Rui Manuel Pinto de Lima (born 25 March 1978) is a Portuguese former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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Club career

Lima was born in Porto. During his early and mid-career, he played for hometown club

Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

on two separate occasions, also representing

Gondomar SC Gondomar Sport Club is a Portuguese football club based in Gondomar, Porto District. Founded on 1 May 1921, it currently plays in the fourth-tier Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at '' Estádio de São Miguel'', with a capacity of 2.4 ...

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

(twice),

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (), is a Portuguese association football, football football team, club from Chaves, Portugal, Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Está ...

Vitória de Setúbal Vitoria or Vitória may refer to : People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Steven Vitória (b ...

and S.C. Beira-Mar, experiencing his most solid period whilst at the latter with three

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

seasons in four years. In summer 2007, Lima started an abroad adventure, joining Cypriot First Division side AC Omonia. However, he would finish the campaign with another team in the country, Nea Salamis Famagusta FC, returning to Boavista in 2008 with the club recently relegated to the second division. After Boavista dropped another level in 2008–09, Lima returned to Cyprus, linking up with another former club, Nea Salamina. In late January 2010, however, he changed teams – and countries – again, signing with

Hapoel Haifa F.C. Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli Association football, football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one Israeli football champio ...

in Israel.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lima, Rui 1978 births Living people Footballers from Porto Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Gondomar S.C. players C.D. Aves players G.D. Chaves players Boavista F.C. players Vitória F.C. players S.C. Beira-Mar players U.D. Oliveirense players S.C. Salgueiros players F.C. Pedras Rubras players Cypriot First Division players AC Omonia players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Israeli Premier League players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's B international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Israel