Rui Manuel Magalhães Casaca (born 18 October 1959) is a

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former professional

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who played as a

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, and is the

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S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese f ...

Football career

Born in

Marco de Canaveses Marco de Canaveses () is a city and municipality on Porto district, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 53,450, in an area of 201.89 km². The city itself had a population of 9,042 in 2001. Geography The city of Marco Canaves ...

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, Casaca started playing in the lower leagues with

Merelinense F.C. Merelinense Futebol Clube also known as Merelinense FC is a Portuguese football club from São Pedro de Merelim in Braga and founded in 1938. Merelinense FC currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal. They curr ...

and

C.A. Valdevez Clube Atlético de Valdevez known as CA Valdevez or Atlético dos Arcos is a Portuguese football club from Arcos de Valdevez, Arcos Valdevez which was founded in 1945. The team ran into serious financial problems after the 2009–10 season and wa ...

, helping the latter team promote to the Segunda Liga in 1981. Starting in the following year and until his retirement, he competed solely in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

, with

Rio Ave F.C. Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlanti ...

and

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

. In the 1985–86 season, Casaca scored a career-best four goals from 28 appearances to help Boavista finish in fifth position, with the subsequent

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to the

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. He retired in June 1994 at the age of 34, amassing top division totals of 305 matches and 18 goals, and immediately joined his main club's coaching staff; in January 1997 he was named

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, collecting one point in his two games in charge. From 1997 to 2006, Casaca acted as

of Boavista and

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

, also being assistant to manager

Manuel José Manuel José de Jesus Silva Order of Merit (Portugal), ComM (born 9 April 1946), simply known as Manuel José (), is a Portuguese association football, football Manager (association football), manager. Some of the teams he has coached include ...

at both sides. On 31 July 2007, in the same capacity, he returned to

where he had already occupied the position, and went on to remain there for several years.

Honours

Player

Boavista *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seaso ...

: 1991–92 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Casaca, Rui 1959 births Living people People from Marco de Canaveses Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Merelinense F.C. players Rio Ave F.C. players Boavista F.C. players Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Boavista F.C. managers Sportspeople from Porto District