Rui Almeida Monteiro (born 15 June 1977) is a Cape Verdean retired professional

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player.

Club career

Born in

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, he made his debut in professional football on 22 August 1998 for

FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

in a game against

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replacing

Giovanni Franken Giovanni Francesco Zacharias Franken (born 14 November 1977) is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder and head coach of the under-21 team of ADO Den Haag. Born in the Netherlands, Franken represented the Netherlands Antilles at internat ...

in the 83rd minute. He played in the

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for

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, but was released by the club after the 2002/03 season. He signed for Portuguese side

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, only to return to Dordrecht in summer 2004. He was released by them in 2006Ook Kahya weg bij FC Dordrecht
- Rijnmond and later played for amateur sides

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, Zwaluwen and ZBC'97.

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Club career

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