Rui Patrício

Personal information
Full name	Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício
Date of birth	(1988-02-15) February 15, 1988 (age 24)
Place of birth	Marrazes, Portugal
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Sporting CP
Number	1
Youth career
2000–2001	Leiria Marrazes
2001–2006	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–	Sporting CP	135	(0)
National team‡
2006–2007	Portugal U19	10	(0)
2007–2008	Portugal U20	8	(0)
2007–2010	Portugal U21	12	(0)
2009	Portugal U23	1	(0)
2010–	Portugal	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011

Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício (born 15 February 1988 in Marrazes, Leiria) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a goalkeeper.

Club career[link]

Patrício played as a striker at a young age. Reportedly, a Sporting Clube de Portugal scout was in the area and saw the youngster play in goal; the scout was very impressed and signed him to the Sporting youth academy. He made his first division debut on 19 November 2006, in a 1–0 away win against C.S. Marítimo in the 10th round; subbing in for habitual club and country first-choice Ricardo, he saved a penalty kick 15 minutes before the end of the game.

In 2007–08, after Ricardo's departure to Real Betis, Patrício beat competition from Sporting veteran Tiago and new signing Vladimir Stojković to become the undisputed starter. On 27 November 2007, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, in a 1–2 group stage loss at Manchester United.

During the 2008 off-season, Patrício was the subject of a rumored transfer to Italian giants F.C. Internazionale Milano.^[1] However, nothing came of it and, in the 2008 Portuguese Supercup final, against Futebol Clube do Porto, he stopped a Lucho González penalty in a 2–0 final win, also being an everpresent fixture in the league.

In the qualifying rounds of the 2009–10 Champions League, at FC Twente, Sporting were trailing 0–1 in the 94th minute, after a 0–0 tie in the first leg. Patrício rushed to the opposing area for a corner kick, he went up for a header with Nikita Rukavytsya, both players seemed to make contact with the ball, and it was helped into the net for an own goal via the boot of Peter Wisgerhof, as Sporting eventually qualified for the last games prior to the group stage.^[2]

International career[link]

From 2007, Patrício started appearing for the under-21 side. On 29 January of the following year, senior team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari called him for a 3–1 friendly defeat against Italy in Zürich, although he did not leave the bench. On 12 May, he was picked to the national squad for UEFA Euro 2008, but did not play in the tournament.

Although not part of the provisional 24-player list for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,^[3][4] Patrício was named in a backup list of six players.^[5] He made his debut on 17 November 2010, playing the second half of a 4–0 friendly win with Spain.

After Eduardo was relegated to the bench at his new club, S.L. Benfica, Patrício became the starter under national team boss Paulo Bento, and both players finished the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with five games (450 minutes) as Portugal qualified for the final stages.On June 1 2012 Rui Patricio sneezed and a FC Barcelona supporter said "Bless you" and he wanted to become the FC Barcelona starting goalkeeper. Hell yeah!

Club statistics[link]

As of 22 May 2012

Honours[link]

• Portuguese Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08; Runner-up 2011–12
• Portuguese Supercup: 2007, 2008
• Portuguese League Cup: Runner-up 2007–08, 2008–09

References[link]

External links[link]

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• PortuGOAL profile

v t e Portugal squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 Ricardo 2 Ferreira 3 Bruno Alves 4 Bosingwa 5 Meira 6 Meireles 7 C. Ronaldo 8 Petit 9 H. Almeida 10 J. Moutinho 11 Simão 12 Nuno 13 Miguel 14 Ribeiro 15 Pepe 16 Carvalho 17 Quaresma 18 Veloso 19 Nani 20 Deco 21 Nuno Gomes (c) 22 Patrício 23 H. Postiga Coach: Scolari

v t e Portugal squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Eduardo 2 Bruno Alves 3 Pepe 4 Veloso 5 Coentrão 6 Custódio 7 C. Ronaldo (c) 8 J. Moutinho 9 H. Almeida 10 Quaresma 11 N. Oliveira 12 Rui Patrício 13 R. Costa 14 Rolando 15 Micael 16 Meireles 17 Nani 18 Varela 19 M. Lopes 20 H. Viana 21 J. Pereira 22 Beto 23 Postiga Coach: Bento

Marcelo Boeck (born 28 November 1984 in Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a goalkeeper. He also holds a Belgian passport.

Club career[link]

Brazil / Marítimo[link]

Boeck started his professional career with Sport Club Internacional, being part of the squads that won the 2006 Copa Libertadores, the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2007 Recopa Sudamericana, as well as the Campeonato Gaúcho on two different occasions. During four seasons, he appeared in a total of 31 official games.

On 15 August 2007, Boeck signed for C.S. Marítimo in Portugal, for €400.000. He only appeared in five top division matches in his first three seasons combined, acting as backup to successively Marcos and Peterson Peçanha, and also fighting for second-choice status with Bruno Grassi, all three his compatriots; additionally, he played 12 times for the reserves in the third level.

In 2010–11, Boeck gained the battle for the starting job with Peçanha, and played all 30 league games for Marítimo, with the Madeirans ranking in mid-table.

Sporting[link]

On 30 June 2011, Boeck signed for Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal, for an undisclosed fee.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Transfermarkt profile