Quim

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Personal information
Quim
Full name	Joaquim Manuel Sampaio da Silva
Date of birth	May 13, 1975
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Height	1,84m
Nickname	Quim
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Benfica
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993-2004 2004-	Sporting de Braga SL Benfica	230 (0) 38 (0)
National team**
1999-	Portugal	24 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2006.

Joaquim Manuel Sampaio Silva, OIH, known as Quim, (pron. IPA: [kĩ]), born in Vila Nova de Famalicão, November 13, 1975 is a Portuguese football player.

He played at Sporting Braga, were he had his first game during 1994/95 season, until 2003/04. He moved to Benfica, in 2004. He has since intermittently been the main goalkeeper at Benfica, having shared the goal with José Moreira in the title-winning 2004/05 season. Next season he started as the starting keeper for Benfica, but injury to him as to Moreira saw Marcelo Moretto de Souza being signed during winter break and controversially snatching a place in the starting XI. In 2006/07 Benfica coach Fernando Santos has announced his choice of Quim as the main goalie. A player tipped for goalkeeping greatness after representing his country at every level from the Under-16s upwards, the agile Quim is finally starting to display his qualities at top-level football.

[edit] National team

A UEFA European Under-18 Championship winner in 1994, he made his senior debut in August 1999 in a 4-0 victory against Andorra, after which he was Portugal's's third-choice keeper at Euro 2000. Quim enjoyed a short cameo as a substitute in the 3-0 win against Germany at Euro 2000 before establishing himself in 2002 World Cup qualifying. However, a failed drugs test saw him miss out on Korea/Japan.

He was the third choice goalkeeper for Portugal in Euro 2000 and second choice in Euro 2004, having made his international debut in 18 August 1999 against Andorra, in a friendly match, win by 4-0. He was the main goalkeeper during the World Cup 2002 qualifyings, until 2001, when he was replaced by Ricardo. He's been the usual substitute for him, since then, at the Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006 finals.

As of 8 July 2006 Quim had 24 caps for the Portuguese national team.

[edit] External links

Quim's Website

	Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Ricardo \| 2 Ferreira \| 3 Caneira \| 4 Costa \| 5 Meira \| 6 Costinha \| 7 Figo \| 8 Petit \| 9 Pauleta \| 10 Viana \| 11 Simão \| 12 Quim \| 13 Miguel \| 14 Valente \| 15 Boa Morte \| 16 Carvalho \| 17 Ronaldo \| 18 Maniche \| 19 Tiago \| 20 Deco \| 21 Nuno Gomes \| 22 Santos \| 23 Postiga \| Coach: Scolari

SL Benfica - Current Squad
1 Moreira \| 2 P. Correia \| 3 Anderson \| 4 Luisão \| 5 Leo \| 6 Petit \| 7 M. Ferreira \| 8 Katsouranis \| 9 Mantorras \| 10 R. Costa \| 11 Miguelito \| 12 Quim \| 13 Alcides \| 14 Diego \| 15 P. Jorge \| 16 Beto \| 17 Kikin \| 18 Manu \| 19 Karyaka \| 20 Simão \| 21 N. Gomes \| 22 Nelson \| 24 B. Costa \| 25 N. Assis \| 26 Karagounis \| 28 J. Coimbra \| 30 Miccoli \| 31 Moretto \| 33 R. Rocha \| Manager: F. Santos