Bock (footballer)
Fernando Jorge Tavares de Oliveira (born 19 September 1975), commonly known as Bock, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Jorge Tavares de Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1987 | Passarinhos da Ribeira | ||
| 1987–1994 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Maia | 10 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | Amarante | 32 | (17) |
| 1996–1997 | Lixa | 26 | (6) |
| 1997–2000 | Freamunde | 74 | (45) |
| 2000 | Trofense | 16 | (11) |
| 2000 | Marco | 7 | (0) |
| 2001 | Ermesinde | 22 | (10) |
| 2001–2002 | Gondomar | 36 | (18) |
| 2002–2003 | Leixões | 25 | (9) |
| 2003–2005 | Freamunde | 70 | (54) |
| 2005–2006 | Vizela | 37 | (20) |
| 2007–2013 | Freamunde | 194 | (53) |
| 2013–2014 | Ribeirão | 7 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Rebordosa | 44 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | Lixa | 35 | (11) |
| Total | 635 | (264) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He never played in the Primeira Liga in his professional career, which spanned nearly two decades, but appeared in 234 matches in the second division while scoring 71 goals, mostly with Freamunde.[1]
Football career
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Bock joined FC Porto's youth ranks at the age of 12 and, even though he excelled at goalscoring during his formative years,[1] never received a first-team opportunity,[2] being released in 1994 and taking his game to the third division, where he had one-season spells with F.C. Maia, Amarante FC and F.C. Lixa.
In the 1997–98 season, Bock had his first spell with what would be his main club, S.C. Freamunde, scoring 30 goals to help the side promote from the fourth level, one of two consecutive. In the following seven years he played almost exclusively in division three, with very brief stints in the second tier; in 2004–05 he netted 32 in 34 matches for Freamunde, who could not however promote to the latter category.
Bock's finest moment in the second division of Portuguese football came in the 2005–06 campaign, as he led the scoring charts to help F.C. Vizela finish in 11th position, at 19 goals. In the 2007 January transfer window the veteran returned to Freamunde with the club in that same tier from 2007–08 onwards, going on to feature regularly until his departure at the age of 37.[3][4]
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leixões | 2002–03 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 9 | ||
| Freamunde | 2003–04 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 22 | ||
| 2004–05 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 32 | |||
| Total | 70 | 54 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 71 | 54 | |||
| Vizela | 2005–06 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 19 | ||
| 2006–07 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 1 | |||
| Total | 37 | 20 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 39 | 20 | |||
| Freamunde | 2006–07 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 3 | ||
| 2007–08 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 31 | 11 | ||
| 2008–09 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 33 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 33 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 32 | 15 | ||
| 2011–12 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | 31 | 11 | ||
| 2012–13 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | 38 | 6 | ||
| Total | 185 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 4 | - | 213 | 56 | ||
| Career totals | 18 | 4 | - | ||||||||
Honours
Club
Freamunde
Leixões
Individual
- Segunda Liga Top scorer: 2010–11
- Segunda Liga Player of the Month: November 2010, February 2011
References
- ^ a b Bock lamenta nunca ter jogado na I Liga (Bock regrets never having played in I League) 9 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine; SAPO, 19 September 2012 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Bock: «Em Portugal treina-se muito e joga-se pouco» (Bock: «In Portugal you train too much and you play too little»); Futebol 365, 24 August 2012 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Bock: «É um grande alívio» (Bock: «It is a great relief») 15 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Record, 13 May 2012 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Bock: «Quase não dormi» (Bock: «I hardly slept») 22 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Record, 20 August 2012 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Bock". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
External links
- at ForaDeJogo (archived)