Rui Pataca
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rui Carlos Jorge Pataca | ||
Date of birth | 8 May 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1983–1984 | Montijo | ||
1984–1986 | FC Areias | ||
1987–1991 | Alcochetense | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1993 | Alcochetense | ||
1993–1994 | Comércio Indústria | ||
1994 | Salir | ||
1995 | Louletano | ||
1995–1996 | Ovarense | 31 | (5) |
1996–1998 | Covilhã | 30 | (10) |
1998–1999 | Felgueiras | 33 | (18) |
1999–2000 | Belenenses | 19 | (6) |
2000 | → Montpellier (loan) | 11 | (5) |
2000–2004 | Montpellier | 67 | (14) |
2004–2009 | Créteil | 97 | (22) |
Total | 258 | (68) | |
Managerial career | |||
2009–2011 | Créteil (assistant) | ||
2011–2012 | Rodez | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rui Carlos Jorge Pataca (born 8 May 1973) is a Portuguese retired football who played as a striker, and a manager.
Playing career
Born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola, Pataca only started playing professional football at the age of 22, with A.D. Ovarense in the Portuguese second division, going on to play with S.C. Covilhã in both that and the third levels.
After an impressive season with F.C. Felgueiras in division two (18 goals), he signed for C.F. Belenenses in the top flight, scoring six times during half a season, his only with the club, as he finished the campaign with Montpellier HSC in the French Ligue 1, on loan, netting a further five goals in an eventual relegation, as 18th and last.
In the 2000 summer Pataca joined the Hérault side on a permanent basis, contributing with four goals for an immediate promotion back, and being irregularly used in the following top division seasons. He subsequently stayed in the country with US Créteil-Lusitanos, playing three seasons in Ligue 2 and two in the Championnat National; after only 14 games in his last two years combined, the 36-year-old retired from football.[1]
Manager career
After retiring, Pataca served as an assistant coach for his former club Créteil, under both Laurent Fournier and Hubert Velud. After two seasons, in May 2011, he was named manager of third level side Rodez AF.[2]
References
- ↑ Les adieux de Rui Pataca (Rui Pataca bids farewell); Le Parisien, 25 May 2009 (French)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Rui Pataca at footballzz.co.uk
- Rui Pataca profile at ForaDeJogo
- L'Équipe stats (French)
- Rui Pataca – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)
- Articles with French-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Luanda
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Louletano D.C. players
- A.D. Ovarense players
- S.C. Covilhã players
- F.C. Felgueiras players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Montpellier HSC players
- US Créteil-Lusitanos players
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Portuguese expatriates in France
- Portuguese football managers