Nuno Piloto

Nuno Piloto

Personal information
Full name	Nuno Miguel Torres Piloto Albuquerque
Date of birth	March 19, 1982 (1982-03-19) (age 29)
Place of birth	Tondela, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Olhanense
Number	6
Youth career
	Académica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2002	→ Anadia (loan)	26	(4)
2002–2004	Académica B	63	(12)
2003–2009	Académica	88	(2)
2009–2010	Iraklis	0	(0)
2010–	Olhanense	19	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Nuno Miguel Torres Piloto de Albuquerque (born 19 March 1982 in Tondela, Viseu), known as Piloto, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Olhanense as a central midfielder.

Club career

Piloto was brought up in the youth system of Académica de Coimbra. His first season as a senior would be spent with semi-professional Anadia FC, in 2001–02, after which he played two years with Académica's reserves, in the third division. His debut with the first team arrived late into the 2002–03 season.

Piloto was used irregularly in his first years with the main squad (six top division appearances, then 24 and nine), definitely becoming an important part in 2007–08, and scoring his first league goals in the following season, in home matches against C.D. Nacional (1–1) and C.F. Os Belenenses (1–0); by this time, he was already team captain.

In June 2009, Piloto moved abroad, signing a three-year contract with Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. in Greece. In the end of July, during pre-season training, he suffered a tear in the ligaments of his left knee, after a strong challenge by Matías Lequi, being sidelined for six months.^[1] The surgery took place in his country, on 10 August, being performed by F.C. Porto's medical staff.^[2]

Academic career

Still as a professional footballer, Piloto graduated from the University of Coimbra with a degree in biochemistry, majoring in 2005. This was followed by a masters' degree in 2009.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Σοκ με Πιλότο!" (in Greek). Blue Arena. 30 July 2009. http://www.bluearena.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1681:bluearena-&catid=10:2009-02-17-10-53-05&Itemid=47. Retrieved 2 August 2009. 
2. ^ "Σε ανοιχτή γραμμή με τον Πιλότο" (in Greek). Blue Arena. 3 August 2009. http://www.bluearena.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1723:2009-08-03-16-28-19&catid=10:2009-02-17-10-53-05&Itemid=47. Retrieved 3 August 2009. 
3. ^ "Parabéns “Mestre” Nuno [Congratulations “Master” Nuno!]" (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 5 June 2009. http://www.academica-oaf.pt/index.php?id=5&param=2065&target=photonews. Retrieved 3 August 2009. 

External links

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

Persondata
Name	Piloto, Nuno
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Date of birth	19 March 1982
Place of birth	Tondela, Portugal
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