Nuno Morais

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Barbosa and the second or paternal family name is Morais.

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Nuno Morais
Morais.jpg
Morais as a Chelsea player
Personal information
Full name Nuno Miguel Barbosa Morais
Date of birth (1984-01-29) 29 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Penafiel, Portugal
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Position(s) Defensive midfielder / Centre back
Team information
Current team
 APOEL
Number 26
Youth career
1994–2002 Penafiel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Penafiel 49 (2)
2004–2007 Chelsea 4 (0)
2005–2006 → Marítimo (loan) 17 (0)
2007– APOEL 238 (16)
International career
2004 Portugal U20 3 (0)
2004–2006 Portugal U21 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2016

Nuno Miguel Barbosa Morais (born 29 January 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club APOEL FC. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also appear as a central defender.

He was signed by Chelsea in 2004, but only stayed a few months with the club, going on to spend the vast majority of his career with APOEL and win twelve major titles, including five national championships.

Football career

Born in Penafiel, Morais started his career at his hometown club F.C. Penafiel, but in August 2004 was signed by England's Chelsea for an undisclosed fee, in a three-year contract after a successful trial period.[1] He made his Chelsea debut in an FA Cup win against Scunthorpe United in January 2005, playing the full 90 minutes. His first Premier League appearance occurred on 10 May 2005, as a late substitute in a 3–1 away success over Manchester United.[2]

Due to the fact that Morais struggled to get first team action in his first season, he was loaned to C.S. Marítimo in 2005–06, alongside compatriot Filipe Oliveira. In that summer, he appeared twice for the Portuguese under-21s at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship on home soil, with Oliveira.

Returning to Chelsea Morais only appeared twice in the league, totalling less than twenty minutes in home draws against Manchester United and Everton and playing three times the FA Cup and the Football League Cup combined.[3][4][5] On 11 May 2007 he signed a two-year deal with Cypriot champions APOEL FC, on a free transfer.[6]

During his time in Nicosia, Morais was reconverted to a defensive midfielder, and signed a new contract until June 2012. Since his debuts he was an essential defensive unit as the side won, amongst other trophies, five championships, three cups and four super cups; he also appeared in all six group stage matches of the club in its first participation in the UEFA Champions League.

In the 2011–12 Champions League, Morais was an undisputed starter for APOEL as it reached the quarter-finals for the first time ever, playing all ten matches – including the round-of-16 triumph over Olympique Lyonnais where he converted his attempt in the penalty shootout.[7] On 4 May 2012, he agreed to a three-year extension to his link.[8]

During 2013–14, Morais appeared in every group stage match in APOEL's UEFA Europa League campaign, and scored the 2–1 winner against FC Girondins de Bordeaux at GSP Stadium.[9] The following season, he was also an automatic first-choice in his team's Champions League campaign.[10]

Club statistics

As of 10 January 2016[11][12][13]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Penafiel 2002–03 Liga de Honra 17 0 2 1 — — — 19 1
2003–04 Liga de Honra 32 2 3 0 — — — 35 2
Total 49 2 5 1 — — — 54 3
Chelsea 2004–05 Premier League 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 4 0
Marítimo 2005–06 Primeira Liga 17 0 3 0 — — — 20 0
Total 17 0 3 0 — — — 20 0
Chelsea 2006–07 Premier League 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
APOEL 2007–08 Cypriot First Division 15 0 8 1 — 2 0 — 25 1
2008–09 Cypriot First Division 30 3 5 0 — 6 0 1 0 42 3
2009–10 Cypriot First Division 29 1 5 0 — 11 0 1 0 46 1
2010–11 Cypriot First Division 30 0 2 0 — 3 0 — 35 0
2011–12 Cypriot First Division 28 1 3 2 — 16 1 1 0 48 4
2012–13 Cypriot First Division 27 4 2 0 — 6 0 — 35 4
2013–14 Cypriot First Division 34 5 7 0 — 10 1 1 0 52 6
2014–15 Cypriot First Division 27 2 6 0 — 10 0 1 0 44 2
2015–16 Cypriot First Division 18 0 0 0 — 12 0 1 0 31 0
Total 238 16 38 3 — 76 2 6 0 358 21
Career total 308 18 49 4 1 0 77 2 6 0 441 24
  1. ↑ Includes Cypriot Super Cup matches.

Honours

Chelsea
APOEL

References

  1. ↑ Chelsea snap up Morais; BBC Sport, 29 August 2004
  2. ↑ Man Utd 1–3 Chelsea; BBC Sport, 10 May 2005
  3. ↑ Chelsea 6–1 Macclesfield; BBC Sport, 6 January 2007
  4. ↑ Chelsea 3–0 Nottingham Forest; BBC Sport, 28 January 2007
  5. ↑ Chelsea 4–0 Wycombe; BBC Sport, 23 January 2007
  6. ↑ Chelsea's Morais moves to Cyprus; BBC Sport, 12 May 2007
  7. ↑ Lyon stunned as APOEL fairy tale continues; UEFA.com, 7 March 2012
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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