Nuno André Coelho

Not to be confused with Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho.

Nuno André Coelho

Personal information
Full name	Nuno André da Silva Coelho
Date of birth	(1986-01-07) 7 January 1986
Place of birth	Penafiel, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	None
Youth career
1997–1998	Paredes
1998–2004	Penafiel
2004–2005	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	Porto B	9	(1)
2006	→ Maia (loan)	14	(0)
2006–2010	Porto	1	(0)
2006–2007	→ Standard Liège (loan)	10	(0)
2007–2008	→ Portimonense (loan)	15	(0)
2008–2009	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)	28	(2)
2010–2011	Sporting CP	9	(0)
2011–2014	Braga	42	(2)
2014–2015	Balıkesirspor	10	(1)
International career
2005–2007	Portugal U20	13	(1)
2006–2008	Portugal U21	14	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2015

Nuno André da Silva Coelho (born 7 January 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Penafiel, Coelho reached FC Porto from northern neighbours F.C. Penafiel aged 18, and spent his first professional months with the reserve side, being loaned shortly after to F.C. Maia in the second division. Subsequently, he spent the following three seasons in the same predicament – during 2007–08 he played for Portimonense S.C. alongside namesake Nuno Miguel Coelho, also in the second level.

On 24 August 2008 Coelho made his top flight debut, with C.F. Estrela da Amadora, playing 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Académica de Coimbra. In July 2009 he returned to Porto, following the retirement of veteran Pedro Emanuel, appearing only once during the league campaign, the 4–1 win at União de Leiria in the last matchday (adding four Portuguese League Cup games and the first half of the 0–5 away loss against Arsenal for the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 second leg).

On 4 July 2010, Coelho signed a four-year contract with Sporting Clube de Portugal for €1million, as part of the deal that sent João Moutinho in the opposite direction. The northerners retained 50% of the player's rights. His first official game came on 13 August in a 0–1 loss at F.C. Paços de Ferreira; on the 26th he scored a rare goal, shooting from 40 metres as the Lions defeated Brøndby IF 3–0 after losing 0–2 at home, thus qualifying for the UEFA Europa League's group stage.

After the end of 2010–11 – where he was used seldom, often not being selected for matches even when healthy – on 7 June 2011, Coelho was sold to S.C. Braga as an installment deduction on the deals of João Pereira and Evaldo Fabiano transfers, signing a four-year contract. His three-year spell in Minho was marred by several injury problems.

On 5 July 2014, Coelho joined Balıkesirspor from Turkey on a three-year deal.

International career

During roughly two years, Coelho played for the Portugal under-21 team. On 29 August 2010 he was first called to the senior side, for two UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers against Cyprus and Norway, but did not make his debut.

Honours

Porto

• Taça de Portugal: 2009–10

Braga

• Taça da Liga: 2012–13

External links

• Nuno André Coelho at footballzz.co.uk
• Nuno André Coelho profile at ForaDeJogo
• Nuno André Coelho at Soccerway