Nascimento (footballer, born 1960)

This article is about the footballer. For other uses, see Nascimento.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Cruz and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.

Nascimento

Personal information
Full name	Rui António da Cruz Ferreira
Date of birth	(1960-03-22) 22 March 1960
Place of birth	Leiria, Portugal
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1972–1977	Saint-Dié
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1979	Saint-Dié	24	(2)
1979–1982	União Leiria	66	(2)
1982–1985	Vitória Setúbal	85	(17)
1985–1989	Vitória Guimarães	107	(4)
1989–1990	Porto	13	(1)
1990–1992	Tirsense	45	(5)
1992–1993	Amora	5	(0)
Total		345	(31)
International career
1987	Portugal	5	(0)
Managerial career
1994–1997	Braga (assistant)
1997–1998	Belenenses (assistant)
1998–2002	Braga (assistant)
2002–2003	União Leiria (assistant)
2003–2004	Beira-Mar (assistant)
2004	Marítimo (assistant)
2005–2006	Naval (assistant)
2006–2007	Pinhalnovense
2007–2008	Vitória Guimarães (assistant)
2009–2011	Al Sharjah (assistant)
2011–2012	União Leiria (assistant)
2012	Covilhã
2012–2013	Olhanense (assistant)
2013–2014	União Leiria
2014–2015	Atlético
2015	Marítimo B
2017–2018	Army United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rui António da Cruz Ferreira (born 22 March 1960), known as Nascimento, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.

Club career

Born in Leiria, Nascimento made his professional debuts with local União Desportiva in 1979, after playing his youth football and starting his senior career in France. He consolidated himself as a Primeira Liga player in the following seven seasons, playing with Vitória de Setúbal (three years) and Vitória de Guimarães (four), always as first-choice and scoring nearly 30 overall goals.

At the age of 29, Nascimento signed with FC Porto, winning the only title of his career, the national championship, but he only collected 13 appearances in a total of 542 minutes. He closed out his career at 33, after spells with lowly F.C. Tirsense (two years, one of those in the top flight) and Amora FC.

Nascimento started his managerial career in the early 2000s, and would work mainly as an assistant, always under Manuel Cajuda. His first head coach experience arrived in 2006, with C.D. Pinhalnovense in the third level.

International career

Nascimento represented Portugal at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, helping his team to the quarter-finals. He went on to earn five caps for the senior side in 1987, after the vast majority of the players defected following the Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

External links

• Nascimento at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Nascimento at National-Football-Teams.com
• Nascimento at EU-Football.info