Rui da Gracia

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Rui
Personal information
Full name Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes
Date of birth (1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Bembibre, Spain
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Villarrubia
Number 18
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– Villarrubia 3 (0)
International career‡
2010– Equatorial Guinea 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2017
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Gracia and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes (born 28 May 1985), simply known as Rui, is a footballer who plays as a defender for Villarrubia 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
1. 15 November 2015 Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea  Morocco 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ "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 31 January 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2018. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 25 March 2018 suggested (help)
  2. ^ "Las 12 selecciones" [The 12 national teams] (in Spanish). AS.com. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Untitled Document" (in Spanish). Telefonica en el Mundialito. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ Federación de Castilla y León de Fútbol Template:Es
  5. ^ Federación de Castilla y León de Fútbol Template:Es
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Rui: "Debutar con Guinea Ecuatorial ha sido una experiencia maravillosa"" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 October 2010. 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. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 20 July 2011 suggested (help)
  8. ^ "Equarorial Guinea – Rui – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

External links

  • Rui – FIFA competition record (archived)
  • Rui at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Rui at BDFutbol


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