Rui Coentrão

Rui Coentrão
Personal information
Full name	Rui Abel Maia Coentrão
Date of birth	25 July 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Vila do Conde, Portugal
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Left-back, winger
Team information
Current team	Ribeirão
Youth career
2000–2005	Varzim
2005–2009	Sporting CP
2009–2011	Varzim
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2021	Varzim
2013–2014	→ Leixões (loan)
2021–2022	Tirsense
2022–	Ribeirão
International career
2007–2008	Portugal U16
2008–2009	Portugal U17
2008–2010	Portugal U18
2012–2013	Portugal U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:18, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Rui Abel Maia Coentrão (born 25 July 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for G.D. Ribeirão as a left-back or a left winger.

Club career

Born in Vila do Conde, Coentrão spent most of his youth career with nearby Varzim SC, while also having four years in Sporting CP's academy.^[2] He made his senior debut with the former in the third tier in the 2011–12 season, won by his team.

On 29 June 2013, Coentrão was loaned to Segunda Liga club Leixões S.C. for the upcoming campaign.^[2] He made 40 total appearances for the side from Matosinhos, and scored the only goal of an away win against Atlético Clube de Portugal on 27 October.^[3]

Upon returning to Varzim, Coentrão was a first-team regular, winning promotion to the second division in 2014–15 and playing several years at that level. On 31 July 2016, he scored twice in a 2–1 victory at S.C. Olhanense in the first round of the Taça da Liga.^[4] The following 21 May, in the last game of the season, he was sent off in a 3–0 home loss to relegated F.C. Vizela.^[5]

International career

Coentrão won four caps for Portugal at under-21 level, in as many friendlies. His first arrived on 14 November 2012, in a 3–2 defeat of Scotland in Setúbal where he came on as a late substitute.^[6]

Personal life

Coentrão's second cousin, Fábio, played in the same position. He was a long-time Portugal international, and his clubs included S.L. Benfica and Real Madrid.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rui Coentrão" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Rui Coentrão chega por empréstimo" [Rui Coentrão arrives on loan]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 July 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
^ "Atlético-Leixões, 0–1: Rui Coentrão ditou triunfo" [Atlético-Leixões, 0–1: Rui Coentrão dictated triumph] (in Portuguese). Sábado. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
^ "Olhanense-Varzim, 1–2: Bis de Rui Coentrão elimina algarvios" [Olhanense-Varzim, 1–2: Brace from Rui Coentrão eliminates Algarveans]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 July 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
^ "Varzim-Vizela, 0–3: Triunfo com bis de Fábio Fortes na despedida à 2.ª Liga" [Varzim-Vizela, 0–3: Triumph with brace from Fábio Fortes on goodbye to 2nd League]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
^ "Sub-21 dão volta ao marcador e vencem a Escócia por 3–2" [Under-21s come back from behind and beat Scotland 3–2] (in Portuguese). TSF. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ "Rui Coentrão: "Já falámos sobre as coisas más e boas que fizemos"" [Rui Coentrão: "We already spoke about the good and bad things that we did"] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2019.