Nuno Santos (footballer born 1973)

Nuno Santos

Personal information
Full name	Nuno Luís Costa Santos
Date of birth	20 April 1973 (1973-04-20) (age 38)
Place of birth	Setúbal, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Ethnikos Assia
Youth career
1984–1985	OVNI 2001
1985–1991	Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1992	→ Caldas (loan)	?	(?)
1992–1998	Vitória Setúbal	42	(0)
1993–1994	→ Operário (loan)	?	(?)
1998–1999	Leeds United	0	(0)
1999–2003	Benfica	0	(0)
2000	→ Badajoz (loan)	0	(0)
2001	→ Santa Clara (loan)	8	(0)
2001–2002	→ Beira-Mar (loan)	24	(0)
2003–2004	Vitória Setúbal	13	(0)
2004–2007	Santa Clara	69	(0)
2007	Raging Rhinos	2	(0)
2008	Toronto FC	?	(?)
2008–2009	Gondomar	19	(0)
2009–2010	Arouca	9	(0)
2010–	Ethnikos Assia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 1 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Nuno Luís Costa Santos (born 20 April 1973) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Ethnikos Assia in Cyprus, as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Setúbal, Santos made his professional debuts with hometown's Vitória Futebol Clube, also serving two loans with lowly teams (Caldas Sport Clube and Clube Operário Desportivo).

His solid performances in 1997–98 attracted the attention of Leeds United, but he made no official appearances whatsoever for the Premier League side, returning to his country with S.L. Benfica.

With the Primeira Liga powerhouse, Santos was almost always only third-choice, and went on to also serve several loans, including in Spain's CD Badajoz, making no appearances for the second division club during his four-month spell. Released by Benfica in June 2003, he returned to Vitória for one more season, then stabilized at C.D. Santa Clara – which he had already represented on loan from Benfica – starting in two of his three seasons with the Azores side.

After one year in North America, appearing for both the Rochester Raging Rhinos and Toronto FC, Santos returned to Portugal and played in slightly more than half of the league's matches for Gondomar Sport Clube, with the club, also in the second level, being relegated. In the summer, he dropped down a division and joined F.C. Arouca.

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• BDFutbol profile
• FootballDatabase profile

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Name	Santos, Nuno
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Date of birth	20 April 1973
Place of birth	Setúbal, Portugal
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