Rui da Gracia
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes | ||
Date of birth | 28 May 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Bembibre, Spain | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gimnástica Segoviana | ||
Youth career | |||
Bembibre | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2005 | Bembibre | ||
2005–2006 | Elche B | ||
2006–2007 | Elche Ilicitano | ||
2007–2009 | Real Ávila | 73 | (7) |
2009–2011 | Palencia | 57 | (3) |
2011–2012 | Logroñés | 11 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 30 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Real Ávila | 28 | (0) |
2014–2018 | Hibernians | 54 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Villarrubia | 38 | (1) |
2019– | Gimnástica Segoviana | 18 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2010–2019 | Equatorial Guinea | 32 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2019 |
Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes (born 28 May 1985), simply known as Rui, is a footballer who plays as a centre back for Tercera División club Gimnástica Segoviana CF.
Club career
Rui is a product of CA Bembibre. He has developed most of his club career in his homecountry Spain, also playing in Cyprus and Malta, where he was a two-time Maltese Premier League champion with Hibernians FC.
International career
Rui, who is a Spanish-born to Cape Verdean parents from São Nicolau,[1] represented Cape Verde in the 2003 and 2009 editions of Mundialito.[2][3] Previously, he played for the Spanish autonomous team of Castile and León.[4][5]
While playing for Spanish club CF Palencia,[6] Rui was invited by Equatorial Guinean international midfielder Benjamín Zarandona, who was then his teammate, to become a naturalised citizen of Equatorial Guinea in order to play for its national team.[7]
In July 2010, Rui received his first call for the Equatoguinean senior team and to play a friendly match against Morocco on 11 August 2010. However, he didn't attend due to injury.
Rui's first incursion with Equatorial Guinea on 12 October 2010, when he participated in a friendly lost against Botswana by 0–2 in Malabo.[7]
Rui was part of the squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, being a first-choice defender for the Nzalang Nacional.
International goals
- Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first.[8]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 November 2015 | Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea | Morocco | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ^ "Rui Fernando, o cabo-verdiano na selecção da Guiné Equatorial" [Rui Fernando, the Cape Verdean in the Equatorial Guinea national team] (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Las 12 selecciones" [The 12 national teams] (in Spanish). AS.com. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Untitled Document" (in Spanish). Telefonica en el Mundialito. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Federación de Castilla y León de Fútbol (in Spanish)
- ^ Federación de Castilla y León de Fútbol (in Spanish)
- ^ J. Santiago. "Rui, un berciano en la Copa de África" (in Spanish). La Crónica de León. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Rui: "Debutar con Guinea Ecuatorial ha sido una experiencia maravillosa"" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
It is very long to explain (his call with Equatorial Guinea, despite his ancestry is from Cape Verde). Benjamin moved everything. They have naturalised me as an Equatorial Guinean and I am delighted to have debuted with their national team.
- ^ "Equarorial Guinea – Rui – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
External links
- Rui – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Rui da Gracia (Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes) at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rui at BDFutbol
- Rui Gomes (Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes) at Soccerway
- Use dmy dates from June 2011
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Bembibre
- Spanish people of Cape Verdean descent
- Spanish footballers
- Castilian-Leonese footballers
- Cape Verdean footballers
- Naturalized citizens of Equatorial Guinea
- Equatoguinean footballers
- Equatorial Guinea international footballers
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Association football central defenders
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players
- Tercera División players
- Segunda División B players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Maltese Premier League players
- Elche CF Ilicitano footballers
- CF Palencia footballers
- UD Logroñés players
- Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players
- Hibernians F.C. players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Cape Verdean expatriate footballers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Malta
- Expatriate footballers in Malta
- Equatoguinean football biography stubs