Rui Pedro Rodrigues Eugénio (born 21 July 1966) is a Portuguese former professional
footballer
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who played as a
right or left-back.
Club career
Born in
Almada
Almada () is a city and a municipality in Portugal, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon. The two cities are connected by the 25 de Abril Bridge. The population of the municipality in 20 ...
,
Setúbal District
The District of Setúbal ( ) is a district located in the south-west of Portugal. It is named for its capital, the city of Setúbal.
Geography
It is delimited by Lisbon District and Santarém District on the north, Évora District on the eas ...
, Eugénio played at the professional level with
S.C. Olhanense
Sporting Clube Olhanense (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve.
Its Association football, football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association Portuguese Di ...
,
R.D. Águeda,
G.D. Estoril Praia
Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...
,
S.C. Farense
Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club based in Faro, Portugal, Faro in the Faro District, district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club ha ...
(two spells) and
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. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...
. He amassed
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...
totals of 272 games and five goals over the course of 11 seasons, in representation of the fourth and fifth clubs.
After retiring, Eugénio stayed connected with Farense as an assistant manager.
Personal life
Eugénio's son,
Pedro
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The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meanin ...
, was also a footballer and a defender.
References
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1966 births
Living people
20th-century Portuguese sportsmen
Portuguese men's footballers
Footballers from Almada
Men's association football fullbacks
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
S.C. Olhanense players
G.D. Estoril Praia players
S.C. Farense players
S.C. Braga players
Portugal men's youth international footballers