Rui Borges (footballer, born 1981)

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Rui Borges
Borges in 2023
Personal information
Full name Rui Manuel Gomes Borges
Date of birth (1981-07-07) 7 July 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Mirandela, Portugal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Moreirense (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)
2008Moreirense (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– Moreirense
*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 Moreirense.

Playing career[edit]

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.

Coaching career[edit]

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]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 20 April 2024[19]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Mirandela 27 June 2017 5 February 2019 55 29 12 14 84 54 +30 052.73
Académico de Viseu 5 February 2019 11 July 2020 46 21 10 15 59 50 +9 045.65
Académica 12 July 2020 22 September 2021 44 19 13 12 57 49 +8 043.18
Nacional 23 September 2021 18 May 2022 30 13 8 9 48 37 +11 043.33
Vilafranquense 27 May 2022 7 February 2023 24 9 8 7 30 27 +3 037.50
Mafra 10 February 2023 1 June 2023 15 7 6 2 23 17 +6 046.67
Moreirense 4 July 2023 Present 32 12 8 12 32 37 −5 037.50
Career totals 246 110 65 71 333 271 +62 044.72

References[edit]

  1. ^ "António Conceição assina por um ano" [Antonio Conceição signs for a year] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Notícias. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Bertinho e Rui Borges no Famalicão" [Bertinho and Rui Borges at Famalicão] (in Portuguese). Digital de Vizela. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Bragança contratou Rui Borges" [Bragança signed Rui Borges] (in Portuguese). Mensageiro de Bragança. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ "SC Mirandela com treze caras novas" [SC Mirandela with thirteen new faces] (in Portuguese). Mensageiro de Bragança. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Rui Borges é treinador do S.C. Mirandela" [Rui Borges is manager of S.C. Mirandela] (in Portuguese). Jornal Nordeste. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Rui Borges troca Mirandela por Académico de Viseu" [Rui Borges exchanges Mirandela for Académico de Viseu] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Notícias. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  7. ^ "II Liga: Rui Borges deixa Académico de Viseu" [II Liga: Rui Borges leaves Académico de Viseu] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Rui Borges é o novo treinador da Académica de Coimbra" [Rui Borges is the new manager of Académica de Coimbra] (in Portuguese). Observador. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Académica confirma saída de Rui Borges e há um nome bem colocado para a sucessão" [Académica confirm departure of Rui Borges and there is a name well-placed for succession] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Rui Borges troca a Académica pelo Nacional" [Rui Borges exchanges Académica for Nacional] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Rui Borges deixa Nacional" [Rui Borges leaves Nacional] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Rui Borges substitui Filipe Gouveia no comando técnico do Vilafranquense" [Rui Borges replaces Filipe Gouveia at the helm of Vilafranquense] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  13. ^ "II Liga: Rui Borges de saída do Vilafranquense" [II Liga: Rui Borges leaving Vilafranquense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Rui Borges é o novo treinador do Mafra" [Rui Borges is the new manager of Mafra] (in Portuguese). Record. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Rui Borges deixa Mafra e está bem posicionado para assumir o Moreirense" [Rui Borges leaves Mafra and is well-placed to take over Moreirense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Rui Borges: "Seremos uma equipa forte, competitiva, intensa e com qualidade"" [Rui Borges: "We will be a strong, competitive, intense and quality team"] (in Portuguese). Record. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Moreirense correu e marcou, mas, com a quebra de ritmo, só assustou" [Moreirense ran and scored, but, with the break in rhythm, only scared] (in Portuguese). Jornal de Guimarães. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Rui Borges renova com o Moreirense até 2026" [Rui Borges renews with Moreirense until 2026] (in European Portuguese). Jornal de Notícias. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  19. ^ Rui Borges coach profile at Soccerway

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