Eurípedes Amoreirinha

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

Eurípedes Amoreirinha

Personal information
Full name	Eurípedes Daniel Adão Amoreirinha
Date of birth	5 August 1984
Place of birth	Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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 Goa	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)
National team
2002	Portugal U18	2	(0)
2002–2003	Portugal U19	14	(1)
2003–2005	Portugal U20	9	(0)
2004–2007	Portugal U21	12	(1)
Honours Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Under-19 Championship Runner-up 2003 Liechtenstein
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 following season as they conquered the national title after 11 years. He finished the campaign on loan, at modest G.D. Estoril Praia.

After two seasons on loan with C.F. Estrela da Amadora,[1] Amoreirinha was released by Benfica and moved to Romania's CFR Cluj for €1 million, joining the club's massive Portuguese contingent.[2] In February 2008, he was loaned to fellow Liga I side FCM UTA Arad.[3]

In January of the following year, Amoreirinha returned to Portugal, moving to Académica de Coimbra[4] and being almost exclusively used as a backup in the following 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.

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 in the second division.[5] In June of the following year, he joined fellow league team F.C. Penafiel.[6]

Club statistics

[7][8][9][10][11]

Club	Season	League			Cup[12]		Continental[13]		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	Second Division	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
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: Runner-up 2004

CFR Cluj

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

References

1. "Viafara heads to Portsmouth". UEFA. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
2. "CFR Cluj l-a prezentat pe Amorerinha" [CFR Cluj presented Amorerinha] (in Romanian). Ziare. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
3. "Amoreirinha la UTA" [Amoreirinha to UTA]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 8 February 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
4. Frederico, Francisco (13 January 2009). "Académica: Amoreirinha assinou e ficou com o número 2" [Académica: Amoreirinha assinou e ficou com o número 2] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
5. 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.
6. "Amoreirinha é o primeiro reforço do Penafiel" [Amoreirinha is first Penafiel addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
7. "Amoreirinha". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
8. "Amoreirinha". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
9. "Amoreirinha". WorldFootball. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
10. Eurípedes Amoreirinha at FootballDatabase.eu
11. "Amoreirinha's 2007–08 Romanian Cup appearance". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
12. Includes Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal
13. Includes UEFA Cup

External links

• Eurípedes Amoreirinha at ForaDeJogo
• Eurípedes Amoreirinha at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
• National team data (in Portuguese)