Quim (footballer, born 1975)

Quim

Personal information
Full name	Joaquim Manuel Sampaio Silva
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Benfica
Number	12
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2009

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sampaio and the second or paternal family name is Da Silva.

Joaquim Manuel Sampaio da Silva, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [kĩ]; born 13 November 1975 in Vila Nova de Famalicão), commonly known as Quim, is a Portuguese footballer who lasted played for Sport Lisboa e Benfica, as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Quim started his career at Sporting Clube de Braga, where he played his first game in the first division during 1994–95, becoming the club's undisputed first-choice in the following seasons.

Quim moved to Sport Lisboa e Benfica in 2004 and was, at first, intermittent in keeping the goalkeeper spot at his new club, having shared the goal with José Moreira in the title-winning 2004–05 campaign. Next season, he started as first-choice, but injury to him as well as Moreira saw Marcelo Moretto being signed during the winter break, controversially snatching a place in the starting eleven.

Quim's fortunes turned around at the beginning of the 2006–07 season as new coach Fernando Santos announced that the former Braga man would be his first goalkeeper. The vote of confidence was all Quim needed, and he rarely put in a bad performance since regaining top-goalkeeper status, even when Santos was dismissed early in 2007–08.

In 2008–09, with Benfica retaining the same three goalkeepers under Quique Sánchez Flores, Quim started the campaign, lost the job to Moreira in between, was even demoted to third-choice (with Moretto starting in the league cup), and finished again as starter, with the Reds eventually finishing third. He also started the 2009 League Cup final and saved three penalty shootout attempts against Sporting Clube de Portugal for the win.

In 2009–10, Quim was a starter in all 30 matches playing a total of 2700 minutes making him the player with the most minutes played on the 2009/10 edition of the SuperLiga. Quim was also, along with Eduardo, Sporting de Braga's goalkeeper, the least beaten goalie of the season, only letting in 20 goals in the entire season. Benfica went on to become Portuguese.

On May 25 2010, with surprise from many, Benfica's manager Jorge Jesus announced that Quim's contract was to expire in June 2010, and therefore was not going to be renewed.

International career

After representing his country at every level from the under-16s upwards, and winning the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship (then Under-18) in 1994, Quim made his senior debut in August 1999 in a 4–0 victory against Andorra, after which he was Portugal's third-choice keeper at UEFA Euro 2000, enjoying a short cameo as a substitute in the 3–0 win against Germany in the group stage's final round, before establishing himself as number one in the 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign. However, a failed drug test saw him miss out on the competition held in South Korea and Japan.

Quim would be second-choice for the national side during both UEFA Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup, behind the habitual Ricardo. He was originally named in the Portugal squad for Euro 2008 but suffered a wrist injury the day before Portugal's first game, ruling him out of the tournament; he was replaced by F.C. Porto's Nuno.

Quim started the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign as first-choice, but lost his place midway through it to another Braga player, Eduardo, as Portugal eventually qualified. After being league champion for Benfica, he would be left out of the squad for the final stages in South Africa.

Club statistics

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Honours

• Portuguese League: 2004–05, 2009–10
• Portuguese Supercup: 2005
• Portuguese League Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo Template:Pt icon
• PortuGOAL profile