Rui Da Gracia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes | ||
| Date of birth | 28 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Bembibre, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hibernians | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bembibre | |||
| Collado Villalba | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Collado Villalba | ||
| 2005–2006 | Elche B | ||
| 2006–2007 | Elche Ilicitano | ||
| 2007–2009 | Real Ávila | 73 | (7) |
| 2009–2011 | Palencia | 57 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Logroñés | 11 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 30 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Real Ávila | 28 | (0) |
| 2014– | Hibernians | 38 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Equatorial Guinea | 21 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2015 |
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Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes (born 28 May 1985 in Bembibre, Spain), simply known as Rui, is a naturalized Equatoguinean football defender, who plays for Hibernians in the Maltese Premier League.
Rui, who is a Spanish-born to Cape Verdean parents from São Nicolau, represented Cape Verde in the 2009 Mundialito. Previously, he played for the Spanish autonomous team of Castile and León.
In July 2010, he received his first call for the Equatoguinean senior team and to play a friendly match against Morocco on 11 August 2010. However, he didn't attend due to injury.
His first incursion with Equatorial Guinea on 12 October 2010, when he participated in a friendly lost against Botswana by 0–2 in Malabo.
He was part of the squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, being a first-choice defender for his country.
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