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{{short description|Portuguese footballer}}
{{other people|João Amorim}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Portuguese name|Nogueira|Amorim}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = João Amorim
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = João Carlos Nogueira Amorim<ref name=Profile>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/amorim/benfica/1575-128-19648|title=João Amorim|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|2|11|df=yes}}<ref name=Profile/>
| birth_place = [[Espinho, Portugal]]<ref name=Profile/>
| height = 1.82 m<ref name=Profile/>
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[AD Fafe|Fafe]]
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2001–2003 | youthclubs1 = [[S.C. Espinho|Espinho]]
| youthyears2 = 2003–2011 | youthclubs2 = [[FC Porto|Porto]]
| years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = [[Gondomar S.C.|Gondomar]] | caps1 = 9 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2012–2015 | clubs2 = [[S.L. Benfica B|Benfica B]] | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2012–2013 | clubs3 = → [[C.D. Trofense|Trofense]] (loan) | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = [[C.D. Aves|Aves]] | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2016–2018 | clubs5 = [[U.D. Oliveirense|Oliveirense]] | caps5 = 69 | goals5 = 7
| years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = [[Varzim S.C.|Varzim]] | caps6  = 23 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2019 | clubs7 = [[FC Arda Kardzhali|Arda]] | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2020 | clubs8 = [[C.D. Feirense|Feirense]] | caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2020–2022 | clubs9 = [[F.C. Penafiel|Penafiel]] | caps9 = 55 | goals9 = 5
| years10 = 2022–2023 | clubs10 = [[FC Brașov (2021)|Brașov]] | caps10 = 9 | goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2023 | clubs11 = [[U.D. Vilafranquense|Vilafranquense]] | caps11 = 16 | goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2023–2024 | clubs12 = [[AVS Futebol SAD|AVS]] | caps12 = 16 | goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2024– | clubs13 = [[AD Fafe|Fafe]] | caps13 = 3 | goals13 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam1 = [[Portugal national under-16 football team|Portugal U16]] | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2008–2009 | nationalteam2 = [[Portugal national under-17 football team|Portugal U17]] | nationalcaps2 = 11 | nationalgoals2 = 3
| nationalyears3 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam3 = [[Portugal national under-18 football team|Portugal U18]] | nationalcaps3 = 6 | nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2011 | nationalteam4 = [[Portugal national under-19 football team|Portugal U19]] | nationalcaps4 = 6 | nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 2013 | nationalteam5 = [[Portugal national under-21 football team|Portugal U21]] | nationalcaps5 = 5 | nationalgoals5 = 0
| club-update = 13:23, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
'''João Carlos Nogueira Amorim''' (born 11 February 1992) is a Portuguese professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays for [[Liga 3 (Portugal)|Liga 3]] club [[AD Fafe]] as a [[midfielder]].
He spent most of his career in [[LigaPro]], making over 200 appearances in service of eight clubs.
==Club career==
Born in [[Espinho, Portugal|Espinho]], Amorim joined [[FC Porto]]'s youth system in 2003, aged 11. He was not given a professional contract after he turned 19, so he signed for [[Gondomar S.C.]] in the [[Segunda Divisão|third division]], where he made his senior debut.<ref name=Jogo>{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/2a-liga/noticias/interior/mercado-ainda-funciona-no-varzim-joao-amorim-e-reforco-10078853.html|title=Mercado ainda funciona no Varzim: João Amorim é reforço|trans-title=Market still working at Varzim: João Amorim is an addition|newspaper=[[O Jogo]]|first=André|last=Veloso Gomes|language=pt|date=24 August 2018|access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>
Amorim joined [[S.L. Benfica]] in February 2012, with the deal being made effective in July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agentedesportivo.com/2012/02/21/joao-amorim-gondomar-assina-pela-equipa-b-do-benfica/|title=João Amorim (Gondomar) assina pelo equipa B do Benfica|trans-title=João Amorim (Gondomar) signs for Benfica's B team|publisher=Agente Desportivo|language=pt|date=21 February 2012|access-date=2 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203005112/http://www.agentedesportivo.com/2012/02/21/joao-amorim-gondomar-assina-pela-equipa-b-do-benfica/|archive-date=3 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was immediately loaned to [[Segunda Liga]] team [[C.D. Trofense]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slbenficab.com/joao-amorim-emprestado-ao-trofense/|title=João Amorim emprestado ao Trofense|trans-title=João Amorim loaned to Trofense|publisher=S.L. Benfica|language=pt|date=4 September 2012|access-date=2 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005015357/http://www.slbenficab.com/joao-amorim-emprestado-ao-trofense/|archive-date=5 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> a move repeated [[2013–14 Segunda Liga|the following season]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/2a-liga/trofense/noticias/interior/joao-amorim-volta-a-trofa-3400306.html|title=João Amorim volta à Trofa|trans-title=João Amorim returns to Trofa|newspaper=O Jogo|first=André|last=Morais|language=pt|date=2 September 2013|access-date=2 September 2013}}</ref> even though he was eventually called back to [[S.L. Benfica B|Benfica B]] in December 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/benfica/detalhe/joao-amorim-regressa-a-luz-859019|title=João Amorim regressa à Luz|trans-title=João Amorim returns to the Light|newspaper=[[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]]|language=pt|date=17 December 2013|access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
On 27 January 2015, Benfica announced that Amorim had signed with division two club [[C.D. Aves]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slbenfica.pt/noticias/detalhedenoticia/tabid/2788/ArticleId/40382/language/pt-PT/.aspx|title=Futebol: João Amorim cedido a título definitivo ao Desportivo das Aves|trans-title=Football: João Amorim moves to Desportivo das Aves permanently|publisher=S.L. Benfica|language=pt|date=27 January 2015|access-date=28 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129173326/http://www.slbenfica.pt/noticias/detalhedenoticia/tabid/2788/ArticleId/40382/language/pt-PT/.aspx|archive-date=29 January 2015}}</ref> Eighteen months later, having not played regularly, he dropped down a level to [[U.D. Oliveirense]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/nao-profissional/noticias/joao-amorim-assina-pela-oliveireinse-5345050.html|title=João Amorim assina pela Oliveirense|trans-title=João Amorim signs for Oliveirense|newspaper=O Jogo|language=pt|date=18 August 2016|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> In his [[2016–17 Campeonato de Portugal|first season]] in [[Oliveira de Azeméis]], he featured regularly as they won promotion as runners-up to [[Real S.C.|Real SC]], and he kept his place [[2017–18 LigaPro|the following year]] in the second tier.
After playing the first three matches of the [[2018–19 LigaPro|2018–19 campaign]], Amorim cancelled his contract in August and found a new team in October in the shape of [[Varzim S.C.]] on a two-year deal.<ref name=Jogo/> After playing most of the remaining games as the side just avoided relegation, he moved abroad for the first time in June 2019 to [[FC Arda Kardzhali]], newcomers in the [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gol.bg/za-rss/2019-06-29/arda-nyama-spirka-dogovori-i-preminal-prez-porto|title=Арда няма спирка, договори и преминал през Порто|trans-title=Arda still at it, sign ex-Porto|publisher=Gol|language=bg|date=29 June 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
Having scored once to equalise in a 2–1 home win over [[FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo]] on 30 September 2019, Amorim returned to his country's second division the following 15 January at [[C.D. Feirense]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://diariodafeira.com/?p=31182|title=João Amorim: ex-Arda Kardzhali vem para reforçar meio campo do Feirense|trans-title=João Amorim: ex-Arda Kardzhali comes to bolster Feirense's midfield|newspaper=Diário da Feira|language=pt|date=15 January 2020|access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> Eight months later he moved again, on a one-year deal at [[F.C. Penafiel]] of the same league.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/penafiel/detalhe/joao-amorim-e-reforco-do-penafiel|title=João Amorim é reforço do Penafiel|trans-title=João Amorim is a Penafiel addition|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=24 September 2019|access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{ForaDeJogo}}
*{{FPF national player|681592}}
*{{Soccerway|joao-carlos-nogueira-amorim/95831}}
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