Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rui Manuel Gomes Borges | ||
Date of birth | 7 July 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Mirandela, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vitória Guimarães (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–2000 | Mirandela | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2000–2001 | Bragança | 12 | (4) |
2001–2002 | Paredes | 36 | (1) |
2002–2004 | Braga B | 40 | (1) |
2004–2005 | Mirandela | ||
2005–2007 | Bragança | ||
2007–2008 | Trofense | 7 | (0) |
2008 | → Moreirense (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Moreirense | 16 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Mirandela | 91 | (26) |
2012–2013 | Famalicão | 29 | (2) |
2013 | Freamunde | 2 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Bragança | 56 | (8) |
2015–2017 | Mirandela | 53 | (6) |
Managerial career | |||
2017–2019 | Mirandela | ||
2019–2020 | Académico de Viseu | ||
2020–2021 | Académica | ||
2021–2022 | Nacional | ||
2022–2023 | Vilafranquense | ||
2023 | Mafra | ||
2023–2024 | Moreirense | ||
2024– | Vitória Guimarães | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rui Manuel Gomes Borges (born 7 July 1981) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a right winger, and the current manager of Vitória Guimarães.
A youth graduate of hometown club Mirandela, Borges made his senior debut with Bragança during the 2000–01 Segunda Divisão B. He subsequently represented Paredes and Braga B in the same division, before returning to Mirandela in 2004, with the club in Terceira Divisão.
In June 2007, after another stint at Bragança, Borges signed for Segunda Liga side Trofense. [1] He made his professional debut on 4 August, starting in a 2–1 home win over Feirense for the season's Taça da Liga, but only featured rarely and was subsequently loaned to third division club Moreirense in January 2008.
Borges signed a permanent deal with Moreirense after his loan spell, but returned to Mirandela in 2009. He scored a career-best 12 goals during the 2010–11 season, helping in the club's promotion to the third level after two years.
On 6 June 2012, Borges agreed to a contract with Famalicão. [2] After being regularly used, he moved to Freamunde in June 2013, but left in September to return to Bragança. [3]
In July 2015, Borges was announced back at his first club Mirandela. [4] He was a regular starter during his two-year spell, and retired in June 2017, aged 35.
Immediately after retiring, Borges took up coaching at his last club Mirandela. [5] On 5 February 2019, he left to take over second division side Académico de Viseu. [6]
Borges left Viseu on a mutual agreement on 11 July 2020, [7] and was named in charge of fellow league team Académica de Coimbra in the following day. [8] On 22 September 2021, after seven winless matches into the new season, he was sacked, [9] but was appointed Nacional manager just hours later. [10]
Borges announced his departure from Nacional on 18 May 2022, [11] and replaced Filipe Gouveia at the helm of Vilafranquense nine days later. [12] He resigned from the club on 7 February 2023, after having discrepancies with the board, [13] and was named manager of Mafra three days later. [14]
Borges left Mafra on 1 June 2023, [15] and was announced as manager of Primeira Liga side Moreirense on 4 July. [16] On his top-flight debut on 14 August, the team lost 2–1 at home to Porto. [17]
On 5 December 2023, with Moreirense sitting in sixth place in the Primeira Liga, having recently secured a 0–0 draw with Benfica at the Estádio da Luz, Borges signed a three-year contract extension. [18]
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Mirandela | 27 June 2017 | 5 February 2019 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 84 | 54 | +30 | 52.73 |
Académico de Viseu | 5 February 2019 | 11 July 2020 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 45.65 |
Académica | 12 July 2020 | 22 September 2021 | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 43.18 |
Nacional | 23 September 2021 | 18 May 2022 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 43.33 |
Vilafranquense | 27 May 2022 | 7 February 2023 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 37.50 |
Mafra | 10 February 2023 | 1 June 2023 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 46.67 |
Moreirense | 4 July 2023 | 28 May 2024 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 38 | +0 | 44.44 |
Vitória Guimarães | 28 May 2024 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Career totals | 250 | 114 | 65 | 71 | 339 | 272 | +67 | 45.60 |