Nuno Santos (footballer, born 1999)
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| Full name | Nuno Miguel Valente Santos | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Boavista (on loan from Benfica) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Boavista | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Boavista | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Belenenses (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Benfica B | 60 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Moreirense (loan) | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | → Boavista (loan) | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Portugal U16 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Portugal U17 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Portugal U20 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Nuno Miguel Valente Santos (born 2 March 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Boavista on loan from Benfica.[1]
Club career
Born in Porto, Santos was a youth player at his city's two major teams, Boavista F.C. and FC Porto, before joining S.L. Benfica in 2012.[2] He made his debut for the reserve team in LigaPro on 8 August 2017, as the season opened with a 2–1 loss at U.D. Oliveirense, and scored his first goal the following 6 January at the end of a 3–1 defeat at FC Porto B.[3]
By then captain of Benfica B, Santos was loaned to Primeira Liga club Moreirense F.C. on 29 January 2020.[4] He made his top-flight debut four days later by starting in a 5–1 win at Gil Vicente FC;[5] his first goal at the level came on 11 July to win the game at Belenenses SAD.[6]
Santos returned to Boavista on loan on 18 August 2020.[7]
International career
Santos was part of Hélio Sousa's Portugal under-19 team that won the 2018 UEFA European Championship in Finland. He made three substitute appearances in the tournament, including one in extra time of the final.[8]
Honours
Benfica[1]
- Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2017–18
- UEFA Youth League runners-up: 2016–17
Portugal
References
- ^ a b Nuno Santos at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Resendes, Manuel (18 August 2020). "Mercado: Boavista garante médio ofensivo Nuno Santos ao Benfica" [Transfer market: Boavista confirm attacking midfielder Nuno Santos from Benfica] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "FC Porto B confirma liderança com vitória frente ao Benfica B" [FC Porto B confirm lead with victory against Benfica B]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Silva, Flávio Miguel (29 January 2020). "Benfica empresta Nuno Santos no Moreirense" [Benfica loan Nuno Santos to Moreirense]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Gil Vicente FC em "dia não" é goleado por Moreirense FC" [Gil Vicente FC on "off day" are thrashed by Moreirense FC] (in Portuguese). Barcelos na Hora. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "A crónica do Belenenses SAD-Moreirense, 0-1: só um Nuno acerta num jogo de erros" [Report on Belenenses SAD-Moreirene, 0-1: only Nuno on target in game of errors]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 July 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Oficial: Benfica empresta Nuno Santos ao Boavista" [Official: Benfica loan Nuno Santos to Boavista] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ a b Esteves, Adérito (30 July 2018). "Conheça os 20 (mais um) campeões europeus de sub-19" [Meet the 20 (plus one) under-19 European champions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
External links
- Nuno Santos at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Porto
- Association football midfielders
- Portuguese footballers
- Boavista F.C. players
- FC Porto players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- S.L. Benfica B players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Primeira Liga players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers