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Encyclopedia > Quim
Quim
Personal information
Full name Joaquim Manuel Sampaio da Silva
Date of birth November 13, 1975 (1975-11-13) (age 32)
Place of birth    Flag of Portugal Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +12 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club SL Benfica
Number 12
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993-2004
2004-
SC Braga
SL Benfica
230 (0)
124 (0)   
National team2
1999- Portugal 26 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 07/03/2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 31 May 2008.
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Joaquim Manuel Sampaio da Silva, OIH, known as Quim, (pron. IPA[kĩ]), born in Vila Nova de Famalicão, November 13, 1975 is a Portuguese football player, currently goalkeeper of Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Portugal. The Order of Infante D. Henrique (Portuguese: Ordem do Infante D. Henrique) is a Portuguese honorific order that distinguishes relevant services for Portugal, in the country or in foreign ones, in the expansion of the Portuguese culture, its history and its values. ... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Norte  - Subregion Ave  - District or A.R. Braga Mayor Armindo Costa  - Party PSD-CDS Area 201. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Soccer redirects here. ... A football goalkeeper leaves the ground to parry a shot on goal In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal. ... Sport Lisboa e Benfica (commonly referred to as simply SL Benfica, Benfica or Benfica Lisbon) is a football club based in Lisbon, Portugal. ...


He started his career at SC Braga, where he had his first game during 1994/95, until 2003/04. He moved to SL Benfica in 2004 and was, at first, intermittent in keeping the goalkeeper spot at his new club, having shared the goal with José Moreira in the title-winning 2004/05 season. Next season, he started as the first-choice keeper for Benfica, but injury to him as well as Moreira saw Marcelo Moretto being signed during winter break, controversially snatching a place in the starting eleven. Sporting Clube de Braga (pron. ... Benfica redirects here. ... José Filipe da Silva Moreira (born in March 20th, 1982 in Massarelos, Oporto) is a Portuguese football (soccer) goalkeeper who currently plays for Benfica of the Portuguese Superliga. ... The 2004-05 season saw SL Benfica clinch the SuperLiga Galp Energia title after almost 11 years. ... Marcelo Moretto de Souza (born May 10th, 1978 in El Dorado, Mato Grosso do Sul) is a Brazilian football (soccer) goalkeeper who currently plays for Benfica of the Portuguese Superliga. ...


Quim’s fortunes turned around at the beginning of the 2006/07 season, as new coach Fernando Santos announced that the former Braga man would be his first goalkeeper. The vote of confidence was all Quim needed, and he rarely put in a bad performance since regaining top-goalkeeper status, even when Santos was dismissed early in 2007/08.


National team

After representing his country at every level from the Under-16s upwards, and a UEFA European Under-18 Championship winner in 1994, he made his senior debut in August 1999 in a 4-0 victory against Andorra, after which he was Portugal's's third-choice keeper at Euro 2000. Quim enjoyed a short cameo as a substitute in the 3-0 win against Germany in the group stage's final round, before establishing himself as number one in the 2002 World Cup qualifying. However, a failed drugs test saw him miss out on the competition held in South Korea and Japan. The Union Européenne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a competition between the national football teams of Europe held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ... 2002 World Cup redirects here. ...


He was the second-choice goalkeeper for Portugal during Euro 2004, behind the habitual first keeper Ricardo, a situation repeated at the 2006 World Cup finals. Euro 2004 Logo The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called EURO 2004, was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. ... Ricardo Pereira, usually referred to simply as Ricardo (pron. ... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ...


He was originally named in the Portugal squad for UEFA Euro 2008, but suffered a wrist injury the day before Portugal's first game, ruling him out of the tournament. He was replaced in the squad by Nuno Espírito Santo. This article is about the 2008 sporting event. ... Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo (born 25 January 1974 in São Tomé and Príncipe) is a Portuguese football goalkeeper. ...


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