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	Salgueiros
Youth career
1988–1989	Cerco do Porto
1989–1997	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Gondomar
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–	Salgueiros	5	(1)
International career
1998	Portugal U20	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2015

Rui Manuel Pinto de Lima (born 25 March 1978) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C. Salgueiros (2008) as a left midfielder.

Football 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 top division seasons.

In the 2007 summer 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 level.

After Boavista dropped another category 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

• Template:Zerozero profile
• Rui Lima at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Rui Lima at Soccerway