Rui Monteiro (footballer, born 1991)

Rui Monteiro
Personal information
Full name	Rui Nuno Paulo Monteiro
Date of birth	6 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Sintra, Portugal
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2000	Mucifalense
2000–2005	Benfica
2005–2006	Sporting Lourel
2006–2010	Belenenses
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	Casa Pia
2011–2013	Marítimo B
2013–2017	Sintrense
2017	Torreense
2018–2019	Lusitanos Saint-Maur
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2019

Rui Nuno Paulo Monteiro (born 6 January 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

Monteiro was born in Sintra, Lisbon District. He all but spent his senior career in Portugal in the third division, where he represented Casa Pia AC, S.U. Sintrense and S.C.U. Torreense.^[2]^[3]

The exception to this was in the 2012–13 season, when Monteiro appeared in five matches for C.S. Marítimo's reserve team in the Segunda Liga. He made his debut in the competition on 22 August 2012, playing the entire 1–0 away loss against U.D. Oliveirense.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rui Monteiro" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ Gouveia Pereira, Miguel (26 May 2015). "Sete jovens do Sintrense no treino" [Seven Sintrense youths in training]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Rui Monteiro: do Torreense para os Lusitanos de Saint-Maur" [Rui Monteiro: from Torreense to Lusitanos de Saint-Maur] (in Portuguese). Bom Dia. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ "Oliveirense-Marítimo B, 1–0: Diogo sentencia contenda" [Oliveirense-Marítimo B, 1–0: Diogo sentences clash]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 August 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ "Rui Monteiro débarque aux Lusitanos" [Rui Monteiro lands at Lusitanos]. Luso Jornal (in French). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.