Nuno Santos (footballer, born 1980)

Nuno Filipe Oliveira dos Santos (born 19 June 1980) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward but also as a full-back (right or left).

Nuno Santos
Personal information
Full nameNuno Filipe Oliveira dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (1980-06-19) 19 June 1980 (age 43)[1]
Place of birthViana do Castelo, Portugal[1]
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)[1]
Position(s)Forward, full-back
Youth career
1992–1994Valenciano
1994–1995Ribeira de Pena
1995–1996Vitória Guimarães
1996–1997Pevidém
1997Vitória Guimarães
1998Pevidém
1998–1999Vizela
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000Serzedelo
2000–2002Oliveira Hospital32(5)
2002–2003Torreense33(8)
2003Académico Viseu5(0)
2003–2004Oliveirense30(8)
2004–2005Varzim24(3)
2005–2008Oliveirense72(18)
2008–2010Santa Clara58(12)
2010–2014Paços Ferreira49(0)
2014–2016Tondela56(6)
2016–2017Académica30(0)
Total389(60)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Viana do Castelo, Santos spent his early career in the third and fourth divisions, reaching the Segunda Liga in 2004 with Varzim SC. Four years later he was signed by another club in that tier, Azores' C.D. Santa Clara, starting in all league games during the season and scoring nine goals, including two braces.[2][3]

In May 2010, after being again a starter with Santa Clara in the 2009–10 campaign, the 30-year-old Santos signed a two-year contract with Primeira Liga club F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[4] He appeared in 14 matches in his first year, totalling 430 minutes of action and failing to find the net.

Santos retired in 2017 at the age of 37, after spells with C.D. Tondela[5] and Académica de Coimbra.[6]

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