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Nuno Morais 
Morais as a Chelsea playerPersonal information Full name Nuno Miguel Barbosa Morais Date of birth January 29, 1984 Place of birth Penafiel, Portugal Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Defensive midfielder / Centre back Club information Current club APOEL Number 26 Youth career 1994–2002 Penafiel Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2004 Penafiel 49 (2) 2004–2007 Chelsea 4 (0) 2005–2006 → Marítimo (loan) 17 (0) 2007– APOEL 103 (4) National team 2004–2006 Portugal U21 14 (0) 2005 Portugal U20 3 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Nuno Miguel Barbosa Morais (born 29 January 1984 in Penafiel) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for APOEL F.C. in Cyprus. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also appear as a central defender.
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Football career
Morais started his career at hometown F.C. Penafiel, but in August 2004 was signed by England's Chelsea for an undisclosed fee, in a three-year contract after a successful trial period.[1] He made his Chelsea debut in an FA Cup victory over Scunthorpe United in January 2005, playing the full 90 minutes.
However, Morais found first-team opportunities limited, spending most of the time with the reserves, and was loaned to C.S. Marítimo in the 2005–06 season, alongside compatriot Filipe Oliveira. In that summer, he appeared twice for the Portuguese under-21s at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship on home soil, with Oliveira.
Returning to Chelsea, he only appeared twice in the league, totalling less than twenty minutes in home draws against Manchester United and Everton F.C. combined. On 11 May 2007, Morais signed a two-year deal with Cypriot champions APOEL FC, on a free transfer.[2]
During his time there, Morais was reconverted to a defensive midfielder, and signed a new contract until June 2012. Since his debuts, he was an essential defensive unit, as the side won, amongst other trophies, two championships, one cup and three super cups; he also appeared in all six group stage matches of the club, in APOEL's first UEFA Champions League participation.
Honours
- APOEL
- Cypriot League: 2008–09, 2010–11
- Cypriot Cup: 2007–08
- Cypriot Super Cup: 2008, 2009, 2011
References
- ^ Chelsea snap up Morais; BBC Sport, 29 August 2004
- ^ Chelsea's Morais moves to Cyprus; BBC Sport, 12 May 2007
External links
- APOEL official profile (Greek)
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
- Nuno Morais career stats at Soccerbase
Portugal squad – 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 1 Bruno Vale • 2 Nélson • 3 Meireles • 4 Semedo • 5 Pedro Ribeiro • 6 Zé Castro • 7 Quaresma • 8 M.Fernandes • 9 H.Almeida • 10 Moutinho • 11 Valente • 12 Paulo Ribeiro • 13 Rolando • 14 Custódio • 15 Morais • 16 Amaro • 17 Varela • 18 Nani • 19 Vaz Tê • 20 Lourenço • 21 F.Oliveira • 22 D.Fernandes • Coach: A.Oliveira
APOEL F.C. – current squad 1 Constantinou · 3 Paulo Jorge · 4 Kaká · 5 Jahić · 6 Oliveira · 7 Poursaitidis · 8 Aílton · 9 Solari · 10 Charalambidis · 11 Tričkovski · 12 Panayiotou · 14 Belaid · 15 Antoniades · 17 Satsias (c) · 19 Elia · 20 Adorno · 21 Manduca · 22 Chiotis · 23 Pinto · 24 Kontis · 25 Christofides · 26 Morais · 27 Antoniou · 29 Nektarios · 77 Solomou · 78 Pardo · 81 Marcinho · 88 Kissas · 98 Boaventura · Manager: Jovanović
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Association football utility players
- Primeira Liga players
- F.C. Penafiel players
- C.S. Marítimo players
- Premier League players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- APOEL F.C. players
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
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