João Carlos Nogueira Amorim (born 11 February 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for

AVS Futebol SAD AVS Futebol SAD is a Portuguese association football club currently playing in the Liga Portugal 2, the second tier of Portuguese football league system. They are based in the town of Aves (Santo Tirso), Vila das Aves and they play in Estádio do ...

as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in

LigaPro The Liga Portugal 2 (), also known as Liga Portugal 2 SABSEG for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division of the Portuguese football league system. At the end of each season, the two top-finishing teams are promoted to the top-tier Prim ...

, making over 200 appearances in service of eight clubs.

Club career

Born in Espinho, Amorim joined

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

's youth system in 2003, aged 11. He was not given a professional contract after he turned 19, so he signed for

Gondomar S.C. Gondomar Sport Club is a Portuguese football club based in Gondomar, Porto District. Founded on 1 May 1921, it currently plays in the fourth-tier Campeonato de Portugal, holding home games at '' Estádio de São Miguel'', with a capacity of 2.45 ...

in the

third division In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...

, where he made his senior debut. Amorim joined S.L. Benfica in February 2012, with the deal being made effective in July. He was immediately loaned to Segunda Liga team C.D. Trofense, a move repeated the following season even though he was eventually called back to

Benfica B Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B", commonly known as Benfica B, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Seixal. Founded in 1999, dissolved in 2006, and restarted in 2012, it is the reserve team of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. They play in ...

in December 2013. On 27 January 2015, Benfica announced that Amorim had signed with division two club C.D. Aves. Eighteen months later, having not played regularly, he dropped down a level to U.D. Oliveirense. In his first season in Oliveira de Azeméis, he featured regularly as they won promotion as runners-up to Real SC, and he kept his place the following year in the second tier. After playing the first three matches of the 2018–19 campaign, Amorim cancelled his contract in August and found a new team in October in the shape of

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 ...

on a two-year deal. After playing most of the remaining games as the side just avoided relegation, he moved abroad for the first time in June 2019 to FC Arda Kardzhali, newcomers in the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria). Having scored once to equalise in a 2–1 home win over

FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo FC Etar Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, ФК Етър Велико Търново) is a former Bulgarian professional football club based in Veliko Tarnovo. They were last competing in the 2012–13 season of the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, th ...

on 30 September 2019, Amorim returned to his country's second division the following 15 January at

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 ...

. Eight months later he moved again, 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 ...

of the same league.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amorim, Joao 1992 births Living people People from Espinho, Portugal Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Aveiro District Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Gondomar S.C. players S.L. Benfica B players C.D. Trofense players C.D. Aves players U.D. Oliveirense players Varzim S.C. players C.D. Feirense players F.C. Penafiel players U.D. Vilafranquense players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Arda Kardzhali players Liga II players FC Brașov (2021) players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania