Rui Figueiredo

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Rui Figueiredo
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Personal information
Full name Rui Jorge Costa Figueiredo
Date of birth (1983-04-07) April 7, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Cabreiros
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2005 Gil Vicente 19 (1)
2005–2007 C.D. Aves 22 (1)
2007–2009 APEP 26 (3)
2009–2010 Onisilos Sotira 38 (8)
2010 Nea Salamina 12 (0)
2012–2014 Varzim 84 (4)
2014–2015 Limianos 29 (4)
2015–2016 Vilaverdense 16 (1)
2016–2017 Brito 7 (1)
2017–2018 Esposende 8 (2)
2018– Cabreiros 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rui Jorge Costa Figueiredo (known as Rui Figueiredo) (born 7 April 1983 in Barcelos, Portugal) is a Portuguese football midfielder who plays for SC Cabreiros.

As a kid he joined Gil Vicente, a well-known club in Portugal's Premier league. He made his debut when 17 years old against S.L. Benfica and played for six years, in more than 60 games, in the league.

Then he joined C.D. Aves, becoming an important player in the Portuguese Second Division. He came with C.D. Aves to first division again and played in 2006. He also played for Portugal u-16 becoming European Champion in Israel 2000, also winning the Toulon Tournament in 2003. Figueiredo has 54 caps and 10 goals to his credit.

After playing a season for APEP Pitsilias in the Cypriot First Division, he was a regular starter, he moved to Onisilos Sotira he scored 8 league goals becoming the second best scorer of the team. This season 2010-2011 he moved to Nea Salamis Famagusta FC.


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