Nuno Fonseca
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Nuno Miguel de Magalhães Fonseca (born 30 January 1982 in Guimarães
Guimarães
Guimarães Municipality is located in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga District. It contains the city of Guimarães.The present Mayor is António Magalhães Silva, elected by the Socialist Party.-Parishes:-Economy:...

) is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 footballer who plays for G.D. Interclube in Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

, as an attacking midfielder.

Football career

Earlier in his senior career, Fonseca was under contract to both F.C. Porto and S.C. Braga, but only represented its reserve sides. In 2005, he signed for Moreirense F.C. in the second division
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...

, suffering relegation at the end of the season.

After splitting the following years with Moreirense and F.C. Famalicão
F.C. Famalicão
Futebol Clube de Famalicão is a Portuguese sports club, based in Vila Nova de Famalicão in the district of Braga. The club was founded in 1931 and its senior team currently plays in national level in the Portuguese football Federation Third Division Serie B championship...

, Fonseca moved to Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 in June 2008, signing a contract with AFC Progresul Bucureşti in the second level
Liga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

. However, after a couple of months, he rescinded his contract.

On 22 January of the following year, Fonseca joined PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra
PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra
PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, currently playing in the North-West V AFG.Until the 2007-08 season, the team participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian divisions, but gained a promotion to the top level for 2008-09. The club's home ground...

 of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

 on a three-year deal. He made his team debut two days later, in a 6–0 friendly drubbing of Botev Krivodol
Botev Krivodol
Botev Krivodol is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Krivodol, currently playing in the North-West V AFG, the third division of Bulgarian football. Its home matches take place at the Hristo Botev Stadium.-History:...

, but appeared rarely throughout the season, as the club finished in mid-table.

In the 2009 summer, Fonseca returned home, signing with third division
Portuguese Second Division
The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...

 side Gondomar SC
Gondomar S.C.
Gondomar Sport Clube is a Portuguese football club based in Gondomar, Porto District. Founded on 1 May 1921, it currently plays in the Portuguese third division, holding home games at Estádio de São Miguel, with a capacity of 5,000 spectators.-History:...

. After two seasons, the 29-year old moved abroad again, joining G.D. Interclube in Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

.

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