Nuno Piloto

Nuno Piloto

Personal information
Full name	Nuno Miguel Torres Piloto de Albuquerque
Date of birth	(1982-03-19) 19 March 1982
Place of birth	Tondela, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Académica
Number	28
Youth career
1994–2000	Repesenses
2000–2001	Académica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2004	Académica B	67	(14)
2001–2002	→ Anadia (loan)	26	(4)
2002–2009	Académica	90	(2)
2006–2007	→ Tourizense (loan)	2	(0)
2009–2010	Iraklis	0	(0)
2010–2013	Olhanense	41	(3)
2013–	Académica	30	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2015

Nuno Miguel Torres Piloto de Albuquerque (born 19 March 1982), known as Piloto, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Tondela, Viseu District, Piloto was brought up in the youth system of Académica de Coimbra. His first season as a senior would be spent with semi-professional Anadia FC, in 2001–02, after which he played two years with Académica's reserves, in the third division; his debut with the first team arrived late into the 2002–03 campaign.

Piloto was used irregularly in his first years with the main squad (six top division appearances, then 25 and nine), definitely becoming an important part in 2007–08, and scoring his first league goals in the following season in home matches against C.D. Nacional (1–1) and C.F. Os Belenenses (1–0); by this time, he was already team captain.

In June 2009, Piloto moved abroad, signing a three-year contract with Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. in Greece. In the end of July, during pre-season training, he suffered a tear in the ligaments of his left knee, after a strong challenge by Matías Lequi, being sidelined for six months. The surgery took place in his country, on 10 August, being performed by F.C. Porto's medical staff. After failing to make a single appearance with Iraklis, Piloto returned to Portugal signing a two-year deal with Primeira Liga side S.C. Olhanense.

On 6 September 2013, Piloto returned to his first club, Académica de Coimbra. He made his first appearance since his return to the club on 12 October in a 1–2 defeat against F.C. Penafiel.

Academic career

Still as a professional footballer, Piloto graduated from the University of Coimbra with a degree in biochemistry, majoring in 2005. This was followed by a masters' degree in 2009.

External links

• Nuno Piloto at footballzz.co.uk
• Nuno Piloto profile at ForaDeJogo
• Nuno Piloto at Soccerway