Maniche

Maniche

Maniche in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro[1]
Date of birth	(1977-11-11) 11 November 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Youth career
1989–1996	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Benfica	0	(0)
1996–1999	Alverca	78	(10)
1999–2002	Benfica	54	(11)
2002	Benfica B	1	(0)
2002–2005	Porto	80	(16)
2005–2006	Dynamo Moscow	12	(2)
2006	→ Chelsea (loan)	8	(0)
2006–2009	Atlético Madrid	64	(7)
2008	→ Inter Milan (loan)	8	(1)
2009–2010	Köln	30	(2)
2010–2011	Sporting CP	17	(1)
Total		347	(43)
National team
1997–1998	Portugal U21	10	(0)
2003–2009	Portugal	52	(7)
Teams managed
2013	Paços de Ferreira (assistant)
2016	Académica (assistant)
Honours Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2004 Portugal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Maniche (born 11 November 1977) is a former Portuguese football player. He plays for Köln and Portugal national team.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2]^[3]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Benfica	1995–96	Primeira Liga	0	0	0	0	–		2	0	–		2	0
Alverca	1996–97	Segunda Liga	23	2	1	0	–		–		–		24	2
	1997–98		29	5	1	1	–		–		–		30	6
	1998–99	Primeira Liga	26	3	1	1	–		–		–		27	4
	Total		78	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	12
Benfica	1999–00	Primeira Liga	28	10	1	1	–		6	1	–		35	12
	2000–01		26	1	4	1	–		2	0	–		32	2
	2001–02		0	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		0	0
	Total		54	11	5	2	0	0	8	1	0	0	67	14
Porto	2002–03	Primeira Liga	29	6	3	1	–		12	2	–		44	9
	2003–04		31	7	5	1	–		12	3	2[a]	0	50	11
	2004–05		20	3	0	0	–		8	0	2[b]	0	30	3
	Total		80	16	8	2	0	0	32	5	4	0	124	23
Dynamo Moscow	2005	Russian Premier League	12	2	0	0	–		0	0	–		12	2
Chelsea	2005–06	Premier League	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–		11	0
Atlético Madrid	2006–07	La Liga	28	4	2	0	–		0	0	–		30	4
	2007–08		15	2	0	0	–		7[c]	0	–		22	2
	Total		43	6	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	52	6
Internazionale	2007–08	Serie A	8	1	3	0	–		0	0	–		11	1
Atlético Madrid	2008–09	La Liga	21	1	2	0	–		9	1	–		32	2
1. FC Köln	2009–10	Bundesliga	26	2	4	1	–		0	0	–		30	3
Sporting CP	2010–11	Primeira Liga	17	1	1	0	0	0	9	3	–		27	3
Career total			347	50	28	4	3	0	65	10	4	0	449	64

1. One appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
2. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
3. Five appearances in UEFA Cup, two appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal	2003	7	0
	2004	13	3
	2005	7	0
	2006	12	3
	2007	6	1
	2008	5	0
	2009	2	0
Total		52	7

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maniche goal.^[4]

List of international goals scored by Maniche

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 June 2004	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Russia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2004
2	30 June 2004	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Netherlands	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004
3	17 November 2004	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3–0	5–0	2006 World Cup qualification
4	1 March 2006	Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany	Saudi Arabia	2–0	3–0	Friendly
5	21 June 2006	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Mexico	1–0	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
6	25 June 2006	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Netherlands	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
7	8 September 2007	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Poland	1–1	2–2	Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04
• Taça de Portugal: 2002–03
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003
• UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
• UEFA Cup: 2002–03
• Intercontinental Cup: 2004

Inter Milan

• Serie A: 2007–08

Portugal

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2004

Individual

• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2006
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2004
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2004
• Intercontinental Cup Man of the Match: 2004^[5]

Orders

• Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)

References

1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
2. "Maniche". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
3. "Maniche". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
4. "Maniche". European Football. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
5. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (2 January 2009). "Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2009.