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Rui Sacramento
Personal information
Full name	Rui Miguel Ferreira Neto Sacramento
Date of birth	31 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Matosinhos, Portugal
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Trofense (manager)
Youth career
1994–2000	Leixões
2000–2004	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2006	Porto B
2005–2006	→ Valdevez (loan)
2006–2008	Valdevez
2008–2009	Gil Vicente
2009–2011	Esmoriz
2011	Feirense
2011–2012	Camacha
2012	Cinfães
2012–2013	Leixões
2013–2017	Arouca
2017–2018	Gil Vicente
2018–2019	Cinfães
2019	Oliveirense
2019	Cova Piedade
2019–2020	Pedras Rubras
Total
International career
2001	Portugal U15
2001–2002	Portugal U17
2002–2003	Portugal U18
2003–2004	Portugal U19
Managerial career
2021	Pedras Rubras
2021–2023	Marinhense
2023–	Trofense
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rui Miguel Ferreira Neto Sacramento (born 31 January 1985) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently manager of Trofense.

Formed at Porto, where he was only a reserve, heplayed seven Primeira Liga games for Arouca, and 73 in the second tier for Gil Vicente and Leixões.

Club career

Born in Matosinhos, Sacramento joined FC Porto's youth system at the age of 15. He went on to make his senior debut with FC Porto B and C.A. Valdevez, with both teams in the third division (he also spent the 2006–07 season with Valdevez in the fourth). He was second-choice to Bruno Vale in the reserve team but was registered for European competitions and called up to the main squad for the last two group games of the UEFA Champions League in 2004–05, with Nuno Espírito Santo playing in wins against PFC CSKA Moscow and Chelsea.^[2]^[3]

From 2008 to 2013, Sacramento alternated between the Segunda Liga and the third tier, representing Gil Vicente FC, S.C. Esmoriz, C.D. Feirense, A.D. Camacha, C.D. Cinfães and Leixões SC.^[4] With the latter club, he only missed one match out of a possible 42 in the 2012–13 campaign in a third-place finish in the latter league.

Sacramento signed for newly promoted Primeira Liga side F.C. Arouca in the summer of 2013.^[5] He made his debut in the competition on 25 August, in a 1–2 home loss against G.D. Estoril Praia.^[6] In his four years at the Estádio Municipal de Arouca he was always back-up to a succession of South American goalkeepers: Cássio, Mauro Goicoechea and Rafael Bracali; nonetheless, he renewed for two more years in May 2016.^[7]

Having played 21 times for Arouca – two thirds of those appearances in cup competitions – Sacramento returned to the second tier and Gil on 22 June 2017, signing a two-year deal.^[8] Following the Barcelos club's relegation in his first season, he dropped another level to C.D. Cinfães,^[9] and subsequently represented AD Oliveirense, C.D. Cova da Piedade^[10] and F.C. Pedras Rubras.

Sacramento began his coaching career at his final team before moving to A.C. Marinhense of the fourth-tier Campeonato de Portugal in the summer of 2021. On 20 March 2023, the 38-year-old left a campaign for promotion to Liga 3 to become the fourth manager of the season at a C.D. Trofense team aiming to avoid dropping into that league.^[11] He won 2–1 at home to S.C. Farense on his debut 12 days later.^[12]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 16 April 2023^[13]

Managerial record by club and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Trofense	21 March 2023	Present	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total			2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rui Sacramento" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ "Eis um "bebé" Sacramento na viagem da vida" [Here's a "baby" Sacramento on the journey of a lifetime]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 November 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "Rui Sacramento: "Estou confiante numa vitória"" [Rui Sacramento: "I'm confident for a victory"]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 November 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "Clube renova com três jogadores e contrata outros seis" [Club renews with three players and signs six others]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
^ "Dois reforços certos: Rui Sacramento e Tinoco" [Two confirmed additions: Rui Sacramento and Tinoco]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 2 June 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
^ Frederico, Francisco (25 August 2013). "Arouca-Estoril, 1–2 (destaques)" [Arouca-Estoril, 1–2 (highlights)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
^ "Nelsinho e Rui Sacramento renovam por duas temporadas" [Nelsinho and Rui Sacramento renew for two seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "Gil Vicente: Rui Sacramento (ex-Arouca) garantido" [Gil Vicente: Rui Sacramento (ex-Arouca) confirmed] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "Campeonato de Portugal: um mercado cheio de novidades" [Campeonato de Portugal: a transfer market full of new faces]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 July 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "Rui Sacramento prepara-se para a baliza do Cova da Piedade" [Rui Sacramento prepares himself for Cova da Piedade's goal]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ Jóia, Orlando (20 March 2023). "Rui Sacramento é o quarto treinador do Trofense esta temporada" [Rui Sacramento is Trofense's fourth manager this season]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "Trofense atrasa Farense na luta pela subida, Mafra e Benfica B empatam" [Trofense delay Farense in the fight for promotion, Mafra and Benfica B draw]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 April 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ Rui Sacramento coach profile at Soccerway