Alves Nilo Marcos Lima Fortes (born 6 November 1966), commonly known as Vinha, is a Cape Verdean retired

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who played as a

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Football career

Born in

Praia Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.

, Vinha arrived in

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and nearly 22, starting with lowly

Atlético Clube de Portugal Atlético Clube de Portugal is a Portuguese club, located in the city of Lisbon, more precisely in the parish of Alcântara. It was founded on 18 September 1942 due to the merger of two clubs of Alcântara (Carcavelinhos Football Club) and Santo ...

. After two seasons he moved to 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

S.C. Salgueiros Sport Comércio e Salgueiros (), commonly known as simply Salgueiros, is a Portuguese multi-sports club from the city of Porto, in the northern region of the country. Founded on 8 December 1911, in the parish of Paranhos, it is mostly known f ...

, being an important attacking unit in the

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side's domestic consolidation. Vinha's solid performances attracted attention from local

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 ...

, and soon after a callup – which did not materialize – to the Portugal national team. During his sole season he featured little, but still managed to contribute with four league goalsF.C. Porto-Benfica: por onde andam as figuras acidentais? (F.C. Porto-Benfica: what happened to accidental heroes?)
Mais Futebol, 27 October 2006 (in Portuguese) as the club finished second to

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional association football, football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese footba ...

and won the

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; previously, in the

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that opened the new campaign, he netted against the same rival in an eventual aggregate triumph (he also scored against Benfica in the league opener, with a trademark header). In the 1994 summer, Vinha returned to Salgueiros for a further four seasons, always in the top division. After failing to score in his last year, from 20 games, he moved to the lower leagues after a brief spell in the second level with

F.C. Paços de Ferreira Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira () is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal s ...

, retiring in 2001 at F.C. Tirsense. Vinha faded into obscurity upon retiring, also working as a stand employee at ''Exponor'', a cultural exposition and forum center in

Leça da Palmeira Leça da Palmeira () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Matosinhos in the Greater Porto area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira. It has 5.97 km² and had 17.215 inhabitants ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinha 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Praia Cape Verdean footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Atlético Clube de Portugal players S.C. Salgueiros players FC Porto players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players A.D. Lousada players Imortal D.C. players F.C. Tirsense players Cape Verdean expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal