Capucho (footballer)

Capucho
Personal information
Full name Nuno Fernando Gonçalves da Rocha
Date of birth (1972-02-21) 21 February 1972
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Varzim (coach)
Youth career
1984–1990 Gil Vicente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Gil Vicente 50 (2)
1992–1995 Sporting CP 65 (10)
1995–1997 Vitória Guimarães 65 (15)
1997–2003 Porto 188 (32)
2003–2004 Rangers 22 (5)
2004–2005 Celta 19 (0)
Total 409 (64)
National team
1991 Portugal U20 8 (1)
1992–1994 Portugal U21 20 (2)
1996–2002 Portugal 34 (2)
Teams managed
2010–2014 Porto (youth)
2014–2015 Porto B (assistant)
2015–2016 Varzim
2016 Rio Ave
2017– Varzim
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nuno Fernando Gonçalves da Rocha (born 21 February 1972), known as Capucho (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈpuʃu]), is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a winger, and is the manager of Varzim SC.

Blessed with both scoring and dribbling ability alike, he also displayed good defensive and tackling skills.[1] His 15-year professional career was mainly associated with Porto (although he also represented Sporting), with which he won a total of 13 major titles, having appeared in 368 Primeira Liga games in 13 seasons, scoring 59 goals.

For Portugal, Capucho appeared in one World Cup and one European Championship, both in the early 2000s.

Club career

Capucho was born in Barcelos. After starting with hometown's Gil Vicente F.C. he moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he would be relatively used during his three-year spell, helping the Lisbon team to the 1995 Portuguese Cup.

After two seasons with Guimarães' Vitória SC, Capucho joined FC Porto, being a major part of a side that won three Primeira Liga titles and the 2002–03 UEFA Cup (starting in the final against Celtic[2]). His worst domestic output came precisely in that season, scoring four goals in 27 matches as the northerners won the treble.

Capucho would leave Porto prior to the conquest of the UEFA Champions League, having appeared in nearly 250 official games with the club. He retired in 2005 at the age of 32, after unassuming spells with Rangers – in a campaign completely devoid of silverware[3]– and Celta de Vigo (in the Spanish Segunda División).

Capucho returned to Porto in the 2007 summer, being charged with training its junior sides for several years. His first job at the professional level occurred in 2015–16, when he led newly promoted Varzim S.C. to the ninth place (from 24 teams) in the Segunda Liga; he subsequently moved to the top flight with neighbours Rio Ave FC,[4] being fired on 10 November 2016 due to poor results.[5]

International career

With 34 caps for Portugal, Capucho played more defensively for the nation than while at Porto,[1] appearing at UEFA Euro 2000 (two late substitute appearances and a start against Germany, when Portugal was already qualified)[6] and the 2002 FIFA World Cup (replacing Sérgio Conceição in the 4–0 thrashing of Poland).[7] After Luiz Felipe Scolari took over as national team boss in early 2003, he was never called again.

In 1991, Capucho only missed one game as the under-20s (which also included João Vieira Pinto, Rui Costa and Luís Figo) won the FIFA World Cup, played on home soil.[8][9]

Capucho: International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
15 June 1999Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal Slovakia1–01–0Euro 2000 qualifying
22 June 2000Estádio Municipal de Chaves, Chaves, Portugal Wales3–03–0Friendly

Career statistics

Club

[10]

Club Season League Cup Europe Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gil Vicente 1990–91 200—200
1991–92 302—302
Total 502—502
Sporting 1992–93 2734020—333
1993–94 2566250—365
1994–95 1312310—164
Total 651012580—8515
Vitória Guimarães 1995–96 3384040—418
1996–97 3271040—377
Total 65155080—7815
Porto 1997–98 325515020446
1998–99 336105021417
1999–00 3264013120517
2000–01 3363311020499
2001–02 3152115210498
2002–03 2744171—386
Total 188321965649127243
Rangers 2003–04 225206031336
Celta 2004–05 19000—190
Career total 40964381178412253781
  1. ↑ Includes the Scottish League Cup and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Honours

Club

Sporting

Porto

International

Portugal U-20

References

  1. 1 2 2002 World Cup profile; BBC Sport
  2. ↑ UEFA Cup final player ratings; BBC Sport, 21 May 2003
  3. ↑ Capucho joins Rangers; BBC Sport, 17 June 2003
  4. ↑ "Nuno Capucho apresentado como treinador do Rio Ave" [Nuno Capucho presented as manager of Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Capucho deixa o Rio Ave" [Capucho leaves Rio Ave] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Conceição hat-trick ousts holders Germany". UEFA. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Portugal back on track". BBC Sport. 10 June 2002. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Capucho – FIFA competition record (archive)
  9. ↑ "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Capucho". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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