Rúben Lima
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rúben Alexandre Rocha Lima | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rijeka | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | CER Tenente Valdez | ||
| 1999–2000 | Palmense | ||
| 2000–2007 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2010 | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | → Aves (loan) | 32 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Beira-Mar | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Hajduk Split | 44 | (0) |
| 2013– | Dinamo Zagreb | 16 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Rijeka (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006–2007 | Portugal U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Portugal U19 | 12 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Portugal U21 | 13 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Rúben Alexandre Rocha Lima (born 3 October 1989) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for HNK Rijeka in Croatia on loan from Dinamo Zagreb, mainly as a left back.
Club career
Portugal
A product of hometown S.L. Benfica's youth system, Lima was promoted to the first team for the 2007–08 season. In January 2008 however he, alongside teammates Miguel Vítor and Romeu Ribeiro, was loaned to C.D. Aves in the second division, with the move being extended for the entirety of the following campaign.
Lima moved to Vitória de Setúbal for 2009–10, in the same predicament. He made his top level debut on 17 August 2009, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against Vitória de Guimarães and eventually appearing in 24 of the league's 30 games (22 starts) as the Sadinos barely avoided relegation.
After his contract with Benfica ended Lima signed for S.C. Beira-Mar, freshly returned to the top division.
Hajduk Split
In June 2011 Lima moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining HNK Hajduk Split in Croatia's Prva HNL and quickly becoming a first-choice player at his new club as a left-back, a position in which the club had lacked in consistency ever since the departure of Ivan Strinić to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
Under the management of Krasimir Balakov, Lima became a first-team regular in the 2011–12 season. He made his debut in the UEFA Europa League on 28 July 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against Stoke City for the third qualifying round.
Dinamo Zagreb
On 24 July 2013 Lima signed for Hajduk Split's fierce rivals, GNK Dinamo Zagreb, for an undisclosed fee.
Club statistics
- As of 1 June 2014[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica | 2007–08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Aves | 2007–08 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 12 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 25 | 2 | ||
| Setúbal | 2009–10 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 26 | 0 | |
| Beira-Mar | 2010–11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | |
| Portugal | 62 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | 73 | 2 | ||
| Hajduk Split | 2011–12 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 0 | |||
| Hajduk Total | 45 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2013–14 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 123 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 130 | 2 | |
Honours
- Hajduk Split
- Croatian Cup: 2012–13
- Dinamo Zagreb
- Prva HNL: 2013–14
References
- ↑ "Ruben Lima". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
External links
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