Nuno Valente
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| Full name | Nuno Jorge Pereira da Silva Valente | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1985–1989 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Vitória Lisboa | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | Sporting CP | 36 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | → Portimonense (loan) | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | → Marítimo (loan) | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | União Leiria | 87 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Porto | 58 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Everton | 45 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 282 | (4) | |||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2008 | Portugal | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nuno Jorge Pereira da Silva Valente, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnunu vɐˈlẽt(ɨ)]; born 12 September 1974) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left back.
After settling with a club in his late 20s with Porto – he started his career with Sporting, but never imposed there – he moved at 31 to England with Everton, where he finally retired after appearing in 60 competitive games in four seasons.
A late bloomer on the international stage, Valente helped Portugal finish second in Euro 2004. He also participated in the 2006 World Cup.
Born in Lisbon, Valente began his career at second division club Portimonense SC, loaned by hometown's Sporting Clube de Portugal. However, he found first-team chances limited in the capital side and, despite success in helping win the Portuguese Cup in 1995, he was loaned for the 1996–97 season to fellow league team C.S. Marítimo.
A young José Mourinho recognized Valente's talent and brought him to U.D. Leiria, and he spent three years with the team, helping it achieve successful seasons. In 2002, when the manager left to join FC Porto, he and teammate Derlei were the first signings, and the former repaid the coach's faith with some good displays as the northerners romped to victory in the national league and won the UEFA Cup against Celtic FC (3–2).
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