Nuno André Coelho

Nuno André Coelho

Personal information
Full name	Nuno André Silva Coelho
Date of birth	January 7, 1986 (1986-01-07) (age 25)
Place of birth	Penafiel, Portugal
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Braga
Number	4
Youth career
2003–2004	Penafiel
2004–2005	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005	Porto B	10	(1)
2006	→ Maia (loan)	14	(0)
2006–2010	Porto	1	(0)
2006–2007	→ Standard Liège (loan)	10	(0)
2007–2008	→ Portimonense (loan)	15	(0)
2008–2009	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)	28	(1)
2010–2011	Sporting CP	9	(0)
2011–	Braga	2	(0)
National team
2005	Portugal U20	10	(1)
2006–2008	Portugal U21	20	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Not to be confused with Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho.

Nuno André da Silva Coelho (born 7 January 1986 in Penafiel) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Braga as a central defender.

Club career

Coelho reached F.C. Porto from northern neighbours F.C. Penafiel aged 18, and spent his first professional months with the reserve side, being loaned shortly after to F.C. Maia, by then in the second division. Subsequently, he spent the following three seasons in the same predicament – during 2007–08, he played for Portimonense SC, alongside namesake Nuno Miguel Coelho, also in level two.

On August 24, 2008, Coelho made his first division debut, with C.F. Estrela da Amadora, playing 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Académica de Coimbra. In July 2009, he returned to Porto, following the retirement of veteran Pedro Emanuel, appearing only once during the league season, the 4–1 win at União de Leiria, in the last matchday (plus four Portuguese League Cup contests and the first half of the 0–5 loss at Arsenal, for the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 second leg).

On 4 July 2010, Coelho signed a four-year contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal for €1million, as part of the deal that sent João Moutinho in the opposite direction. The northerners retained 50% of the player's rights.^[1][2] His first official game came on 13 August, in a 0–1 loss at F.C. Paços de Ferreira; on the 26th, he scored a rare goal, shooting from 40 metres as the Lions defeated Brøndby IF 3–0 after losing 0–2 at home, thus qualifying for the UEFA Europa League's group stage.^[3]

After the end of the 2010–11 season (where he was used rarely, sometimes not even making the list of 18), on 7 June 2011, Coelho was sold to S.C. Braga as an installment deduction on the deals of João Pereira and Evaldo Fabiano transfers, signing a four-year contract.^[4]

International career

During roughly two years, Coelho played for Portugal U-21s.^[5] On 29 August 2010, he was first called to the senior side, for two UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers against Cyprus and Norway, but did not make his debut.

References

1. ^ Moutinho swaps Sporting for Porto; UEFA.com, 5 July 2010
2. ^ "Comunicado (rectificado) [Announcement (corrected)]" (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 5 July 2010. http://www.fcporto.pt/IncFCP/PDF/Investor_Relations/FactosRelevantes/joaomoutinho05072010.pdf. Retrieved 6 July 2010. 
3. ^ "Sporting come back from the dead to make Europa League group stage". PortuGOAL. 27 August 2010. http://www.portugoal.net/index.php/more-europa-league-news/14892-sporting-produce-storming-comeback. Retrieved 2 March 2011. 
4. ^ "Nuno André Coelho confirmado até 2015 [Nuno André Coelho confirmed until 2015]" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 7 June 2011. http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=267914. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
5. ^ Antunes earns Portugal promotion

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Standard Liège profile (Dutch)

Persondata
Name	Coelho, Nuno Andre
Alternative names	Coelho, Nuno
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	7 January 1986
Place of birth	Penafiel, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death