José Nunes
Nunes in action for Mallorca in 2011
Personal information
Full name José Carlos de Araújo Nunes
Date of birth (1977-03-07) 7 March 1977
Place of birth Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1988–1989 Sporting Paivense
1989–1994 Cinfães
1994–1996 Sporting Paivense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Ovarense 26 (1)
1997–2001 Maia 103 (2)
2001–2002 Salgueiros 20 (0)
2002–2004 Gil Vicente 61 (1)
2004–2005 Braga 48 (1)
2006–2014 Mallorca 243 (13)
Total 501 (18)
International career
1997–1998 Portugal U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Carlos de Araújo Nunes (born 7 March 1977) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central defender.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 129 games and two goals over five seasons, representing Salgueiros, Gil Vicente and Braga. He spent most of his professional career, however, with Mallorca in Spain, signing in 2006 and appearing in 258 official matches in eight La Liga campaigns.[1]

Club career

Born in Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro District, Nunes began his professional career with modest clubs in the second and third divisions. He made his Primeira Liga debut in the 2001–02 season, with soon-to-be-extinct S.C. Salgueiros.[2]

After two solid seasons with Gil Vicente FC, Nunes signed with fellow top-flight side S.C. Braga in July 2004,[3] moving in January 2006 to Spain's La Liga with RCD Mallorca.[4] He made his debut for his new team on the 29th, starting in a 0–3 home loss to FC Barcelona[5] and adding four league goals in his first full campaign in the Balearic Islands.

An undisputed starter from his arrival – he was also awarded captaincy early on[6][7]– Nunes continued to figure prominently in 2009–10 as Mallorca won their first ten home league games of the season, with the player scoring twice, although one of those came in the 4–2 defeat at Barcelona.[8] Eventually, he netted four times in 34 matches, and the club achieved a fifth place in the table (fourth until the last minute of the last round).

Nunes suffered a serious knee injury in a friendly with SSC Napoli in mid-August 2011, initially being sidelined for seven months[9] but recovering in less than four.[10] He still contributed two goals in 14 appearances during the campaign, helping Mallorca to finish eighth.[11][12][13]

References

  1. ↑ Jugadores de ayer y de hoy: José Carlos Nunes (Players of yesterday and today: José Carlos Nunes); RCDM, 18 December 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Salgueiros-Boavista, doze anos depois ou a prova de vida de dois históricos (Salgueiros-Boavista, twelve years later or two legends' living proof); Mais Futebol, 2 November 2013 (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Nunes bem lançado para ganhar o lugar (Nunes well poised to become a starter); Record, 23 August 2004 (in Portuguese)
  4. ↑ Braga defender to bolster Mallorca; UEFA, 18 January 2006
  5. ↑ Messi sella la victoria del Barça en Son Moix (Messi seals Barça win in Son Moix); El Mundo, 29 January 2006 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Arango, nuevo capitán del Mallorca (Arango, new Mallorca captain); Marca, 24 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Nunes estará entre dos y tres semanas de baja (Nunes to miss between two and three weeks); Marca, 26 September 2010 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Barca pass Mallorca test; ESPN Soccernet, 7 November 2009
  9. ↑ Nunes out for seven months; Sky Sports, 22 August 2011
  10. ↑ Caparrós recupera a Nunes y Cáceres (Caparrós gets Nunes and Cáceres back); Marca, 2 December 2011 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ El Mallorca hunde al 'submarino' a balón parado (Mallorca sink 'submarine' through set pieces); Europa Press, 19 February 2012 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ Sporting de Gijón 2–3 Mallorca: La escalada balear deja 'tocado' a El Molinón (Sporting de Gijón 2–3 Mallorca: Balearic uprising leaves El Molinón 'hurting'); Goal, 21 March 2012 (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ Puntuaciones del Mallorca 2011/2012 (Mallorca grades 2011/2012); Vavel, 18 May 2012 (in Spanish)
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