Basílio Almeida

Basílio Alexandre Neiva de Almeida (born 12 August 1971) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Grupo Desportivo São Roque as a left winger.

Basílio Almeida

Personal information
Full name	Basílio Alexandre Neiva de Almeida
Date of birth	(1971-08-12) 12 August 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	São Roque
Youth career
1984−1988	Valadares
1988−1990	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990−1991	Valadares
1991−1994	Lusitânia	86	(24)
1994−1996	Salgueiros	30	(8)
1994−1995	→ Feirense (loan)	23	(8)
1996−1999	Vitória Guimarães	34	(4)
1999−2003	Salgueiros	117	(18)
2003−2004	Maia	32	(15)
2004−2005	Naval	30	(9)
2005−2008	Santa Clara	75	(19)
2008−2010	Covilhã	51	(4)
2010−2011	Cesarense	21	(7)
2011−2012	Santa Clara B
2012−2013	Capelense
2013−	São Roque
Total		499	(116)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 152 games and 22 goals over eight seasons, in representation of Salgueiros and Vitória de Guimarães. He added 240 matches and 63 goals in the Segunda Liga, in a senior career that spanned nearly three decades.^[1]

Club career

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Almeida started his professional career with Lusitânia F.C. in the third division, where he excelled enough to move straight into the Primeira Liga after signing with S.C. Salgueiros, appearing in only three games in his first season and finishing it on loan to second level club C.D. Feirense.

In the 1995–96 campaign, Basílio scored eight goals in 27 matches, helping Salgueiros easily avoid relegation by ranking in 12th position. In summer 1996 he joined Vitória S.C. but, after three years in which he failed to impress,^[2] he returned to his previous team, going on to compete three of four seasons in the Portuguese top flight.^[3][4][5]

After leaving the Paranhos side in 2003, at the age of 32, Basílio went on to represent a host of clubs,^[6] retiring well into his 40s in the regional championships.^[7]

References

1. Linhares, Henrique (4 June 2019). "Basílio Almeida não consegue estar no sofá e sonha jogar até aos 50 anos" [Basílio Almeida cannot be on a couch and dreams of playing until the age of 50] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
2. Caetano, Filipe (7 January 2000). "Basílio: "Salgueiros-V. Guimarães é um jogo diferente que quero vencer"" [Basílio: "Salgueiros-V. Guimarães is a different game that I want to win"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
3. "Basílio (Salgueiros) treinou condicionado" [Basílio (Salgueiros) had conditioned training] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
4. "Quatro jogadores do Salgueiros castigados com um jogo" [Four Salgueiros players banned for one game]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 April 2002. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
5. "Basílio carimba primeira vitória" [Basílio seals first win]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 September 2001. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
6. "Três reforços garantidos" [Three additions confirmed]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 July 2003. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
7. Linhares, Henrique (5 June 2019). "Basílio Almeida explica porque é que o jogador açoriano tem tanta dificuldade em singrar no futebol nacional" [Basílio Almeida explains why Azorean player struggles so much to make it in national football] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

External links

• at ForaDeJogo (archived)