José Nunes
 Nunes in action for Mallorca |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Carlos de Araújo Nunes | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Castelo de Paiva, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Mallorca | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Paivense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1997 | Ovarense | 26 | (1) |
| 1997 | Braga | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Maia | 104 | (3) |
| 2001–2002 | Salgueiros | 20 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Gil Vicente | 61 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Braga | 48 | (1) |
| 2006– | Mallorca | 219 | (13) |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Portugal U21 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2013. † Appearances (Goals). |
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José Carlos de Araújo Nunes (born 7 March 1977) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca in La Liga, as a central defender.
Football career [edit]
Born in Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Nunes began his professional career with modest outfits in the second and third divisions, and made his top flight debuts in 2001–02, with soon-to-be-extinct Sport Comércio e Salgueiros.
After two solid seasons with Gil Vicente FC, he signed with fellow first-divisioner Sporting Clube de Braga in July 2004, moving in January 2006 to Spain's La Liga with RCD Mallorca.[1] Nunes made his debut for the new club on the 29th, starting in a 0–3 home loss to FC Barcelona and adding four league goals in his first full campaign with the Balearic Islands team.
An undisputed starter from his arrival – he was also awarded club captaincy early on – Nunes continued to figure prominently in 2009–10, as Mallorca won its first 10 home league games of the campaign, with the player scoring twice (although one of those was an away fixture, a 2–4 loss at Barcelona[2]); eventually he netted four goals in 33 games, helping the team to a fifth-place finish (fourth until the last minute of the last round).
In mid-August 2011, Nunes suffered a serious knee injury during a friendly with S.S.C. Napoli, initially being sidelined for seven months,[3] but recovering in less than four.[4] He still contributed with 14 matches (11 starts, two goals) during the season to help Mallorca finish eighth.
References [edit]
- ^ Braga defender to bolster Mallorca
- ^ Barca pass Mallorca test; ESPN Soccernet, 7 November 2009
- ^ Nunes out for seven months; Sky Sports, 22 August 2011
- ^ Caparrós recupera a Nunes y Cáceres (Caparrós gets Nunes and Cáceres back); Marca, 2 December 2011 (Spanish)
External links [edit]
- Mallorca official profile
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Stats at ForaDeJogo
- Real Mallorca bio (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- Transfermarkt profile
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Castelo de Paiva Municipality
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Segunda Divisão players
- A.D. Ovarense players
- S.C. Braga players
- FC Maia players
- S.C. Salgueiros players
- Gil Vicente F.C. players
- La Liga footballers
- RCD Mallorca footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
