Fernando Rui Valadares Pinto Sampaio (born 29 May 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C. Beira-Mar as a defensive midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fernando Rui Valadares Pinto Sampaio[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 29 May 1987||
Place of birth | Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Beira-Mar | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2000 | Vila Pouca | ||
2001 | Vila Real | ||
2002 | Diogo Cão | ||
2002–2004 | Vila Pouca | ||
2005 | Diogo Cão | ||
2005–2006 | Chaves | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Chaves | 20 | (2) |
2007–2008 | Penafiel | 14 | (2) |
2008–2011 | Beira-Mar | 87 | (10) |
2011–2014 | Cagliari | 6 | (0) |
2012 | → Olhanense (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2013 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Arouca | 40 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Red Star | 8 | (0) |
2017 | Freamunde | 17 | (1) |
2017 | Académica | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Cova Piedade | 11 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Cesarense | 11 | (0) |
2019– | Beira-Mar | 90 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:49, 25 November 2023 (UTC) |
Born in Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vila Real District, Sampaio spent his first four seasons as a senior in the Segunda Liga, appearing in the competition for G.D. Chaves, F.C. Penafiel and S.C. Beira-Mar. In 2009–10, he scored a career-best six goals for the latter club to help it to return to the Primeira Liga after a three-year absence.[2][3]
Sampaio made his debut in the Portuguese top division on 15 August 2010, coming on as 29th-minute substitute in a 0–0 home draw against U.D. Leiria.[4] He went on to start in 28 of his 30 appearances, helping his team to retain their recently-acquired status; on 18 September, he scored in the 1–1 draw with C.S. Marítimo also at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro.[5]
On 31 August 2011, Sampaio signed with Serie A side Cagliari Calcio for €600,000.[6][7] He played only seven competitive matches during his stint in Italy (one goal, in the Coppa Italia),[8] being consecutively loaned to S.C. Olhanense[9] and Beira-Mar[10] and being released in January 2014, following which he agreed to a permanent one-and-a-half-year contract at F.C. Arouca also in his country's top flight.[11]
In the summer of 2015, Bastos joined French Ligue 2 team Red Star F.C. alongside his compatriot Vítor Bastos.[12] He was sparingly played at the Stade Jean-Bouin, and from January 2017 onwards resumed his career in the Portuguese second tier, where he represented S.C. Freamunde[13] and C.D. Cova da Piedade.[14]