Vinha

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Vinha
Personal information
Full name Alves Nilo Marcos Lima Fortes
Date of birth (1966-11-06) 6 November 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Praia, Cape Verde
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1988 Castilla Luanda
1988–1990 Atlético 33 (10)
1990–1993 Salgueiros 65 (10)
1993–1994 Porto 16 (4)
1994–1998 Salgueiros 101 (9)
1998 Paços Ferreira 8 (0)
1999 Lousada
1999 Imortal 13 (1)
2000–2001 Tirsense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alves Nilo Marcos Lima Fortes (born 6 November 1966), commonly known as Vinha, is a Cape Verdean retired footballer who played as a centre-forward.

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Club career

Born in Praia, Vinha arrived in Portugal aged 21, starting out at Atlético Clube de Portugal. After two seasons, he moved to the Primeira Liga with S.C. Salgueiros, being an important attacking unit in the Porto side's domestic consolidation. [1]

Vinha's solid performances attracted attention from local FC Porto, and soon after a callup – which did not materialise – to the Portugal national team. During his sole season he featured little, but still managed to contribute four league goals [1] as the club finished second to S.L. Benfica and won the Taça de Portugal; previously, in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira that started the new campaign, he netted against the same rival in an eventual aggregate victory (he also scored against Benfica in the league opener through a trademark header). [2] [3]

In summer 1994, Vinha returned to Salgueiros for a further four seasons, always in the top division. [3] After failing to score in his last year, from 20 games, he moved to the lower leagues following a brief spell in the Segunda Liga with F.C. Paços de Ferreira, retiring in 2001 at F.C. Tirsense. [4] [1]

Post-retirement

Vinha faded into obscurity upon retiring, also working as a stand employee at Exponor, a cultural exposition and forum center in Leça da Palmeira. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Caetano, Filipe; Alvarenga, Vítor Hugo (27 October 2006). "F.C. Porto-Benfica: por onde andam as figuras acidentais?" [F.C. Porto-Benfica: what happened to accidental heroes?] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (3 October 2019). "Vinha: o «poste» do FC Porto deixou a Exponor e é engenheiro civil" [Vinha: FC Porto's "center" left Exponor and is a civil engineer] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 Alves, Rui. "O «POSTE» DO FC PORTO por Rui Alves" [FC PORTO's "CENTER" by Rui Alves] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal . Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Eurico Gomes «apadrinha» encontro de irmãos no Tirsense" [Eurico Gomes "champions" as brothers unite at Tirsense]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 January 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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