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Nuno Namora

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Nuno Namora
Personal information
Full name Nuno Frederico de Melo Machado Cerejeira Namora
Date of birth (1998-02-12) February 12, 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Oliveirense
Number 75
Youth career
2007–2010 Porto
2010–2013 Boavista
2013–2017 Rio Ave
2017–2018 Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Braga B 0 (0)
2018Gondomar (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2021 Rio Ave B 18 (1)
2021–2024 Rio Ave 4 (0)
2022Leiria (loan) 14 (0)
2022–2023Felgueiras (loan) 21 (1)
2024– Oliveirense 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024

Nuno Frederico de Melo Machado Cerejeira Namora (born 12 February 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga Portugal 2 club Oliveirense.

Professional career

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Namora is a youth product of Porto, Boavista, and Rio Ave before transferring to Braga on 26 July 2017 with his identical twin brother.[1] On 31 January 2018, he joined Gondomar on loan for the rest for the second half of 2017–18 season.[2]

Namora returned to Rio Ave in 2018, where he was initially assigned to their reserve and youth teams. On 31 July 2021, he was promoted to their senior team and extended his contract until 2024.[3] He made his senior and professional debut with Rio Ave in a 1–0 Taça da Liga win over Arouca on 1 August 2021.[4] in January 2022, he went on a half-season loan to Leiria.[5] The following season, on 14 July 2022, he joined Felgueiras on a season-long loan.[6]

He returned to Rio Ave in preparation for the 2023–24 season in the Primeira Liga on 1 July 2023.[7]

On 31 January 2024, Namora terminated his contract with Rio Ave and joined Liga Portugal 2 club Oliveirense.[8][9]

Personal life

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Namora is the identical twin brother of the footballer Manuel Namora.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sp. Braga contrata gémeos Namora". Maisfutebol.
  2. ^ "Gondomar reforçado com gémeos que chegam do Sp. Braga". www.record.pt.
  3. ^ "Nuno Namora renova e integra equipa principal". July 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Jogo Direto". www.abola.pt.
  5. ^ "Rio Ave empresta Nuno Namora à União de Leiria". www.record.pt.
  6. ^ "Nuno Namora emprestado ao Felgueiras". www.record.pt.
  7. ^ "Nuno Namora regressa ao Rio Ave". www.ojogo.pt. June 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "Rio Ave FC rescinde com Frederico Namora" [Rio Ave FC terminates contract with Frederico Namora] (in European Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Namora apresenta-se na UD Oliveirense: «É um passo importante, precisava de jogar»" [Namora announces himself at UD Oliveirense: «It's an important step, I needed to play»]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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