Jose Carlos Araujo Nunes

Portuguese footballer

Jose Carlos Araujo Nunes (born 1977 in Castelo de Paiva) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca. Before he played in important teams like: Maia (1997-2001), Salgueiros (2001-2002), Gil Vicente (2002-2004), Sporting de Braga (2004-2006). In his history he won a lot of awards. The best award is the Champions League in his career.

José Nunes
Nunes in action for Mallorca in 2011
Personal information
Full name José Carlos de Araújo Nunes
Date of birth (1977-03-07) 7 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1988–1989 Sporting Paivense
1989–1994 Cinfães
1994–1996 Sporting Paivense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Ovarense 26 (1)
1997–2001 Maia 103 (2)
2001–2002 Salgueiros 20 (0)
2002–2004 Gil Vicente 61 (1)
2004–2005 Braga 48 (1)
2006–2014 Mallorca 243 (13)
Total 501 (18)
National team
1997–1998 Portugal U20 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only


This season will be the last of him. Nunes made his debut for the new club on September 29th, starting in a 0–3 home loss to FC Barcelona. In mid-August 2011, Nunes suffered a serious knee injury during a friendly with S.S.C. Napoli. Nunes has traveled with the Portuguese in the last world cup but only plays two games in all the World Cup He plays with the best players in the world. Played versus the best players in the world for example: Eto'o,Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi and many more.

Nunes is married to a European model and has a nine year old daughter First captain of RCD Mallorca When he was nine years Portuguese call it a team to play tournament after tournament and call him a German team. Nunes continued to figure prominently in 2009–10, as Mallorca won its first 10 home league games of the campaign.