Rui Lima

Rui Lima

Personal information
Full name	Rui Manuel Pinto de Lima
Date of birth	(1978-03-25) 25 March 1978
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Pedras Rubras
Number	23
Youth career
1988–1989	Cerco do Porto
1989–1997	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Gondomar	32	(3)
1998–1999	Aves	32	(3)
1999–2000	Chaves	33	(12)
2000–2001	Aves	32	(4)
2001–2002	Boavista	13	(1)
2002–2003	Vitória Setúbal	31	(2)
2003	Boavista	1	(0)
2004–2007	Beira-Mar	95	(3)
2007	Omonia	6	(1)
2008	Nea Salamis	11	(2)
2008–2009	Boavista	29	(3)
2009–2010	Nea Salamis	12	(1)
2010	Hapoel Haifa	3	(0)
2010–2015	Oliveirense	161	(46)
2015–2017	Salgueiros	40	(4)
2017–2018	Canelas 2010	28	(8)
2018–2019	Salgueiros	30	(5)
2019–	Pedras Rubras	18	(2)
International career
1993	Portugal U15	7	(1)
1993–1994	Portugal U16	13	(0)
1995	Portugal U17	7	(1)
1995–1996	Portugal U18	13	(1)
1998	Portugal U20	2	(0)
2002–2003	Portugal B	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2020

Rui Manuel Pinto de Lima (born 25 March 1978) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Pedras Rubras as a left midfielder.

Club career

Lima was born in Porto. During his early and mid-career, he played for hometown's Boavista F.C. on two separate occasions, also representing Gondomar SC, C.D. Aves (twice), G.D. Chaves, Vitória de Setúbal and S.C. Beira-Mar, experiencing his most solid period whilst at the latter with four consecutive Primeira Liga seasons.

In summer 2007, Lima started an abroad adventure, joining Cypriot First Division side AC Omonia. However, he would finish the campaign with another team in the country, Nea Salamis Famagusta FC, returning to Boavista in 2008 with the club freshly relegated into the second division.

After Boavista dropped another level in 2008–09, Lima returned to Cyprus, linking up with another former side, Nea Salamina. In late January 2010, however, he changed teams – and countries – again, signing with Hapoel Haifa F.C. in Israel.

External links

• Rui Lima at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• National team data (in Portuguese)
• Rui Lima at Soccerway