Rui Filipe Caetano Moura (born 1 March 1993), known as Carraça, is a Portuguese professional
footballer
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who plays mainly as a
right-back
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for
Liga Portugal 2
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Primeira Liga
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appearances, also representing
Porto
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as well as spending time on loan at
B-SAD
B-SAD was a Portuguese football club currently based in Almada, founded on 30 June 2018 as an independent entity. An offshoot of Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, they played four seasons in the Primeira Liga, being relegated to the Liga Portugal ...
and
Gil Vicente
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.
Club career
Boavista
Born in Folgosa,
Maia
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Family
Maia is the daughter of A ...
, Carraça earned his nickname meaning "
tick
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" for his aggressive style of play while at his village club. He finished his development at
Boavista F.C.
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after joining at the age of 16; his first two seasons as a senior were spent in the third division.
From
2014
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to
2016
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, Carraça competed in the Segunda Liga on loan, respectively with C.D. Tondela and C.D. Santa Clara. While with the former team, his first professional game occurred on 31 August 2014 when he played the second half of a 1–1 home draw against Académico de Viseu FC. He contributed eight starts and 809 minutes of action, in an eventual first-ever promotion to the
Primeira Liga
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.
Returned to the
Estádio do Bessa
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for the 2016–17 campaign, Carraça made his debut in the competition on 14 August 2016, playing the entire 2–0 home win over
F.C. Arouca
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. His first league goal arrived on 21 October, awarding the visitors one point with a 1–1 draw at
C.S. Marítimo
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.
A key played under both
Erwin Sánchez
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Dubbed '' Platini'',Miguel Leal, Carraça renewed his contract with Boavista on 28 December 2016, with the new link running until June 2018.
Porto
On 12 August 2020, Carraça signed a four-year contract with
FC Porto
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. He took no part in the team until 21 November, when he started in a 2–0 victory at G.D. Fabril in the third round of the
Taça de Portugal
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.
Carraça was loaned to
B-SAD
B-SAD was a Portuguese football club currently based in Almada, founded on 30 June 2018 as an independent entity. An offshoot of Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, they played four seasons in the Primeira Liga, being relegated to the Liga Portugal ...
on 24 August 2021, for the season. Having provided three assists and missed only eight games as the
Lisbon
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-based side suffered relegation, he moved to Gil Vicente F.C. on the same basis.
On 1 September 2023, Carraça's contract was terminated by mutual agreement.
Later career
On 10 October 2023, Carraça agreed to a one-year deal at top-division club G.D. Chaves; this was due to injury to Habib Sylla.