Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nuno Miguel Pereira Sousa [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 8 March 1979||
Place of birth | Funchal, Portugal [1] | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1998 | Marítimo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1998–2015 | Marítimo B | 77 | (2) |
2000–2016 | Marítimo | 258 | (2) |
Total | 335 | (4) | |
International career | |||
2001–2002 | Portugal U21 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nuno Miguel Pereira Sousa (born 8 March 1979), known as Briguel, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Born in Funchal, Madeira, Briguel – his nickname derived from former German international defender Hans-Peter Briegel, who also played in his position – spent his entire career in the green and red colours of hometown's C.S. Marítimo. [2] [3] He made his first-team and Primeira Liga debut to kickstart the 2000–01 season, against F.C. Alverca (0–0 away draw, 90 minutes played). [4] [5]
Years after being promoted to the first team, Briguel continued featuring in the odd match for the reserves. [6] He retired at the end of the 2015–16 campaign at the age of 37, after having contributed ten appearances to the former's 13th-place finish. [7] On 17 December 2014, he reached the 700th-game mark with his only club. [8]
Subsequently, Briguel worked as Marítimo's director of football. [9] [10] [11]
Briguel played five times for the Portugal under-21 side, making his debut on 24 October 2001 in a 1–1 friendly with Turkey in Caldas da Rainha. [12] [13]