Dimas Teixeira
Dimas in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dimas Manuel Marques Teixeira | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1987 | Académica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Académica | 86 | (9) |
| 1990–1992 | Estrela Amadora | 60 | (7) |
| 1992–1994 | Vitória Guimarães | 60 | (1) |
| 1994–1996 | Benfica | 68 | (4) |
| 1996–1998 | Juventus | 39 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Fenerbahçe | 24 | (4) |
| 2000 | Standard Liège | 13 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Sporting CP | 10 | (2) |
| 2002 | → Marseille (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 366 | (24) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989 | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1995–2002 | Portugal | 44 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dimas Manuel Marques Teixeira (born 16 February 1969), known simply as Dimas, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left back.
In a 15-year senior career he represented both Benfica and Sporting in his country, also having stints in four other nations, most notably with Juventus in Italy.
Having played nearly 50 times for Portugal, Dimas represented the nation in two European Championships.
The son of Portuguese immigrants in South Africa, Dimas was born in Johannesburg, returning to Europe at an early age. He made his professional debuts in 1987 with Associação Académica de Coimbra, and stayed with the Students for a further two seasons in spite of their relegation to the second division.
Dimas then joined C.F. Estrela da Amadora, which had just won the Portuguese Cup. Thus, he made his European competition debut, helping the Lisbon club reach the second round of the 1990–91 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and subsequently signing for Vitória de Guimarães.
After that, solid defensive performances earned him a move to S.L. Benfica for 1994–95, where Dimas continue to develop as a player, which led to a November 1996 transfer to Serie A side Juventus FC. He appeared in 21 matches during his first full campaign but, only managing one league game in the following, he moved to Turkey on 1 October 1998 with Fenerbahçe SK.
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