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Capucho (footballer)

Capucho
Personal information
Full name Nuno Fernando Gonçalves da Rocha
Date of birth (1972-02-21) 21 February 1972 (age 45)
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Varzim (coach)
Youth career
1984–1990 Gil Vicente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Gil Vicente 50 (2)
1992–1995 Sporting CP 65 (10)
1995–1997 Vitória Guimarães 65 (15)
1997–2003 Porto 188 (32)
2003–2004 Rangers 22 (5)
2004–2005 Celta 19 (0)
Total 409 (64)
National team
1991 Portugal U20 8 (1)
1992–1994 Portugal U21 20 (2)
1996–2002 Portugal 34 (2)
Teams managed
2010–2014 Porto (youth)
2014–2015 Porto B (assistant)
2015–2016 Varzim
2016 Rio Ave
2017– Varzim
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Nuno Fernando Gonçalves da Rocha (born 21 February 1972), known as Capucho (Portuguese pronunciation: [kapusu]), is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a winger, and is the current manager of Varzim SC.

Blessed with both scoring and dribbling ability alike, he also displayed good defensive and tackling skills. His 15-year professional career was mainly associated with Porto (although he also represented Sporting), with which he won a total of 13 major titles, having appeared in 368 Primeira Liga games in 13 seasons, scoring 59 goals.

For Portugal, Capucho appeared in one World Cup and one European Championship, both in the early 2000s.

Capucho was born in Barcelos. After starting with hometown's Gil Vicente F.C. he moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he would be relatively used during his three-year spell, helping the Lisbon team to the 1995 Portuguese Cup.

After two seasons with Guimarães' Vitória SC, Capucho joined FC Porto, being a major part of a side that won three Primeira Liga titles and the 2002–03 UEFA Cup (starting in the final against Celtic). His worst domestic output came precisely in that season, scoring four goals in 27 matches as the northerners won the treble.


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