Nascimento (Portuguese footballer)

Nascimento

Personal information
Full name	Rui António Cruz Ferreira
Date of birth	March 22, 1960 (1960-03-22) (age 51)
Place of birth	Leiria, Portugal
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1972–1977	Saint-Dié
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1977–1979	Saint-Dié
1979–1982	União Leiria	35	(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)
National team
1987	Portugal	5	(0)
Teams managed
2001–2002	Braga (assistant)
2003–2004	Marítimo (assistant)
2005–2006	Naval (assistant)
2006–2007	Pinhalnovense
2007–2008	Vitória Guimarães (assistant)
2009–2011	Al Sharjah (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Rui António da Cruz Ferreira (born 22 March 1960), aka Nascimento, is a retired Portuguese footballer and manager. During his career, he played as a central midfielder.

Club career

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

At the age of 29, Nascimento signed with national giants F.C. Porto, winning the only title of his career, the national championship, but he only collected 13 appearances, in 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 coaching career in the early 2000s, and would work mainly as an assistant, always under Manuel Cajuda.

International career

Nascimento represented Portugal at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, helping it to the quarterfinals.^[1]

He went on to earn five caps for the senior team in 1987, after the vast majority of the players left the national side following the Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

References

1. ^ Nascimento (Portuguese footballer) – FIFA competition record

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Nascimento (Portuguese footballer) at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Nascimento
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Date of birth	22 March 1960
Place of birth	Leiria, Portugal
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