Carraça

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Caetano and the second or paternal family name is Moura.

Rui Filipe Caetano Moura (born 1 March 1993), known as Carraça, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a right-back for Liga Portugal 2 club Chaves.

Carraça

Personal information
Full name	Rui Filipe Caetano Moura[1]
Date of birth	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth	Folgosa, Portugal[1]
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Chaves
Number	15
Youth career
2002–2007	Folgosa Maia
2007–2008	Maia
2008–2009	Pasteleira
2009–2012	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2020	Boavista	161	(14)
2014–2015	→ Tondela (loan)	17	(0)
2015–2016	→ Santa Clara (loan)	41	(0)
2020–2023	Porto	2	(0)
2021	Porto B	8	(2)
2021–2022	→ B-SAD (loan)	26	(0)
2022–2023	→ Gil Vicente (loan)	26	(0)
2023–	Chaves	27	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:47, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Formed at Boavista, he made over 175 Primeira Liga appearances, also representing Porto as well as spending time on loan at B-SAD and Gil Vicente.

Club career

Boavista

Born in Folgosa, Maia, Carraça earned his nickname meaning "tick" for his aggressive style of play while at his village club. He finished his development at Boavista F.C. after joining at the age of 16; his first two seasons as a senior were spent in the third division.^[2]

From 2014 to 2016, Carraça competed in the Segunda Liga on loan, respectively with C.D. Tondela and C.D. Santa Clara.^[3] While with the former team, his first professional game occurred on 31 August 2014 when he played the second half of a 1–1 home draw against Académico de Viseu FC.^[4] He contributed eight starts and 809 minutes of action, in an eventual first-ever promotion to the Primeira Liga.^[5]

Returned to the Estádio do Bessa for the 2016–17 campaign, Carraça made his debut in the competition on 14 August 2016, playing the entire 2–0 home win over F.C. Arouca.^[6] His first league goal arrived on 21 October, awarding the visitors one point with a 1–1 draw at C.S. Marítimo.^[7]

A key played under both Erwin Sánchez and his successor Miguel Leal, Carraça renewed his contract with Boavista on 28 December 2016, with the new link running until June 2018.^[8]

Porto

On 12 August 2020, Carraça signed a four-year contract with FC Porto.^[9] He took no part in the team until 21 November, when he started in a 2–0 victory at G.D. Fabril in the third round of the Taça de Portugal.^[10]

Carraça was loaned to B-SAD on 24 August 2021, for the season.^[11] Having provided three assists and missed only eight games as the Lisbon-based side suffered relegation, he moved to Gil Vicente F.C. on the same basis.^[12]

On 1 September 2023, Carraça's contract was terminated by mutual agreement.^[13]

Later career

On 10 October 2023, Carraça agreed to a one-year deal at top-division club G.D. Chaves; this was due to injury to Habib Sylla.^[14][15]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 May 2023^[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Boavista	2012–13	Segunda Divisão	26	4	0	0	—		—		—		26	4
	2013–14	Campeonato Nacional de Seniores	28	4	2	0	—		—		—		30	4
	Total		54	8	2	0	—		—		—		56	8
Tondela (loan)	2014–15	Segunda Liga	17	0	1	0	2	0	—		—		20	0
Santa Clara	2015–16	LigaPro	41	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		43	0
Boavista	2016–17	Primeira Liga	26	1	2	0	0	0	—		—		28	1
	2017–18	Primeira Liga	27	3	1	0	1	0	—		—		29	3
	2018–19	Primeira Liga	24	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		26	0
	2019–20	Primeira Liga	30	2	1	0	0	0	—		—		31	2
	Total		107	6	5	0	2	0	—		—		114	6
Porto B	2020–21	Liga Portugal 2	8	2	0	0	0	0	—		—		8	2
Porto	2020–21	Primeira Liga	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
B-SAD (loan)	2021–22	Primeira Liga	26	0	3	0	0	0	—		—		29	0
Gil Vicente (loan)	2022–23	Primeira Liga	26	0	2	0	3	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		34	0
Career total			281	16	15	0	8	0	3	0	0	0	307	16

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Tondela

• Segunda Liga: 2014–15^[5]

References

1. "Carraça" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
2. "Sempre a subir desde o CdP" [Always on the rise from the CoP]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
3. Mendes, António (20 April 2020). "Carraça é para renovar" [Carraça to renew at once]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
4. "Tondela-Ac. Viseu, 1–1: Tozé Marreco evitou a derrota" [Tondela-Ac. Viseu, 1–1: Tozé Marreco prevented loss]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 August 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
5. "Tondela: nove saídas antes de começar caminho na I Liga" [Tondela: nine departures before starting road to I League] (in Portuguese). Lux. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
6. "Boavista eficaz vence Arouca europeu" [Effective Boavista beat European Arouca]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 14 August 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
7. "Boavista, aquela Carraça que deu alergia ao Marítimo" [Boavista, that Tick ("Carraça" in English) that gave Marítimo a rash] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
8. "Panteras renovam com Carraça, Bukia e Renato Santos" [Panthers renew with Carraça, Bukia and Renato Santos]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
9. "Carraça é o primeiro reforço dos campeões nacionais" [Carraça is the first addition for the national champions]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
10. Fernandes, Mariana (21 November 2020). "FC Porto elimina Fabril com golos de Toni Martínez e Taremi e segue em frente na Taça de Portugal (0–2) – como aconteceu" [FC Porto eliminate Fabril with goals from Toni Martínez and Taremi and advance in the Portuguese Cup (0–2) – how it happened]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
11. "FC Porto cede Carraça por uma temporada ao Belenenses SAD" [FC Porto loan Carraça to Belenenses SAD for one season]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
12. "FC Porto empresta Carraça ao Gil Vicente" [FC Porto loan Carraça to Gil Vicente] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
13. Cadima, Pedro (2 September 2023). "FC Porto: Carraça rescindiu contrato no último dia de mercado" [FC Porto: Carraça terminated contract in the last day of transfer market]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
14. Veras, Carlos (9 October 2023). "Ex-FC Porto Carraça assina até ao final da época por clube da I Liga" [Former FC Porto Carraça man signs until the end of the season for I League club]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
15. Mota, Sérgio (10 October 2023). "Carraça é reforço" [Carraça is reinforcement] (in Portuguese). G.D. Chaves. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
16. Carraça at Soccerway

External links

• Carraça at ForaDeJogo (archived)