Nuno Santos (footballer, born 1999)
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nuno Miguel Valente Santos[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 2 March 1999 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Paços de Ferreira | |||||||||||||||
Number | 77 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Boavista | |||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Porto | |||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Boavista | |||||||||||||||
2012–2017 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||
2017 | → Belenenses (loan) | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2017– | Benfica B | 60 | (13) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Moreirense (loan) | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Boavista (loan) | 29 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2021– | → Paços de Ferreira (loan) | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | Portugal U16 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016 | Portugal U17 | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2017 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Portugal U20 | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2019 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2019 |
Nuno Miguel Valente Santos (born 2 March 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Paços de Ferreira on loan from Benfica.[2]
Club career[]
Born in Porto, Santos was a youth player at his city's two major teams, Boavista F.C. and FC Porto, before joining S.L. Benfica in 2012.[3] He made his debut for the reserve team in LigaPro on 8 August 2017, as the season opened with a 2–1 loss at U.D. Oliveirense, and scored his first goal the following 6 January at the end of a 3–1 defeat at FC Porto B.[4]
By then captain of Benfica B, Santos was loaned to Primeira Liga club Moreirense F.C. on 29 January 2020.[5] He made his top-flight debut four days later by starting in a 5–1 win at Gil Vicente FC;[6] his first goal at the level came on 11 July to win the game at Belenenses SAD.[7]
Santos returned to Boavista on loan on 18 August 2020.[8]
On 11 July 2021, he moved on another season-long loan, to Paços de Ferreira.[9]
International career[]
Santos was part of Hélio Sousa's Portugal under-19 team that won the 2018 UEFA European Championship in Finland. He made three substitute appearances in the tournament, including one in extra time of the final.[10]
Honours[]
Benfica[2]
- Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2017–18
- UEFA Youth League runner-up: 2016–17
Portugal
References[]
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ a b Nuno Santos at Soccerway
- ^ Resendes, Manuel (18 August 2020). "Mercado: Boavista garante médio ofensivo Nuno Santos ao Benfica" [Transfer market: Boavista confirm attacking midfielder Nuno Santos from Benfica] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "FC Porto B confirma liderança com vitória frente ao Benfica B" [FC Porto B confirm lead with victory against Benfica B]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Silva, Flávio Miguel (29 January 2020). "Benfica empresta Nuno Santos no Moreirense" [Benfica loan Nuno Santos to Moreirense]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Gil Vicente FC em "dia não" é goleado por Moreirense FC" [Gil Vicente FC on "off day" are thrashed by Moreirense FC] (in Portuguese). Barcelos na Hora. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "A crónica do Belenenses SAD-Moreirense, 0-1: só um Nuno acerta num jogo de erros" [Report on Belenenses SAD-Moreirene, 0-1: only Nuno on target in game of errors]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 July 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Oficial: Benfica empresta Nuno Santos ao Boavista" [Official: Benfica loan Nuno Santos to Boavista] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "NUNO SANTOS VAI DEFENDER O AMARELO" (in Portuguese). Paços de Ferreira. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ a b Esteves, Adérito (30 July 2018). "Conheça os 20 (mais um) campeões europeus de sub-19" [Meet the 20 (plus one) under-19 European champions] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
External links[]
- Nuno Santos at ForaDeJogo
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Porto
- Association football midfielders
- Portuguese footballers
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Boavista F.C. players
- FC Porto players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- S.L. Benfica B players
- F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Primeira Liga players