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Quim

Personal Information

Full Name Joaquim Manuel Sampaio Silva
Nationality Portugese
Date Of Birth Nov 13, 1975
Height 1.84m
Club: Sport Lisboa E Benfica

Club Career

Quim started his career at SC Braga, where he had his first game during 1994/95, until 2003/04. He moved to SL Benfica in 2004 and was, at first, intermittent in keeping the goalkeeper spot at his new club, having shared the goal with José Moreira in the title-winning 2004/05 season.

The next season, he started as the first-choice keeper for Benfica, but injury to him as well as Moreira saw Marcelo Moretto being signed during winter break, controversially snatching a place in the starting eleven. Quim’s fortunes turned around at the beginning of the 2006/07 season, as new coach Fernando Santos announced that the former Braga man would be his first goalkeeper. The vote of confidence was all Quim needed, and he rarely put in a bad performance since regaining top-goalkeeper status, even when Santos was dismissed early in 2007/08.

International career

After representing his country at every level from the Under-16s upwards, and a UEFA European Under-18 Championship winner in 1994, he made his senior debut in August 1999 in a 4-0 victory against Andorra, after which he was Portugal's's third-choice keeper at Euro 2000. Quim enjoyed a short cameo as a substitute in the 3-0 win against Germany in the group stage's final round, before establishing himself as number one in the 2002 World Cup qualifying. He was the second-choice goalkeeper for Portugal during Euro 2004.

Portugal squad

Goalkeepers: Quim, SL Benfica (wears HO SOCCER)
Rui Patrício, Sporting Clube de Portugal
(wears HO SOCCER)
Ricardo (Real Bétis Balompié)
Defenders: Bruno Alves (FC Porto)
Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart)
Jorge Ribeiro (Boavista FC)
Bosingwa (FC Porto)
Marco Caneira (Valencia CF)
Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea FC)
Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea FC)
Midfielders: Deco (FC Barcelona)
Petit (SL Benfica)
Maniche (FC Internazionale Milano)
Raul Meireles (FC Porto)
Nani (Manchester United FC)
Forwards: Ariza Makukula (CS Marítimo)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC)
Nuno Gomes (SL Benfica)
Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto)

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