José Nunes

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José Nunes
Personal information
Nunes in action for Mallorca
Full name	José Carlos de Araújo Nunes
Date of birth	(1977-03-07) 7 March 1977
Place of birth	Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Mallorca
Number	16
Youth career
	Sporting Paivense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1996–1997	Ovarense	26	(1)
1997	Braga	0	(0)
1998–2001	Maia	104	(3)
2001–2002	Salgueiros	20	(0)
2002–2004	Gil Vicente	61	(1)
2004–2005	Braga	48	(1)
2006–	Mallorca	236	(13)
National team
1999	Portugal U21	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

José Carlos de Araújo Nunes (born 7 March 1977) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca in Spain, as a central defender.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 129 games and two goals over the course of five seasons, representing Salgueiros, Gil Vicente and Braga. He spent most of his career however, with Mallorca in Spain, signing in 2006 and appearing in more than 250 official matches in eight La Liga campaigns.

Football career

Born in Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Nunes began his professional career with modest outfits in the second and third divisions, and made his top flight debuts in 2001–02, with soon-to-be-extinct Sport Comércio e Salgueiros.

After two solid seasons with Gil Vicente FC, he signed with fellow first-divisioner Sporting Clube de Braga in July 2004, moving in January 2006 to Spain's La Liga with RCD Mallorca.^[1] Nunes made his debut for the new club on the 29th, starting in a 0–3 home loss to FC Barcelona and adding four league goals in his first full campaign with the Balearic Islands team.

An undisputed starter from his arrival – he was also awarded club captaincy early on – Nunes continued to figure prominently in 2009–10, as Mallorca won its first 10 home league games of the campaign, with the player scoring twice (although one of those was an away fixture, a 2–4 loss at Barcelona^[2]); eventually he netted four goals in 33 games, helping the team to a fifth-place finish (fourth until the last minute of the last round).

In mid-August 2011, Nunes suffered a serious knee injury during a friendly with S.S.C. Napoli, initially being sidelined for seven months,^[3] but recovering in less than four.^[4] He still contributed with 14 matches (11 starts, two goals) during the season to help Mallorca finish eighth.

References

↑ Braga defender to bolster Mallorca
↑ Barca pass Mallorca test; ESPN Soccernet, 7 November 2009
↑ Nunes out for seven months; Sky Sports, 22 August 2011
↑ Caparrós recupera a Nunes y Cáceres (Caparrós gets Nunes and Cáceres back); Marca, 2 December 2011 (Spanish)

External links

v t e RCD Mallorca – current squad

1 Miño 2 Cadamuro 3 João Victor 4 Ximo 5 Thomas 6 A. López 7 Geijo 8 Nsue 9 Gerard 10 Hemed 11 I. Pérez 13 Aouate 14 Generelo 15 M. Garcia 16 Nunes (c) 17 Bigas 18 Iriney 19 Martí 20 Agus 21 Alfaro 22 Ienaga 23 Kevin 24 Riverola 27 A. Moreno 30 Uche 31 Sastre 38 Asensio Camara Manager: Oltra

Persondata
Name	Nunes, José
Alternative names	Nunes
Short description	Portuguese footballer
Date of birth	7 March 1977
Place of birth	Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death

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