Rui Esteves

Rui Esteves
Personal information
Full name	Rui Manuel Guerreiro Nobre Esteves
Date of birth	30 January 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1985	Real Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1986	Torreense
1986–1988	Olhanense
1988–1990	Louletano
1990–1991	Farense
1991–1992	Louletano
1992–1993	Torreense
1993–1994	Vitória Setúbal
1994–1995	Benfica
1995	→ Birmingham City (loan)
1995–1997	Belenenses
1998–1999	Daewoo Royals
2000	Beijing Guoan
Managerial career
2001–2002	Fazendense
2002–2003	Alcochetense
2004	Olivais Moscavide
2004	Sintrense
2005	Beira-Mar Monte Gordo
2005–2006	Portosantense
2006	Maia
2006–2007	Torreense
2008–2009	Fabril
2009–2010	Farense
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rui Manuel Guerreiro Nobre Esteves (born 30 January 1967) is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 93 games and five goals over the course of five seasons, in representation of Farense, Vitória de Setúbal, Benfica and Belenenses.

Career

Born in Lisbon, Esteves made his professional debuts at the age of 18, playing for several teams in the Portuguese second division, most of them hailing from the Algarve region: S.C.U. Torreense, S.C. Olhanense and Louletano DC. His top level debuts occurred in the 1990–91 season, but he played just six times for S.C. Farense and resumed his career in the second level, representing old acquaintances Louletano and Torreense.

Late in 1994, after having helped Vitória de Setúbal finish sixth in the top flight, Esteves earned himself a transfer to S.L. Benfica, but never settled with his hometown side, playing for a third club in the campaign as he was loaned to England's Birmingham City.

He returned to Portugal in the following summer, playing two years for Benfica neighbours C.F. Os Belenenses, also in division one, and closed out his career at 33 after spells in Asia, with K-League's Daewoo Royals and in the Chinese Jia-A League with Beijing Guoan.

In 2001 Esteves began working as a coach, starting with Associação Desportiva Fazendense and going on to work with Grupo Desportivo Alcochetense and C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in the following two years. In December 2008 he was appointed at G.D. Fabril,^[1]^[2] and never managed in higher than the third division.

References

^ "Rog-Rut" (in Portuguese). Liga de Honra. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
^ "Rui Esteves é o novo treinador do GDF" (in Portuguese). G.D. Fabril. 21 December 2008. Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

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Rui Esteves at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Rui Esteves manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Rui Esteves – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)

[1] "Rog-Rut" (in Portuguese). Liga de Honra. Retrieved 6 May 2009.

[2] "Rui Esteves é o novo treinador do GDF" (in Portuguese). G.D. Fabril. 21 December 2008. Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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