Rui Baião

Rui Miguel Marques Baião (born 4 September 1980) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Marques and the second or paternal family name is Baião.
Rui Baião
Personal information
Full name Rui Miguel Marques Baião
Date of birth (1980-09-04) 4 September 1980
Place of birth Montijo, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993−1995 Barreirense
1995−1999 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999−2002 Benfica B 48 (5)
2000 → Alverca (loan) 0 (0)
2001−2002 Benfica 13 (1)
2002−2003 Varzim 32 (2)
2003−2004 Estrela Amadora 16 (0)
2004−2005 Gil Vicente 4 (0)
2005 → Kerkyra (loan) 3 (0)
2005−2007 Portimonense 33 (10)
2008−2010 Olhanense 43 (0)
2010−2011 Fátima 8 (0)
2011−2014 Pinhalnovense 49 (2)
Total 249 (20)
National team
1996 Portugal U16 2 (0)
1997−1998 Portugal U18 16 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Montijo, Setúbal District, Baião joined S.L. Benfica's youth system at the age of 15, making his senior debuts with the B-team in the third division. His maiden appearance in the Primeira Liga occurred on 8 April 2001, as he started in a 3–0 home win against C.S. Marítimo on 8 April 2001,[1] and he scored the first of three goals in the competition during his career on 20 May of that year in a 1–1 draw at S.C. Salgueiros.[2]

After terminating his contract, Baião was supposed to sign with FC Porto via Varzim S.C. but it never materialized. From 2002 to 2011 he alternated between the top flight and the second level, representing Varzim, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Gil Vicente FC, Portimonense SC, S.C. Olhanense and C.D. Fátima. He also had a brief stint in Greece, with A.O. Kerkyra.[3]

Baião retired in January 2014 whilst at the service of lower league side C.D. Pinhalnovense, due to a heart condition. He was 33 years old.[4]

References
  1. "Benfica frente a Marítimo: O horror à pressão" [Benfica against Marítimo: Horror to pressure]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 April 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. "Benfica-Salgueiros, 1–1: Quatro Jardéis não chegaram" [Benfica-Salgueiros, 1–1: Four Jardéis were not enough]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 May 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  3. "Aonde é que ele está agora? Rui Baião" [Where is he now? Rui Baião] (in Portuguese). Contra Ataque. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. "Rui Baião abandona os relvados devido a anomalia cardíaca" [Rui Baião leaves pitches due to cardiac anomaly]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 January 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
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