João Carlos Gonçalves Filho (born 9 November 1983), known as Nenê, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a pivot.

Career

Born in

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, Nenê arrived in European futsal at the hands of

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coach, Paulo Fernandes. He spent three years there, winning one league in his first year, and two Portuguese cups in the remaining two. In 2008, he left Sporting and moved to the Russian

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, joining

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, without winning any silverware. He then spent two years at

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, winning both a league and a national cup. After one year in Belgium, at Action 21, Paulo Fernandes, now at Benfica, brought him to the club on 28 July 2012. In

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, he only won one supercup over two seasons, so he was released on 19 June 2014, together with

Joel Queirós Joel Ricardo Ribeiro Queirós (born 21 May 1982) is a Portuguese futsal player who plays as a pivot for Modicus Sandim and formerly played for the Portugal national team. Honours Club ;Freixieiro * Liga Portuguesa: 2001–02 * Supertaça de ...

and Marcão. Afterwards, he played with Serbian club

KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac Klub malog fudbala Ekonomac ( sr-cyr, Клуб малог фудбала Економац), commonly known as Ekonomac Kragujevac ( sr-cyr, Економац Крагујевац), is a Serbian futsal club based in Kragujevac. Ekonomac is currently ...

, and Cypriot clube

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

Honours

Sporting CP *

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: 2005–06 *

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: 2005–06, 2007–08 Nacional Zagreb * Croatian Prva HMNL: 2009–10 SL Benfica * SuperTaça de Futsal de Portugal: 2012 Ekonomac * Serbian Prva Futsal Liga: 2015

References

1983 births Living people Sportspeople from São Paulo Brazilian men's futsal players Sporting CP futsal players S.L. Benfica (futsal) players Brazilian expatriates in Portugal Brazilian expatriates in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Brazilian expatriates in Serbia {{Brazil-sport-bio-stub