Vitorino Antunes
Vitorino Gabriel Pacheco Antunes ( born April 1, 1987 in Freamunde ) is a Portuguese football player.
Career
Association
He began his career in the second division at SC Freamunde. 2006 then he moved to FC Paços de Ferreira in the first division. His first game for the new club completed in a UEFA Cup qualifier and next on the match with a 1-1 draw against FC Porto.
After a good season had a lot of clubs interested in Antunes, such as Benfica, Sporting Lisbon, Atlético Madrid, AJ Auxerre as well as Aston Villa and RSC Anderlecht. On August 29, 2007 just two days before the end of the transfer window, he was awarded to the Italian top club AS Roma, with the option to buy him at the end of the loan.
His first official match he made in the Champions League against Manchester United and was voted in a poll on the club 's website as the best man of the match. On 20 January 2008, he made his league debut in a 2-0 victory over Catania. However, it ran the rest of the season is not very good. He graduated in the season just five games and a total of only 64 minutes of play for AS Roma. He was up against the more experienced players like Max Tonetto and Marco Cassetti just not prevail. Nevertheless, it took on 15 April 2008 true this purchase option and Vitorino Antunes signed the contract with Roma. The transfer fee was 1.2 million euros.
Immediately after signing the contract it was awarded to the league rivals U.S. Lecce. After the end of the loan in June 2009, he played a single game for Rome and it was awarded to the Portuguese club Leixões SC in January 2010. At the end of the loan period he returned in the summer of 2010 back to Roma.
For the 2012/13 season Antunes returned to FC Paços de Ferreira. In January 2013 he was loaned to Spanish side Málaga CF. For the 2013/14 season Antunes was finally firmly committed.
National
Vitorino Antunes has already played in the youth national teams of Portugal. So he began in 2005 to play at the U-19 Juniors, where he scored two goals in 13 games until 2006. In 2007, followed by four performances at the U- 20th There he was able to record a goal. In the same year he also gave us his debut in the Portuguese U -21 and the A-team. By 2009, he completed six games at the U- 21. For the national team, he is still active and has played three matches.
Game style
He is distinguished by his offensive style of play. His strong shot makes him a dangerous free kick taker. Similar types of players are Taye Taiwo or Roberto Carlos.
Achievements
- Coppa Italia: 2008