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| Full name | Nuno Jorge Pereira da Silva Valente[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1974-09-12)12 September 1974 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back,winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1989 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Vitória Lisboa | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | Sporting CP | 36 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | →Portimonense (loan) | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | →Marítimo (loan) | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | União Leiria | 87 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Porto | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Everton | 45 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 280 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Portugal U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2008 | Portugal | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Trofense | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Nuno Jorge Pereira da Silva ValenteOIH (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈnunuvɐˈlẽtɨ]; born 12 September 1974) is a former Portuguese professionalfootballer who played as aleft-back or awinger. He later became amanager.
He played professionally in Portugal and England forSporting,Portimonense,Marítimo,União Leiria,Porto andEverton.
Valente representedPortugal at international level, participating atEuro 2004 (where Portugal became runners-up) and the2006 World Cup.
Born inLisbon, Valente began his career atsecond division clubPortimonense on loan fromSporting CP. However, he found first-team chances limited at the former side and despite success in helping win thePortuguese Cup in 1995, he was loaned again in the1996–97 season toMarítimo, also in thePrimeira Liga.
A youngJosé Mourinho recognized Valente's talent and brought him toUnião Leiria in the summer of 1999, where he spent three years as an undisputed starter. In 2002, when Mourinho left to joinPorto, he and teammateDerlei were the club's first signings. The former repaid the coach's faith with some good displays as Porto romped to victory in the national championship and defeatedCeltic 3–2 in theUEFA Cup.[2][3]
The following campaign, Valente helped his club to Portuguese andChampions League wins,[4] with the defender appearing in 11 games duringthe latter competition's run, ten of those complete. At the season's closure, he renewed his contract until 2007.[5]
After Mourinho signed forChelsea, Valente picked up a succession of injuries.[6][7] He only played eight matches in the entiredomestic league, but returned in time to faceInter Milan in theChampions League round of 16, not being able to prevent his team losing 2–4 on aggregate.[8]
After another poor year, which included an ultimatum by Porto presidentJorge Nuno Pinto da Costa that ordered him to choose between club or national team, eventually leading to a suspension,[9] on 28 August 2005 Valente moved toEverton on a three-year deal worth €2.2 million,[10] under recommendation of mentor Mourinho,[11] after the English had lost regular left-backAlessandro Pistone to injury. He took a while to adapt to the hectic pace of thePremier League, but became a regular from then on – in2005–06 and2006–07 he was considered first-choice, but faced stiff competition fromGary Naysmith; in February 2007, theMerseyside club took the option of a one-year extension to his contract, tying him until June of the following year.[12]
In early May 2008, Valente signed another one-year link,[13] but he eventually fell down the pecking order at the Toffees, usually backingLeighton Baines. Furthermore, withcentre backJoleon Lescott also being able to play the position[14] and with Valente also suffering from injury problems, he received little playing time during2008–09, being released on 12 June 2009[15] and choosing to retire from playing after appearing in 60 competitive games in four seasons.[16]
A fullPortugal international since after the2002 FIFA World Cup,[17] Valente was first-choice for the national side during the runner-up campaign atUEFA Euro 2004, played in home soil. During 2005 he suffered athigh strain, but recovered in time to play in the2006 World Cup,[18] again playing a key part in their eventual fourth-place finish; in the quarter-final match againstEngland he appeared to handball aDavid Beckham cross, butHoracio Elizondo did not award apenalty and his team eventually advanced after ashootout.[19]
After playing only once during theEuro 2008 qualifiers, Valente retired from international football in September 2008.[20]
Upon his retirement, Valente was appointed Everton's officialscout in Portugal.[21] After one year, he returned to main club Sporting and joinedPaulo Sérgio's coaching staff.[22]
Valente kickstarted his coaching career on 11 October 2017, replacing Fernando Mira at the helm ofC.D. Trofense in thePortuguese third division.[23] Less than two months later, after six official matches and five losses, he was fired.[24]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Portimonense (loan) | 1993–94 | Segunda Liga | 26 | 1 | ||||||||
| Sporting | 1994–95 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1995–96 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1997–98 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1998–99 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 36 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Marítimo (loan) | 1996–97 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 0 | ||||||||
| União Leiria | 1999–00 | Primeira Liga | 28 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2000–01 | 31 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2001–02 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 87 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Porto | 2002–03 | Primeira Liga | 21 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2003–04 | 27 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2004–05 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 56 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Everton | 2005–06 | Premier League | 20 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2006–07 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2007–08 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career total | 280 | 4 | ||||||||||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 March 2004 | Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal |  Italy | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly[27] |
Sporting
Porto
Portugal
Orders
Medal of Merit,Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)
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