Rui Patrício facts for kids

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Santos and the second is Patrício.

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Rui Patrício

Patrício with Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício
Date of birth	15 February 1988 (1988-02-15)
Place of birth	Marrazes, Portugal
Height	1.90 m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number	11
Youth career
1997–2000	Leiria e Marrazes
2000–2006	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2018	Sporting CP	327	(0)
2018–	Wolverhampton Wanderers	77	(0)
National team‡
2003–2004	Portugal U16	5	(0)
2004–2005	Portugal U17	11	(0)
2005–2006	Portugal U18	4	(0)
2006–2007	Portugal U19	10	(0)
2007–2008	Portugal U20	8	(0)
2007–2010	Portugal U21	14	(0)
2010–	Portugal	88	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:35, 21 September 2020 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2020

Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício ComM (born 15 February 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 October 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting CP	2006–07	Primeira Liga	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		1	0
	2007–08		20	0	5	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	36	0
	2008–09		26	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	34	0
	2009–10		30	0	3	0	4	0	14	0	—		51	0
	2010–11		30	0	2	0	3	0	8	0	—		43	0
	2011–12		28	0	6	0	0	0	13	0	—		47	0
	2012–13		30	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	—		39	0
	2013–14		30	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		31	0
	2014–15		33	0	4	0	0	0	8	0	—		45	0
	2015–16		34	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	46	0
	2016–17		31	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	—		38	0
	2017–18		34	0	5	0	3	0	14	0	—		56	0
	Total		327	0	31	0	14	0	93	0	2	0	467	0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2018–19	Premier League	37	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		37	0
	2019–20		38	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	—		53	0
	2020–21		4	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		79	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	—		94	0
Career total			406	0	31	0	14	0	108	0	2	0	561	0

International

As of 17 November 2019

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal	2010	1	0
	2011	8	0
	2012	11	0
	2013	9	0
	2014	6	0
	2015	7	0
	2016	14	0
	2017	12	0
	2018	9	0
	2019	10	0
Total		87	0

Honours

Club

Sporting

• Taça de Portugal: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2014–15
• Taça da Liga: 2017–18
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2007, 2008, 2015

International

Portugal

• UEFA European Championship: 2016
• UEFA Nations League: 2018–19
• FIFA Confederations Cup: Third place 2017

Individual

• SJPF Player of the Month: April 2011
• SJPF Young Player of the Month: January 2008, April 2009, November 2010, March 2011, April 2011
• LPFP Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Year: 2011–12, 2015–16
• Sporting CP Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016
• SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2017
• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2017–18

Orders

• Commander of the Order of Merit

Images for kids

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  Patrício with Sporting in 2012

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  Patrício with Portugal at the 2017 Confederations Cup

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  Statue of Patrício and the Henri Delaunay Trophy, unveiled in Leiria in May 2017 to immortalise a save he made from Antoine Griezmann in the Euro 2016 final.