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 | União Madeira | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| 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) |
| 2013–2016 | Dinamo Zagreb | 16 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Rijeka (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2016– | União Madeira | 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2015. | |||
Rúben Alexandre Rocha Lima (born 3 October 1989) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.F. União mainly as a left back.
Club career
Portugal
A product of hometown S.L. Benfica's youth system, Lisbon-born 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,[1] 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 the Croatian First Football League and quickly becoming first-choice left-back at his new club, as that position 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[2]
| 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
- Dinamo Zagreb
References
- ↑ "Presidente satisfeito com reforços encarnados" [President happy with red additions] (in Portuguese). Record. 11 December 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ↑ "Ruben Lima". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
External links
- Rúben Lima at footballzz.co.uk
- Rúben Lima profile at ForaDeJogo
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