Rui Pedro Correia Nunes (born 7 January 1990), known as Ruca, is a Portuguese

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Tábua Tábua () is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The municipality contains the town of Tábua. The population in 2011 was 12,071, in an area of 199.79 km². Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into ...

Coimbra District Coimbra District ( pt, Distrito de Coimbra, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra. Municipalities The district is composed by 17 municipalities: * Arganil * Cantanhede * Coimbra * Condeixa ...

, Ruca all but spent his entire senior career in the Portuguese lower leagues. In early February 2015, he signed a five-month contract with Segunda Liga club

Académico de Viseu F.C. Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Viseu. Founded in 1914 as ''Clube Académico de Futebol'', the club went through several changes over the course of the years, folding in 2005 due to financial ...

from

A.D. Nogueirense Associação Desportiva Nogueirense is a Portuguese sports club from Nogueira do Cravo, Oliveira do Hospital. The men's football team plays in the Honra A AF Coimbra. The team won the Honra AF Coimbra in 2009–10, leading to two seasons in t ...

, making his debut in the competition on 15 April in a 0–0 home draw against

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. Ruca returned to the

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in the summer of 2016, joining

Lusitano FCV Lusitano Futebol Clube de Vildemoinhos is a Portuguese Association football, football club from the parish of Vildemoinhos in the city of Viseu. The club was founded on 14 August 1916 and plays in fifth tier of the Portuguese football league sys ...

in the same region.

References

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Portuguese League profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruca 1990 births Living people People from Tábua Footballers from Coimbra District Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players G.D. Tourizense players Padroense F.C. players C.S. Marítimo players A.D. Nogueirense players Académico de Viseu F.C. players Lusitano FCV players F.C. Oliveira do Hospital players Portugal men's youth international footballers