Rui Bento

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Rui Bento
Personal information
Full name	Rui Fernando Silva Calapez Bento
Date of birth	January 14, 1972 (1972-01-14) (age 36)
Place of birth	Silves, Portugal
Playing position	Defender (association football) (Retired)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1992 1992-2001 2001-2004 2004-2005	Benfica Boavista Sporting CP Académico Viseu	34 (0) 263 (4) 59 (0) 27 (0)
National team
1991-2001	Portugal	6 (0)
Teams managed
2005-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Académico de Viseu Barreirense FC Penafiel
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Rui Fernando Silva Calapez Bento born 14th January,1972 in Silves,Portugal is a former Portuguese footballer and a current coach. He played as a central-defender.He played for Benfica, from of 1990 to 1992, and latter for Boavista, from 1992 to 2001. Then, he moved to Sporting Lisbon 2001 to 2004, and spent a final season in Académico de Viseu, were he ended his player career, as a player-trainer. He won for Boavista the Portuguese Cup in 1997 and the Portuguese Liga 2001. He also won the same title for Sporting, in 2002. He's currently the trainer of FC Penafiel.

[edit] International Career

Rui Bento was capped 6 times for Portugal, since his first game, at 20 November,1991, in a 1-0 win over Greece for the Euro 1992, qualifyings to the 0-4 defeat to France, the 25 April,2001, in a friendly match. He also played for the Olympic National Team, that reached the 4 th place in the 1996 Olympic Games, in Atlanta.

[edit] Honours

• Portuguese Liga 2001,2002
• Portuguese Cup 1997