Rúben Amorim

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Marques and the second or paternal family name is Amorim.

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Rúben Amorim
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Amorim playing for Portugal in 2013
Personal information
Full name Rúben Filipe Marques Amorim
Date of birth (1985-01-27) 27 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Benfica)
Youth career
1998–2000 CAC Pontinha
2000–2002 Benfica
2002–2003 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Belenenses 96 (4)
2008– Benfica 95 (5)
2012–2013 → Braga (loan) 31 (4)
2015 Benfica B 2 (0)
2015–2016 → Al-Wakrah (loan) 14 (2)
International career‡
2004–2005 Portugal U20 13 (0)
2005–2008 Portugal U21 10 (0)
2010– Portugal 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:04, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2014

Rúben Filipe Marques Amorim (born 27 January 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatari club Al-Wakrah Sport Club, on loan from S.L. Benfica, and the Portugal national team.

He has spent most of his professional career with Belenenses and Benfica, signing with the latter in 2008 and going on to win ten major titles, including three Primeira Liga championships.

Amorim represented Portugal in two World Cups.

Club career

Belenenses

Born in Lisbon, Amorim made his debut in the Primeira Liga on 14 December 2003, playing one minute for hometown club C.F. Os Belenenses in a 2–0 home win against F.C. Alverca. From 2005–06 onwards, he became a cornerstone for the squad in which youth system he finished his formation.

In the 2007–08 campaign, Amorim started in 28 of his 29 league appearances (2,491 minutes of action) to help his team finish in eighth position.

Benfica

In late April 2008 Amorim signed a four-year deal with Benfica, after his Belenenses link ran out. During his first season he was an undisputed starter, scoring his first goal with the Eagles on 23 November in a 2–0 away win over Académica de Coimbra.

Challenged by new signings Javi García and Ramires, Amorim appeared less in 2009–10, but still featured prominently (24 matches with ten starts) as Benfica won the league – and the League Cup – after a five-year drought. He was again regularly used by manager Jorge Jesus in the 2010–11 season, when healthy. On 19 January 2011, however, after undergoing surgery on both knees, he was sidelined for several months.[2]

In early October 2011, whilst on duty with the national team, Amorim duly criticized Jesus' preferences – Benfica played most of its games without one single national player.[3] Increasingly disgusted with his plight, in December, he refused to train with the bench players – after warming up for several minutes only to not be used – following a game against Rio Ave FC, being subjected to the club's disciplinary proceedings;[4][5] on 30 January 2012 a loan was arranged with Braga, until June of the following year.[6]

In 2013–14, Amorim returned to Benfica and played 37 matches across all competitions, helping the club to win an unprecedent treble of league, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.[7] In the beginning of the following campaign, he featured the full 120 minutes to help his team defeat Rio Ave in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, thus winning four titles in 2014.[8] On 24 August, however, he got severely injured while playing on an artificial turf at Boavista FC,[9] with news in next day reporting an anterior cruciate ligament injury;[10] he was thus sidelined until 11 February 2015, when he featured as a substitute in a 3–0 home win against Vitória de Setúbal in the semi-finals of the domestic league cup.[11][12]

On 14 August 2015, Amorim joined Al-Wakrah Sport Club in Qatar on a season-long deal.[13]

International career

Amorim appeared for Portugal at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Netherlands, as the national side eventually lost to Italy for the final berth for the following year's Summer Olympic Games. On 10 May 2010, although not part of the senior squad's list of 23 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup,[14][15] he was named in a backup list of six players.[16] On 8 June he replaced Nani after the Manchester United player sustained a clavicle injury which ruled him out of the finals in South Africa;[17] his senior debut came on the 15th, as he played the last five minutes of the group stage opener against Ivory Coast (0–0) in the place of Raul Meireles.[18]

Amorim was also selected by new manager Paulo Bento for the 2014 World Cup.[19] He made his debut in the tournament on 26 June in the last group phase match against Ghana, featuring the full 90 minutes in the 2–1 win but seeing his team eliminated on goal difference.[20]

Style of play

Amorim's style is similar to countryman Tiago, with both playing the same position, operating in central midfield, both defensive and offensive (Amorim, however, is also able to play as a right back).

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2014–15[21]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Belenenses 2003–04 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004–05 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2005–06 25 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 3
2006–07 23 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 29 2
2007–08 29 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 32 0
Total 96 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 106 5
Benfica 2008–09 26 2 2 0 5 0 2 0 35 2
2009–10 24 3 2 0 2 1 10 0 38 4
2010–11 12 0 3* 0 1 0 2 0 18* 0
2011–12 6 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 14 0
Total 68 5 9 0 8 1 20 0 105 6
Braga 2011–12 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
2012–13 22 4 3 0 4 1 7 0 36 5
Total 30 4 3 0 4 1 9 0 46 5
Benfica 2013–14 17 0 6 0 5 0 9 0 37 0
2014–15 10 0 1* 0 1 0 0 0 12* 0
Total 27 0 7 0 6 0 9 0 49 0
Benfica B 2014–15 2 0 — — — 2 0
Career Total 223 13 27 1 18 2 38 0 307 16

*Includes the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

International

As of 26 June 2014[22]
National team Year Apps Goals
Portugal 2010 1 0
2012 3 0
2013 6 0
2014 4 0
Total 14 0

Honours

Benfica
Braga

References

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  16. ↑ Release list of up to 30 players; FIFA.com
  17. ↑ World Cup 2010: Portugal's Nani out of World Cup; BBC Sport, 8 June 2010
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