Rúben Amorim
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Amorim playing for Portugal in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rúben Filipe Marques Amorim | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Benfica | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| 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) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Portugal U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Portugal U20 | 13 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2010 | Portugal B | 1 | (0) |
| 2010– | Portugal | 14 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2016. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2016.
Rúben Filipe Marques Amorim (born 27 January 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for S.L. Benfica.
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.
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.
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 Benfica 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.
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