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Maniche
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| Complete Name: |
Nuno Ricardo Oliveira Ribeiro |
| Nationality: |
Portuguese |
| Place of Birth: |
Lisbon, Portugal |
| Date of Birth: |
11/11/1977 |
| Height: |
173 cm |
| Weight: |
69 kg |
| National Team: |
Portugal |
| Current Club: |
Chelsea FC (England) |
| Position: |
Midfielder |
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Pictures
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Club career history
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| Benfica
(Portugal), Alverca (Portugal), Benfica (Portugal), FC Porto
(Portugal), Dinamo Moscou (Russia), Chelsea FC (England) |
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Honours
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2004
Champions League winner (FC Porto)
2003 UEFA Cup winner (FC Porto)
2003 Portuguese League Champions (FC Porto)
2004 Second du Championship d'Europe (Portugal) |
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Biography
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Maniche (real name: Nuno Ricardo Oliveira Ribeiro, born on 11
November 1977 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a midfielder who plays for
Chelsea, on loan from Dynamo Moscow, and the Portuguese national
team. He was nicknamed for 80's Benfica Danish midfielder
Michael Manniche.
Maniche began his career in the junior team of Benfica. His
intermediate stops where Alverca and the A-team of Benfica. He
played for his country in their second-place finish at Euro
2004. After playing very successful seasons for FC Porto from
2002 to 2005, Maniche was sold to Dynamo Moscow for 16 million
Euros. In January 2006 he joined the Premier League club Chelsea
on a six-month loan deal, where he would once again link up with
former coach and close friend Jos� Mourinho. Chelsea have the
option of making the transfer permanent, which would cost the
club �5m.
He is known by his superb long range shot and also for his teeth,
as the Portuguese female fans call him "The Castor". |
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