Eurípedes Amoreirinha

Eurípedes Amoreirinha

Personal information
Full name	Eurípedes Daniel Adão Amoreirinha[1]
Date of birth	(1984-08-05) 5 August 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth	Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal[1]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1995–1996	Vilafranquense
1996–1998	Benfica
1998–2003	Alverca
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Alverca	33	(2)
2004–2007	Benfica	8	(0)
2005	→ Estoril (loan)	8	(0)
2005–2007	→ Estrela Amadora (loan)	49	(1)
2007–2008	CFR Cluj	2	(0)
2008	→ UTA Arad (loan)	8	(1)
2009–2011	Académica	24	(0)
2011–2013	Vitória Setúbal	20	(0)
2013	Churchill Brothers	0	(0)
2014	Benfica Castelo Branco	13	(0)
2014–2015	Santa Clara	38	(1)
2015–2016	Penafiel	30	(1)
2016–2018	Sampedrense
2018–2019	Moimenta da Beira	25	(1)
Total		258	(7)
International career
2002	Portugal U18	2	(0)
2002–2003	Portugal U19	14	(1)
2003–2005	Portugal U20	9	(0)
2004–2007	Portugal U21	12	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Under-19 Championship Runner-up 2003 Liechtenstein
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eurípedes Daniel Adão Amoreirinha (born 5 August 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender.

Club career

A product of S.L. Benfica's youth system, Amoreirinha was born in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon, and he made his Primeira Liga debut with farm team F.C. Alverca in 2003, then appeared in eight matches with the former in the 2004–05 season as they conquered the national title after 11 years.[2] He finished the campaign on loan at modest G.D. Estoril Praia.[3]

After two seasons on loan with C.F. Estrela da Amadora,[4] Amoreirinha was released by Benfica and moved to Romania's CFR Cluj for €1 million, joining the club's massive Portuguese contingent.[5] In February 2008, he was loaned to fellow Liga I side FCM UTA Arad.[6]

Amoreirinha returned to Portugal in January 2009, moving to Académica de Coimbra[7] and being almost exclusively used as a backup in the next top-flight campaigns, after which he was released in June 2011. He met exactly the same fate in the same amount of time in his next club, Vitória de Setúbal.[8][9]

On 5 August 2014, after an unassuming spell in India and a few months with Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco, Amoreirinha signed for C.D. Santa Clara of Segunda Liga.[10] In June of the following year, he joined F.C. Penafiel in the same league.[11]

Career statistics

[12][13][14][15]

Club	Season	League			Cup[16]		Continental[17]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Alverca	2002–03	Segunda Liga	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	2003–04	Primeira Liga	31	2	1	0	0	0	32	2
	Total		33	2	2	0	0	0	35	2
Benfica	2004–05	Primeira Liga	8	0	1	0	3	0	12	0
Estoril	2004–05	Primeira Liga	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Estrela Amadora	2005–06	Primeira Liga	21	1	3	2	0	0	24	3
	2006–07	Primeira Liga	28	0	2	0	0	0	30	0
	Total		49	1	5	2	0	0	54	3
CFR Cluj	2007–08	Liga I	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
UTA Arad	2007–08	Liga I	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
Académica	2008–09	Primeira Liga	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2009–10	Primeira Liga	10	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
	2010–11	Primeira Liga	6	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
	Total		24	0	4	0	0	0	28	1
Vitória Setúbal	2011–12	Primeira Liga	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	2012–13	Primeira Liga	8	0	4	1	0	0	12	1
	Total		20	0	4	1	0	0	24	1
Churchill Brothers	2013–14	I-League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Benfica Castelo Branco	2013–14	Campeonato Nacional de Seniores	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Santa Clara	2014–15	Segunda Liga	38	1	3	0	0	0	41	1
Penafiel	2015–16	Segunda Liga	30	1	3	0	0	0	33	1
Sampedrense	2016–17	Divisão de Honra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18	Divisão de Honra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moimenta da Beira	2018–19	Divisão de Honra	25	1	0	0	0	0	25	1
Career total			258	7	22	3	3	0	283	10

Honours

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 2004–05[2]
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 2004[18]

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2007–08
• Cupa României: 2007–08

References

1. "Amoreirinha" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
2. "Amoreirinha: a porrada "para matar", o Benfica e o distrital" [Amoreirinha: the "killing" tackles, Benfica and the regionals] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
3. "Amoreirinha: "Quero jogar mais e ajudar à manutenção"" [Amoreirinha: "I want to play more and help in survival"]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 February 2005. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
4. "Viafara heads to Portsmouth". UEFA. 23 June 2005. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
5. "CFR Cluj l-a prezentat pe Amorerinha" [CFR Cluj presented Amorerinha] (in Romanian). Ziare. 2 July 2007. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
6. "Amoreirinha la UTA" [Amoreirinha to UTA]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 8 February 2008. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
7. Frederico, Francisco (13 January 2009). "Académica: Amoreirinha assinou e ficou com o número 2" [Académica: Amoreirinha signed and got number 2] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
8. "Amoreirinha 14 meses depois" [Amoreirinha 14 months later]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 February 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
9. "Amoreirinha: "Estava a cumprir mas deixei de jogar"" [Amoreirinha: "I was doing my job but I stopped playing"]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 December 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
10. Resendes, Manuel (5 August 2014). "Mercado: Oficial – Santa Clara confirma três novos reforços" [Market: Official – Santa Clara confirm three new additions] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
11. "Amoreirinha é o primeiro reforço do Penafiel" [Amoreirinha is first Penafiel addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
12. Eurípedes Amoreirinha at ForaDeJogo (archived)
13. "Amoreirinha". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
14. "Amoreirinha". WorldFootball. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
15. "FC Săcele – CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca • 1/16 finals" [FC Săcele – CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca • Round of 32] (in Romanian). Romanian Soccer. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
16. Includes Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal
17. Includes UEFA Cup
18. "FC Porto-Benfica, 1–0 (Ricardo Quaresma 56')". Record (in Portuguese). 20 August 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

External links

• Eurípedes Amoreirinha at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Eurípedes Amoreirinha at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Eurípedes Amoreirinha national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)