Thierry Rua Moutinho (born 26 February 1991) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Super League Greece club

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as a

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. He spent most of his career in Spain, making 99 Segunda División appearances and scoring nine goals for four clubs, mainly Mallorca. He also had spells in the top divisions of Switzerland, Romania and Greece. Born in Switzerland, Moutinho was a youth international for Portugal.

Club career

Servette

Born in

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, Switzerland to

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parents, Moutinho started playing football with

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. In 2009 he signed with Servette FC, completing his training with the club and making his first senior appearances in the Swiss Challenge League. In

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, Moutinho played five league games (one start) as Servette won promotion to the Super League. For the following season he was loaned to CD Badajoz in Spain but, after the sale of

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to BSC Young Boys in January 2012, he was recalled and assigned the #7 squad number, going on to feature in several matches towards the end of the campaign as the team from the

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finished in fourth place.

Spain

Other than his spell with Badajoz, Moutinho spent several years competing in

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, helping

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promote to Segunda División in

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. He made his professional league debut in that country with that team, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–1 home loss against

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on 21 September 2014. On 7 July 2015, Moutinho signed with RCD Mallorca on a two-year contract. He scored four goals in his second season, but the Balearic Islands club returned to Segunda División B after 36 years; during his spell, he was also loaned to

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of the same league for five months.

Later years

Moutinho started the 2017–18 campaign in the Romanian

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, with

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. On 27 December 2017, however, he returned to Spain and joined

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on loan. On 15 July 2019, Moutinho returned to the Romanian top flight and signed a contract with

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. The following

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, after 13 competitive appearances, the

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returned to the Spanish third tier after agreeing to a six-month deal at Córdoba CF. Moutinho moved to Levadiakos F.C. of Super League Greece 2 in August 2021. He won promotion as champions in his first season.

International career

Moutinho was part of the Portugal under-20 squad at the

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. He earned the first of his two

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for his country on 3 June, starting in a 1–1 group stage draw with

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

CFR Cluj *

: 2017–18, 2018–19 * Supercupa României:

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FCSB * Cupa României: 2019–20 Levadiakos * Super League Greece 2: 2021–22

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moutinho, Thierry 1991 births Living people Swiss people of Portuguese descent Citizens of Portugal through descent Footballers from Geneva Swiss men's footballers Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Étoile Carouge FC players Servette FC players Segunda División players Segunda División B players CD Badajoz players Albacete Balompié players RCD Mallorca players CD Tenerife players Cultural Leonesa footballers Córdoba CF players Liga I players CFR Cluj players FC Steaua București players Super League Greece players Super League Greece 2 players Levadiakos F.C. players Portugal youth international footballers Swiss expatriate footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Greece Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Spain Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Romania Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece