Nuno Henrique

Nuno Henrique Pina Nunes, known as Nuno Henrique (born 31 March 1999) is a Portuguese football player. He plays for Swiss club Grasshoppers on loan from Italian club Chievo.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Pina and the second or paternal family name is Nunes.
Nuno Henrique
Personal information
Full name Nuno Henrique Pina Nunes
Date of birth (1999-03-31) 31 March 1999
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Grasshoppers (on loan from Chievo)
Number 30
Youth career
2008–2009 Al. Op. Outurela
2009–2010 Linda-a-Velha
2010–2013 Casa Pia
2013–2015 Martigny-Sports
2015–2018 Sion
2018–2019 Genoa
2019 Chievo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Chievo 4 (0)
2020 → Belenenses SAD (loan) 11 (0)
2020– → Grasshoppers (loan) 14 (3)
National team
2018 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U20 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:54, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Henrique joined the Under-19 squad of the Italian club Chievo in the early 2019.[1]

He made his professional Serie B debut for Chievo on 21 September 2019 in a game against Pisa. He substituted Joel Obi in the 89th minute.[2] He made his first starting lineup appearance on 25 September 2019 against Salernitana and was sent off for two cautions in the 77th minute.

On 31 January 2020, he was loaned to Belenenses SAD until 30 June 2021.[3]

On 27 August 2020 he moved to Switzerland on loan to Grasshoppers.[4]

International

Born in Portugal, Henrique is of Cape Verdean descent.[5] He played in 2 games (including the full game in the finals against Italy) at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, which Portugal won.[6]

He was included in Portugal's squad for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and made one appearance as a substitute as Portugal was eliminated in group stage.[7]

References
  1. Nuno Henrique at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. "Chievo v Pisa game report". Soccerway. 21 September 2019.
  3. "CHIUSO IL MERCATO INVERNALE 2019/20: LE OPERAZIONI GIALLOBLÙ" (Press release) (in Italian). Chievo. 31 January 2020.
  4. "NUNO PINA ZU GC" (Press release) (in German). Grasshoppers. 27 August 2020.
  5. SAPO (2019-05-20). "Futebolista de origem cabo-verdiana Nuno Henrique na selecção sub-20 de Portugal para o Mundial da Polónia". SAPO Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  6. "Italy U19 v Portugal U19 game report". UEFA. 29 July 2018.
  7. "Portugal U20 v South Korea U20 game report". FIFA. 25 May 2019.
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