Rui Orlando Ribeiro Santos Neto
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rui Orlando Ribeiro Santos Neto | ||
Date of birth | 24 October 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Santo Tirso, Portugal | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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São Martinho | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1994 | 1º Maio Figueiró | ||
1994–1998 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2001 | Fafe | 56 | (0) |
2001–2006 | Moreirense | 83 | (6) |
2006–2007 | Freamunde | 22 | (3) |
2007–2012 | Académica | 90 | (3) |
2013 | Freamunde | 14 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Felgueiras | 30 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Leixões | 37 | (0) |
2015– | São Martinho | 31 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016 |
Rui Orlando Ribeiro Santos Neto (born 24 October 1979), known as Orlando, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Associação Recreativa de São Martinho as a central defender.
Football career
Born in Santo Tirso, Porto District, Orlando started his career with AD Fafe in the third division in 1998, moving on to Moreirense FC after three seasons. Under the guidance of Manuel Machado, he was an important defensive member of a side that promoted to the Primeira Liga – the season prior to the player's arrival, the club was also in the third category.
In 2006, Orlando returned to division three with S.C. Freamunde. After a good season, he was signed by Académica de Coimbra, being an undisputed starter from his debuts. In 2008–09, he scored in both games against F.C. Paços de Ferreira (2–1 win at home, 1–1 away), and continued to be an automatic first-choice in the following top flight campaigns.
Orlando spent the better part of 2010–11 and 2011–12 on the sidelines, nursing an injury.[1] In the first game upon his return, on 15 January 2012, he had to be stretchered off in the early minutes of the home fixture against Vitória de Guimarães, in an eventual 0–2 loss; after surgery, he remained inactive for nearly one more year.[2]
In the summer of 2012, after five seasons with the Briosa, Orlando parted ways with the club. In January of the following year he agreed on a return to Freamunde, with the club now in the second division.[3]
Following Freamunde's relegation, Orlando signed for FC Felgueiras on a one-year deal.[4]
References
- ↑ Orlando, sócio 844 da Mancha Negra (Orlando, Mancha Negra associate nº 844); Académica's official website, 23 August 2011 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Orlando vai ser operado na quinta-feira (Orlando to undergo surgery on Thursday); Académica's official website, 16 January 2012 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Freamunde chegou a acordo com Tengarrinha e Orlando (Freamunde agreed deals with Tengarrinha and Orlando); Expresso, 31 January 2013 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Orlando é reforço do FC Felgueiras (Orlando is a FC Felgueiras addition); Notícias FC Felgueiras, 6 July 2013 (Portuguese)
External links
- Orlando at footballzz.co.uk
- Orlando profile at ForaDeJogo
- Orlando at Soccerway
- Articles with Portuguese-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- AD Fafe players
- Moreirense FC players
- S.C. Freamunde players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
- F.C. Felgueiras players
- Leixões S.C. players