, Guy (1 June 1996). "The rising force in Europe counting on their foreign legion; CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTDOWN: No 9 Portugal". The Independent . Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2020.