| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício | ||
| Date of birth | February 15, 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Marrazes, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sporting CP | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Leiria Marrazes | ||
| 2001–2006 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006– | Sporting CP | 117 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Portugal U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Portugal U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Portugal U21 | 12 | (0) |
| 2009 | Portugal U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010– | Portugal | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício (born 15 February 1988 in Marrazes, Leiria) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a goalkeeper.
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Patrício played as a striker at a young age. Reportedly, a Sporting Clube de Portugal scout was in the area and saw the youngster play in goal; the scout was very impressed and signed him to the Sporting youth academy. He made his first division debut on 19 November 2006, in a 1–0 away win against C.S. Marítimo in the 10th round; subbing in for habitual club and country first-choice Ricardo, he saved a penalty kick 15 minutes before the end of the game.
In 2007–08, after Ricardo's departure to Real Betis, Patrício beat competition from Sporting veteran Tiago and new signing Vladimir Stojković to become the undisputed starter. On 27 November 2007, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, in a 1–2 group stage loss at Manchester United.
During the 2008 off-season, Patrício was the subject of a rumored transfer to Italian giants F.C. Internazionale Milano.[1] However, nothing came of it and, in the 2008 Portuguese Supercup final, against Futebol Clube do Porto, he stopped a Lucho González penalty in a 2–0 final win, also being an everpresent fixture in the league.
In the qualifying rounds of the 2009–10 Champions League, at FC Twente, Sporting were trailing 0–1 in the 94th minute, after a 0–0 tie in the first leg. Patrício rushed to the opposing area for a corner kick, he went up for a header with Nikita Rukavytsya, both players seemed to make contact with the ball, and it was helped into the net for an own goal via the boot of Peter Wisgerhof, as Sporting eventually qualified for the last games prior to the group stage.[2]
From 2007, Patrício started appearing for the under-21 side. On 29 January of the following year, senior team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari called him for a 3–1 friendly defeat against Italy in Zürich, although he did not leave the bench. On 12 May, he was picked to the national squad for UEFA Euro 2008, but did not play in the tournament.
Although not part of the provisional 24-player list for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,[3][4] Patrício was named in a backup list of six players.[5] He made his debut on 17 November 2010, playing the second half of a 4–0 friendly win with Spain.
After Eduardo was relegated to the bench at his new club, S.L. Benfica, Patrício became the starter under national team boss Paulo Bento, and both players finished the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with five games (450 minutes) as Portugal qualified for the final stages.
Correct as of 4 March 2011
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting | 2006–07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | – | 51 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 117 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 0 | |
| Career total | 117 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 0 | |
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