Nuno Henrique Gonçalves Nogueira (born 19 October 1986), known as Henrique, is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Henrique was born in Fafe,

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. After completing his youth career at the club he made his senior debut with AD Fafe, spending three seasons in the

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. In summer 2008 he joined

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of the Segunda Liga, being almost exclusively a backup during his spell. Henrique played with

C.D. Feirense Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chair ...

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, starting in 18 of his league appearances and scoring three goals as the club returned to the

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after 22 years. In the ensuing off-season he signed for S.C. Braga for three years, being immediately loaned to his previous team and being rarely used as the campaign ended in relegation (ten competitive matches, due to injury). On 28 June 2012, after buying out his Braga contract, Henrique joined Académica de Coimbra on a two-year deal. In the last minutes of the summer

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, however, he moved to the

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with Blackburn Rovers, sharing teams with several compatriots including former Braga teammate

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. On 1 July 2013, Henrique signed for

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a football club based in Arouca, Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,000-seat capacity. History Founde ...

in his country's top division, on a

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-long loan. He returned to

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in January of the following year and, on 28 February, moved to Jagiellonia Białystok of the Polish Ekstraklasa. During this timeframe, where he also represented

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and Feirense, his career was marred by several injury problems. From

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, Henrique competed in the Portuguese top tier with

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. He scored five goals from 52 competitive appearances during his spell at the Estádio do Bessa.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henrique Nogueira 1986 births Living people People from Fafe Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Braga District Men's association football central defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Liga 3 (Portugal) players AD Fafe players C.D. Aves players C.D. Feirense players S.C. Braga players Académica de Coimbra (football) players F.C. Arouca players F.C. Penafiel players Boavista F.C. players Lusitânia F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players III liga players Jagiellonia Białystok players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland