Rui da Gracia

Rui
Personal information
Full name Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes
Date of birth (1985-05-28) 28 May 1985
Place of birth Bembibre, Spain
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Central defender
Club information
Current team
 Hibernians
Youth career
Bembibre
Collado Villalba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Collado Villalba
2005–2006 Elche B
2006–2007 Elche Ilicitano
2007–2009 Real Ávila 73 (7)
2009–2011 Palencia 57 (3)
2011–2012 Logroñés 11 (0)
2012–2013 Enosis Neon Paralimni 30 (0)
2013–2014 Real Ávila 28 (0)
2014– Hibernians 38 (0)
National team‡
2010– Equatorial Guinea 21 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2015
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is da Gracia and the second or paternal family name is Gomes.

Rui Fernando da Gracia[1] Gomes (born 28 May 1985 in Bembibre, Spain), simply known as Rui, is a naturalized Equatoguinean football defender, who plays for Hibernians in the Maltese Premier League.

International career

Rui, who is a Spanish-born to Cape Verdean parents from São Nicolau,[2] represented Cape Verde in the 2009 Mundialito.[3] Previously, he played for the Spanish autonomous team of Castile and León.[4][5]

In July 2010, he received his first call for the Equatoguinean senior team and to play a friendly match against Morocco on 11 August 2010. However, he didn't attend due to injury.

His first incursion with Equatorial Guinea on 12 October 2010, when he participated in a friendly lost against Botswana by 0–2 in Malabo.[6]

He was part of the squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, being a first-choice defender for his country.

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first.[7]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1. 15 November 2015 Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea  Morocco 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ Rui da Gracia on Twitter
  2. ↑ (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Federación de Castilla y León de Fútbol (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Federación de Castilla y León de Fútbol (Spanish)
  6. ↑ (Spanish)
  7. ↑ "Equarorial Guinea – Rui – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.



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