Rui Fernando da Costa Riça, known as Rui Riça (born 6 January 1978) is a
Portuguese former
football
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player. He was mainly a
goalkeeper
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, but occasionally played as a
defender and scored in those games.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the
Segunda Liga for
Chaves on 2 October 1999 in a game against
Sporting Covilhã
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*Sport, recreational games and play
*Sporting (neighborhood), in Alexandria, Egypt
Sports clubs
* Alexandria Sporting Club, a sports club from Alexandria, Egypt
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* Real Spo ...
.
References
1978 births
Sportspeople from Chaves, Portugal
Living people
Portuguese men's footballers
G.D. Chaves players
CD Ourense footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Liga Portugal 2 players
F.C. Vizela players
C.D. Trofense players
C.F. Os Belenenses players
F.C. Penafiel players
S.C. Vila Real players
C.D.C. Montalegre players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Vila Real District
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