Emanuel Rodrigues Novo (born 26 August 1992) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Saudi club

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as a

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Club career

Born in

Vila do Conde Vila do Conde (, ; "the Count's Town") is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km². The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of Vila do Conde, Azurar ...

, Novo played as a youth for local clubs

Varzim S.C. Varzim Sport Club () is a Portuguese football team based in Póvoa de Varzim, near Porto in the north of the country. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since it was founded. The club pl ...

and

Rio Ave FC Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlant ...

. His early senior career was however spent at a lower level – including A.D.C. Balasar of the

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's third district league in 2013–14 – though he won a national title in

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with

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese f ...

in 2014. After two years with

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tier of Portugu ...

, the latter in the Segunda Liga, Novo signed a deal of the same length with

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 ...

in the

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. Third choice to

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and António Filipe, he made just one brief substitute appearance in each of his seasons with the team from Trás-os-Montes; the first was on 8 May 2017 in the final matchday (2–1 away loss against

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home games at the Estádio António Coimb ...

), in which the latter was

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with six minutes remaining and he was immediately beaten by a free kick from Mattheus. On 14 June 2018, Novo returned to Varzim on a two-year deal. The following 1 July, he moved abroad for the first time, joining several compatriots at

FC Hermannstadt Asociația Fotbal Club Hermannstadt (), commonly known as FC Hermannstadt, Hermannstadt or familiarly as Sibiu (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt), Sibiu County, which currently competes ...

in Romania. He made his debut in

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18 days later, a 0–2 home defeat to local rivals

CS Gaz Metan Mediaș Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș (), commonly known as Gaz Metan Mediaș or simply as Gaz Metan, was a Romanian professional football club based in Mediaș, Sibiu County. Founded in 1945 as ''Karres Mediaș'', the team spent most of its existe ...

. Novo came back to his own country's second tier on 4 September 2020, on a one-year deal at

F.C. Penafiel Futebol Clube de Penafiel ( or ) is a Portuguese Association football, football club founded on 8 February 1951 and based in the city of Penafiel, Portugal, Penafiel. Brief history Penafiel first reached the Portuguese Liga, first division in Po ...

. At the end of the campaign, he was on the books of

F.C. Felgueiras 1932 Futebol Club de Felgueiras 1932 is an association football club based in Felgueiras, Porto District, Portugal founded in 2006 after F.C. Felgueiras ended in 2005 due to financial problems. They got promoted to play in the Liga 3 (Portugal), Li ...

for a few weeks before agreeing to a contract at

Jeddah Club Jeddah Club is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Jeddah that competes in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League. Current squad ''As of 20 September 2021:'' References Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidd ...

in the

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. On 18 June 2022, Novo joined

in the same country and league.

References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Novo, Emanuel 1992 births Living people People from Vila do Conde Sportspeople from Porto District Portuguese footballers Association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Varzim S.C. players Rio Ave F.C. players AD Oliveirense players F.C. Famalicão players G.D. Chaves players F.C. Penafiel players F.C. Felgueiras 1932 players Liga I players FC Hermannstadt players Saudi First Division League players Jeddah Club players Al-Riyadh SC players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia