| Capucho | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nuno Fernando Gonçalves Rocha | |
| Date of birth | February 21, 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Barcelos, Portugal | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position | Winger | |
| Youth career | ||
| Gil Vicente | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990–1992 1992–1995 1995–1997 1997–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 |
Gil Vicente Sporting CP Vitória Guimarães FC Porto Rangers Celta Vigo |
50 (3) 65 (10) 65 (15) 188 (32) 22 (5) 19 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1996–2002 | Portugal | 34 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Nuno Fernando Gonçalves da Rocha (born February 21, 1972 in Barcelos), aka Capucho, is a retired Portuguese footballer, who played as a winger.
Blessed with scoring and dribbling ability alike, he also displayed good defensive and tackling skills.[1]
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After starting with hometown Gil Vicente FC and helping the Portuguese under-20s win the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in home soil (in a team which included João Vieira Pinto, Rui Costa and LuÃs Figo), Capucho moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he would be relatively used, helping the Lisbon outfit to the 1995 Portuguese Cup.
After two seasons with Guimarães' Vitória Sport Clube, Capucho joined Futebol Clube do Porto, being a major part of a side that won three league titles and the 2003 UEFA Cup (starting in the final[2]).
Capucho would leave Porto prior to its UEFA Champions League conquest, retiring after unassuming spells with Rangers FC - in a season completely devoid of silveware[3]- and Celta de Vigo (in the Spanish second level).
In the 2007 summer, Capucho returned to Porto, being charged with training its junior teams for several years.
With 34 caps for Portugal, Capucho displayed more defensively for the nation than while at (namely) Porto,[1] appearing at UEFA Euro 2000 (two late substitute appearances and a start against Germany, when Portugal was already qualified) and 2002 FIFA World Cup (replacing Sérgio Conceição in the 4–0 thrashing of Poland).
After Luiz Felipe Scolari took over as national team boss, in early 2003, he was never called again.
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  | Stats and profile at Zerozero - Capucho :: Nuno Fernando Gonçalves Rocha :: zerozerofootball.com |
| | Rangers role for Nuno Capucho - uefa.com - UEFA Champions League - News & Features - News specific |
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