José Nunes

José Nunes

Nunes in action for Mallorca
Personal information
Full name	José Carlos de Araújo Nunes
Date of birth	7 March 1977 (1977-03-07) (age 34)
Place of birth	Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Mallorca
Number	16
Youth career
	Sporting Paivense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–1997	Ovarense	26	(1)
1997	Braga	0	(0)
1998–2001	Maia	104	(3)
2001–2002	Salgueiros	20	(0)
2002–2004	Gil Vicente	61	(1)
2004–2005	Braga	48	(1)
2006–	Mallorca	185	(11)
National team
1999	Portugal U21	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

José Carlos de Araújo Nunes (born 7 March 1977 in Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Real Club Deportivo Mallorca in La Liga, as a central defender.

Football career

Nunes began his professional career with modest outfits in the second and third divisions, and made his top flight debuts in 2001–02, with soon-to-be-extinct Sport Comércio e Salgueiros.

After two solid seasons with Gil Vicente FC, he signed with fellow first-divisioner Sporting Clube de Braga in July 2004, moving in January 2006 to Spain's La Liga, with RCD Mallorca.^[1] Nunes made his debut for the new club on the 29th, starting in a 0–3 home loss to FC Barcelona, and adding four league goals in his first full campaign with the Balearic Islands team.

An undisputed starter from his arrival - he was also awarded club captaincy early on - Nunes continued to figure prominently in 2009–10, as Mallorca won its first 10 home league games of the campaign, with the player netting twice (although one of those was an away fixture, a 2–4 loss at Barcelona^[2]); eventually, he found the net four times in 33 matches, helping the team to a fifth-place finish (fourth until the last minute of the last round).

In mid-August 2011, Nunes suffered a serious knee injury during a friendly with S.S.C. Napoli, being sidelined for the following seven months.^[3]

References

1. ^ Braga defender to bolster Mallorca
2. ^ Barca pass Mallorca test; ESPN Soccernet, 7 November 2009
3. ^ Nunes out for seven months; Sky Sports, 22 August 2011

External links

• Mallorca official profile
• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo
• Real Mallorca bio (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Transfermarkt profile

Persondata
Name	Nunes, José Carlos
Alternative names	Nunes, José
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	7 March 1977
Place of birth	Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death