Rui Esteves

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Rui Esteves
Personal information
Full name Rui Manuel Guerreiro Nobre Esteves
Date of birth (1967-01-30) 30 January 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1985 Real Benfica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1986 Torreense
1986–1988 Olhanense
1988–1990 Louletano 45 (2)
1990–1991 Farense 6 (0)
1991–1992 Louletano 29 (0)
1992–1993 Torreense 31 (6)
1993–1994 Vitória Setúbal 28 (2)
1994–1995 Benfica 2 (0)
1995 → Birmingham City (loan) 0 (0)
1995–1997 Belenenses 57 (3)
1998–1999 Daewoo Royals 10 (0)
2000 Beijing Guoan 0 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Fazendense
2002–2003 Alcochetense
2004 Olivais Moscavide
2004 Sintrense
2005 Beira-Mar Monte Gordo
2005–2006 Portosantense
2006 Maia
2006–2007 Torreense
2008–2009 Fabril
2009–2010 Farense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rui Manuel Guerreiro Nobre Esteves (born 30 January 1967) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 93 matches and five goals during five seasons, in representation of Farense, Vitória de Setúbal, Benfica and Belenenses.

Playing career

Born in Lisbon, Esteves started playing professionally at the age of 18, representing several teams in the Portuguese second division, most of them hailing from the Algarve region: S.C.U. Torreense, S.C. Olhanense and Louletano DC. His Primeira Liga debut occurred in the 1990–91 season, but he appeared just six times for S.C. Farense and resumed his career in the second level, representing old acquaintances Louletano and Torreense.

Late in 1994, after having helped Vitória de Setúbal finish sixth in the top flight, Esteves earned himself a transfer to S.L. Benfica, but never settled with his hometown club, playing for a third side in the campaign as he was loaned to England's Birmingham City, although his only match for Blues was a 45 minute appearance in the Auto Windscreens Shield against Leyton Orient. [1] He returned to Portugal in the following summer, spending two years with Benfica neighbours C.F. Os Belenenses also in the top tier, and closed out his career at 33 after spells in Asia, with K-League's Daewoo Royals and in the Chinese Jia-A League with Beijing Guoan FC.

Coaching career

Esteves began working as a coach in 2001, starting with Associação Desportiva Fazendense and going on to be in charge of Grupo Desportivo Alcochetense and C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in the following two years. In December 2008 he was appointed at G.D. Fabril, [2] [3] and never managed in higher than division three.

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References

  1. ↑ Rollon, Jack (1995). Rothman's Football Yearbook. Queen Anne Press.
  2. ↑ "Rog-Rut" (in Portuguese). Liga de Honra. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Rui Esteves é o novo treinador do GDF" [Rui Esteves is new GDF manager] (in Portuguese). G.D. Fabril. 21 December 2008. Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
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