Club Career
Born in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Quim started his career at Sporting Clube de Braga, where he played his first game in the first division during the 1994–95 season, becoming the club's undisputed first-choice in the following years.
Quim moved to Sport Lisboa e Benfica in 2004 and was, at first, intermittent in keeping the goalkeeper spot at his new club, having shared the goal with José Moreira in the title-winning 2004–05 campaign. Next season he started as first-choice, but injury to him as well as Moreira saw Marcelo Moretto being signed during the winter break, controversially earning a place in the starting eleven.
Quim's fortunes turned around at the beginning of the 2006–07 season, as new coach Fernando Santos announced the former Braga player would be his first goalkeeper. Subsequently, the latter rarely put in a bad performance since regaining first-choice status, even when Santos was dismissed early into the following campaign.
In 2008–09, with Benfica retaining the same three goalkeepers under Quique Flores, Quim started the campaign, lost the job to Moreira in between, was even demoted to third-choice (with Moretto starting in the domestic league cup), and finished again as starter, with the Reds eventually finishing third. He also started the 2009 League Cup final and saved three penalty shoot-out attempts against Sporting Clube de Portugal for the win.
In 2009–10 Quim played all the matches and minutes as Benfica won the league for the first time in five years, adding to this the honour of being the keeper with less conceded goals (20). At the end of June 2010, however, the 34-year old was released, returning to first professional club Braga, on a three-year deal, but spent his first season on the sidelines, nursing an achilles tendon injury.
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