Rui Águas

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José Rui Lopes Águas (born 28 April 1960 in Lisbon), known as Rui Águas (pron. IPA: [ʁui 'agwɐʃ]), was a Portuguese footballer, one of the best strikers for Benfica and Portugal during his career.

He is the son of another great Portuguese footballer, José Águas, but only in 1983/84, he signed for a I Division team, Portimonense. He had is first cap for the National Team, at 3 April 1985, in a 0-2 defeat with Italy, in a friendly match. He moved to Benfica in 1985/86, and was present at the World Cup finals in 1986, playing as a substitute at the 1-3 defeat with Morocco.

He was one of the best Benfica players, were he won the National Championship for the seasons of 1986/87, 1990/91 and 1993/94, and the Cup of Portugal of 1986, 1987 and 1993. He was present at the Champions Cup final in 1988, lost to PSV Eindhoven (0-0, 5-6 in penalty kicks). He shocked many Benfica fans wen he signed for rivals FC Porto at the summer of 1988. He played there until 1989/90, winning that year's championship, but he returned to Benfica for the 1990/91 season. He remained there until 1993/94, playing a final season in Estrela da Amadora, and, then, in Reggiana, in Italy, were he ended his career, aged 35.

He had 31 caps for the National Team, scoring 10 goals. His last game was the last for the 1994 World Cup qualifyings, at 17 November 1993, lost to Italy by 0-1.

	Portugal squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Bento | 2 Pinto | 3 Sousa | 4 Ribeiro | 5 Álvaro | 6 Carlos Manuel | 7 Pacheco | 8 Frederico | 9 Gomes | 10 Futre | 11 Bandeirinha | 12 Martins | 13 Morato | 14 Magalhães | 15 Oliveira | 16 José António | 17 Diamantino | 18 Sobrinho | 19 Águas | 20 Inácio | 21 André | 22 Damas | Coach: Torres