Quim (footballer born 1975)

Quim
Personal information
Full name Joaquim Manuel Sampaio Silva
Date of birth 13 November 1975 (1975-11-13) (age 36)
Place of birth Famalicão, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Braga
Number 1
Youth career
Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1994–2004 Braga 208 (0)
2004–2010 Benfica 144 (0)
2010– Braga 8 (0)
National team
1999– Portugal 32 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Joaquim Manuel Sampaio da Silva, OIH, (born 13 November 1975), aka Quim (Portuguese pronunciation: [kĩ]), is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting de Braga as a goalkeeper.

He played in nearly 400 top division games during his career, in representation of Braga (twelve seasons) and Benfica (six), winning five major titles for the latter.

Quim represented Portugal at the 2006 World Cup and in two European Championships, gaining more than 30 caps.

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Club career

Born in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Quim started his career at Sporting Clube de Braga, where he played his first game in the first division during the 1994–95 season, becoming the club's undisputed first-choice in the following years.

Quim moved to Sport Lisboa e Benfica in 2004[1] and was, at first, intermittent in keeping the goalkeeper spot at his new club, having shared the goal with José Moreira in the title-winning 2004–05 campaign. Next season, he started as first-choice, but injury to him[2] as well as Moreira saw Marcelo Moretto being signed during the winter break, controversially snatching a place in the starting eleven.

Quim's fortunes turned around at the beginning of the 2006–07 season, as new coach Fernando Santos announced the former Braga player would be his first goalkeeper. Subsequently, the latter rarely put in a bad performance since regaining first-choice status, even when Santos was dismissed early into the following campaign.

In 2008–09, with Benfica retaining the same three goalkeepers under Quique Flores, Quim started the campaign, lost the job to Moreira in between, was even demoted to third-choice (with Moretto starting in the domestic league cup), and finished again as starter, with the Reds eventually finishing third. He also started the 2009 League Cup final and saved three penalty shootout attempts against Sporting Clube de Portugal for the win.[3]

In 2009–10, Quim played all the matches and minutes as Benfica won the league for the first time in five years, adding to this the honour of being the keeper with less conceded goals (20). At the end of June 2010, however, the 34-year old was released, returning to first professional club Braga, on a three-year deal,[4] but spent his first season on the sidelines, nursing an achilles tendon injury.[5]

International career

After representing his country at every level from the under-16s upwards, and winning the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship (then Under-18) in 1994, Quim made his senior debut in August 1999 in a 4–0 victory against Andorra, after which he was Portugal's third-choice keeper at UEFA Euro 2000, enjoying a short cameo as a substitute in the 3–0 win against Germany in the group stage's final round, before establishing himself as number one in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. However, a failed drug test saw him miss out on the competition held in South Korea and Japan.

Quim would be second-choice for the national side during both Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, behind the habitual Ricardo. He was originally named in the Portugal squad for Euro 2008 but suffered a wrist injury the day before Portugal's first game, ruling him out of the tournament; he was replaced by F.C. Porto's Nuno.

Quim started the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign as first-choice, but lost his place midway through it to another Braga player, Eduardo, as Portugal eventually qualified. After being league champion for Benfica, he would be left out of the squad for the final stages in South Africa.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
1994–95 Braga Portuguese League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995–96 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996–97 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1997–98 19 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1998–99 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 0
1999–00 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
2000–01 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
2001–02 22 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
2002–03 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
2003–04 32 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
2004–05 Benfica Portuguese League 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
2005–06 7 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
2006–07 29 0 3 0 0 0 13 0 45 0
2007–08 30 0 1 0 1 0 12 0 44 0
2008–09 29 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 38 0
2009–10 30 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 33 0
2010–11 Braga Portuguese League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011–12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Total Portugal 352 0 32 0 5 0 35 0 424 0
Career total 352 0 32 0 5 0 35 0 424 0

Honours

Club

Country

Orders

See also

References

  1. ^ Quim brought to Benfica; UEFA.com, 7 July 2004
  2. ^ Quim adds to Benfica woe; UEFA.com, 24 October 2005
  3. ^ Quim the hero of Benfica triumph; UEFA.com, 21 March 2009
  4. ^ Quim regressa a Braga (Quim returns to Braga); Destak, 28 June 2010 (Portuguese)
  5. ^ Quim shelved for six months; PortuGOAL, 3 July 2010
  6. ^ "Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança [National team honoured by Duke of Bragança]" (in Portuguese). Cristiano Ronaldo News. 30 August 2006. http://cristianosantosronaldo.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html. Retrieved 30 August 2006. 

External links

S.C. Braga – current squad