Nuno Santos

Nuno Miguel Valente Santos (born 2 March 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Boavista on loan from Benfica.

Club Career

Born in Porto, Santos was a youth player at his city's two major teams, Boavista F.C. and FC Porto, before joining S.L. Benfica in 2012. He made his debut for the reserve team in LigaPro on 8 August 2017, as the season opened with a 2–1 loss at U.D. Oliveirense, and scored his first goal the following 6 January at the end of a 3–1 defeat at FC Porto B.

By then captain of Benfica B, Santos was loaned to Primeira Liga club Moreirense F.C. on 29 January 2020. He made his top-flight debut four days later by starting in a 5–1 win at Gil Vicente FC; his first goal at the level came on 11 July to win the game at Belenenses SAD.

Santos returned to Boavista on loan on 18 August 2020.

International Career

Santos was part of Helio Sousa's Portugal under-19 team that won the 2018 UEFA European Championship in Finland. He made three substitute appearances in the tournament, including one in extra time of the final.