Ruca (footballer, born 7 January 1990)

Rui Pedro Correia Nunes (born 7 January 1990), known as Ruca, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Lusitano FCV as a goalkeeper.

Ruca
Personal information
Full name Rui Pedro Correia Nunes
Date of birth (1990-01-07) 7 January 1990
Place of birth Tábua, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Lusitano Vildemoinhos
Youth career
1998–2000 Tabuense
2000–2001 Tourizense
2001–2002 Vila do Mato
2002–2003 Tourizense
2003–2009 Porto
2005–2006 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Marítimo B 9 (0)
2010–2011 → Tourizense (loan) 20 (0)
2012–2015 Nogueirense 42 (0)
2015–2016 Académico Viseu 4 (0)
2016– Lusitano Vildemoinhos 109 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 October 2020

Club career

Born in Tábua, Coimbra District, Ruca all but spent his entire senior career in the Portuguese lower leagues. In early February 2015, he signed a five-month contract with Segunda Liga club Académico de Viseu F.C. from AD Nogueirense,[1] making his debut in the competition on 15 April in a 0–0 home draw against FC Porto B.[2]

Ruca returned to the third division in the summer of 2016, joining Lusitano FCV in the same region.[3][4]

References
  1. "DESPORTO: RUCA troca Nogueirense por Académico de Viseu" [SPORT: RUCA swaps Nogueirense for Académico de Viseu]. A Comarca de Arganil (in Portuguese). 3 February 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. "Ac. Viseu-FC Porto B, 0–0: Nulo penaliza equipa da casa" [Ac. Viseu-FC Porto B, 0–0: All-nil a punishment for home team]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 April 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. "Diogo Freire é o primeiro reforço do Académico de Viseu" [Diogo Freire is Académico de Viseu's first addition] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. Ponte, Pedro (13 June 2019). "Lusitano de Vildemoinhos: Ruca renova até junho de 2020" [Lusitano de Vildemoinhos: Ruca renews until June 2020]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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