Nascimento (Portuguese footballer)

Rui António da Cruz Ferreira (born 22 March 1960), known as Nascimento, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.

Nascimento
Personal information
Full name Rui António da Cruz Ferreira
Date of birth (1960-03-22) 22 March 1960
Place of birth Leiria, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1972–1977 Saint-Dié
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Saint-Dié 24 (2)
1979–1982 União Leiria 66 (2)
1982–1985 Vitória Setúbal 85 (17)
1985–1989 Vitória Guimarães 107 (4)
1989–1990 Porto 13 (1)
1990–1992 Tirsense 45 (5)
1992–1993 Amora 5 (0)
Total 345 (31)
National team
1987 Portugal 5 (0)
Teams managed
1994–1997 Braga (assistant)
1997–1998 Belenenses (assistant)
1998–2002 Braga (assistant)
2002–2003 União Leiria (assistant)
2003–2004 Beira-Mar (assistant)
2004 Marítimo (assistant)
2005–2006 Naval (assistant)
2006–2007 Pinhalnovense
2007–2008 Vitória Guimarães (assistant)
2009–2011 Al Sharjah (assistant)
2011–2012 União Leiria (assistant)
2012 Covilhã
2012–2013 Olhanense (assistant)
2013–2014 União Leiria
2014–2015 Atlético
2015 Marítimo B
2017–2018 Army United[1]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Leiria, Nascimento made his professional debuts with local União Desportiva in 1979, after playing his youth football and starting his senior career in France. He consolidated himself as a Primeira Liga player in the following seven seasons, playing with Vitória de Setúbal (three years) and Vitória de Guimarães (four), always as first-choice and scoring nearly 30 overall goals.

At the age of 29, Nascimento signed with FC Porto, winning the only title of his career, the national championship, but he only collected 13 appearances in a total of 542 minutes. He closed out his career at 33, after spells with lowly F.C. Tirsense (two years, one of those in the top flight) and Amora FC.

Nascimento started his managerial career in the early 2000s, and would work mainly as an assistant, always under Manuel Cajuda. His first head coach experience arrived in 2006, with C.D. Pinhalnovense in the third level.

International career

Nascimento represented Portugal at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, helping his team to the quarter-finals.[2] He went on to earn five caps for the senior side in 1987, after the vast majority of the players defected following the Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

References
  1. "อาร์มี่เปิดตัวกุนซือโปรไลเซนส์ ประเดิมคุมซ้อมทางการ".
  2. Nascimento – FIFA competition record
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