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Nélson Lenho

Nélson Lenho

Defender - Left-Back  at Retired
Age42
CitizenshipPortugal
Height1.78 m
Footleft
BornMarch 22, 1984
👕200+ Apps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 18/19 5.5 Solid
Left-Back Defender

Career snapshot

8
clubs played for
06/07
debut season
0.01
goals / match
GD Chaves
top club · 112 apps

Position rank · 18/19

#511
goals rank
#382
assists rank
4
season goals
12
season assists

Among 907 Defender - Left-Backs · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€400k
peak value · 2013
top transfer fee
1
best season · 08/09
int'l / penalties
352Appearances
4Goals
12Assists
77Yellow cards
1Red cards
93Full matches (90′)
Full nameNélson Lenho
Name in home countryNélson Ricardo Cerqueira Rodrigues Lenho
Date of birth1984-03-22 (42 yrs)
Place of birthViana do Castelo, Portugal
CitizenshipPortugal
PositionDefender - Left-Back (main: Defender)
Footleft
Height178.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2019-07-01
Contract expires
Jul 2019
Transfer: Académico Viseu → Retired
19/20 · Transfer
Jan 2019
Transfer: Desportivo Aves → Académico Viseu
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Desportivo Aves (- 2020), Académico Viseu FC
26 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Apr 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2017
Transfer: Chaves → Desportivo Aves
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Desportivo Aves (- 2020)
27 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — GD Chaves
40 matches · 0 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — GD Chaves
34 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2015
Transfer: Penafiel → Chaves
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — FC Penafiel
12 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Chaves → Penafiel
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — GD Chaves
38 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Belenenses → Chaves
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — CF Os Belenenses
44 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Santa Clara → Belenenses
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — CD Santa Clara
31 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — CD Santa Clara
30 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Leixões → Santa Clara
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2009
09/10 — Leixões SC
9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Freamunde → Leixões
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2008
08/09 — SC Freamunde
32 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — SC Freamunde
28 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — SC Freamunde
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2005
Transfer: Os Sandinenses → Freamunde
05/06 · Transfer
Jul 2003
Transfer: Vitória SC U19 → Os Sandinenses
03/04 · Transfer
Jul 2001
Transfer: Vitória SC U17 → Vitória SC U19
01/02 · Transfer
Jul 1999
Transfer: Vitória SC U15 → Vitória SC U17
99/00 · Transfer
Jul 1998
Transfer: Vianense S15 → Vitória SC U15
98/99 · Transfer
Jul 1997
Transfer: Vianense For. → Vianense S15
97/98 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €400k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 743 other Defender - Left-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 18/19. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.09/90
41
Assists2 total · 0.17/90
66
G+A3 total · 0.26/90
55
Yellow cards3 total · 0.26/90
50
8,368 min
Minutes played by club
Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 0.0%
Académico Viseu FC 12.5%
GD Chaves 36.2%
FC Penafiel 0.0%
CF Os Belenenses 0.0%
CD Santa Clara 21.7%
Leixões SC 0.0%
SC Freamunde 29.6%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 2 17/18 18/19 41 0 3 0
Académico Viseu FC 1 18/19 18/19 12 1 1 1,042
GD Chaves 3 13/14 16/17 112 1 6 3,032
FC Penafiel 1 14/15 14/15 12 0 1 0
CF Os Belenenses 1 12/13 12/13 44 0 0 0
CD Santa Clara 2 10/11 11/12 61 1 0 1,820
Leixões SC 1 09/10 09/10 9 0 0 0
SC Freamunde 3 06/07 08/09 61 1 1 2,474

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

1€100K3€200K4€300K5€400K08/09 — 1 goals (SC Freamunde)08/09 — 1 assists208/0911/12 — 1 goals (CD Santa Clara)111/1212/1313/1414/15 — 1 assists114/1515/16 — 1 goals (GD Chaves)15/16 — 1 assists215/1616/17 — 5 assists516/1717/18 — 2 assists217/1818/19 — 1 goals (Académico Viseu FC)18/19 — 2 assists318/1908/09 — €200K11/12 — €300K12/13 — €300K13/14 — €400K14/15 — €400K15/16 — €300K16/17 — €300K17/18 — €400K18/19 — €300KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

06/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 1118/19

Assists by season

06/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 5516/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 2218/19
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
18/19 Allianz Cup Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 3 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Ledman LigaPro Académico Viseu FC 12 1 1 1 0 1,042
18/19 Liga NOS Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 8 0 1 2 0 0
18/19 Supertaça Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Taça de Portugal Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Liga NOS Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 22 0 2 9 0 0
17/18 Taça CTT Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Taça de Portugal Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 4 0 0 2 0 0
16/17 Allianz Cup GD Chaves 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Liga NOS GD Chaves 34 0 5 4 0 0
16/17 Taça de Portugal GD Chaves 6 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Ledman LigaPro GD Chaves 34 1 1 5 0 3,032
14/15 Liga NOS FC Penafiel 12 0 1 3 0 0
14/15 Taça de Portugal FC Penafiel 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Allianz Cup GD Chaves 3 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Liga Portugal 2 GD Chaves 35 0 0 8 0 0
12/13 Allianz Cup CF Os Belenenses 3 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Liga Portugal 2 CF Os Belenenses 35 0 0 7 0 0
12/13 Taça de Portugal CF Os Belenenses 6 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Allianz Cup CD Santa Clara 6 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 Liga Portugal 2 CD Santa Clara 25 1 0 4 1 1,820
10/11 Allianz Cup CD Santa Clara 3 0 0 2 0 0
10/11 Liga Portugal 2 CD Santa Clara 26 0 0 12 0 0
10/11 Taça de Portugal CD Santa Clara 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Allianz Cup Leixões SC 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 Liga Sagres Leixões SC 7 0 0 5 0 0
09/10 Taça de Portugal Leixões SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Allianz Cup SC Freamunde 4 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Liga Portugal 2 SC Freamunde 28 1 1 6 0 2,474
07/08 Carlsberg Cup SC Freamunde 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 Liga Portugal 2 SC Freamunde 27 0 0 3 0 0
06/07 Camp. Portugal Ap. Campeão SC Freamunde 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
97/98 1997-07-01 Vianense For. Vianense S15 Transfer 0
98/99 1998-07-01 Vianense S15 Vitória SC U15 Transfer 0
99/00 1999-07-01 Vitória SC U15 Vitória SC U17 Transfer 0
01/02 2001-07-01 Vitória SC U17 Vitória SC U19 Transfer 0
03/04 2003-07-01 Vitória SC U19 Os Sandinenses Transfer 0
05/06 2005-07-01 Os Sandinenses Freamunde Transfer 0
09/10 2009-07-01 Freamunde Leixões Transfer 200000
10/11 2010-07-01 Leixões Santa Clara Transfer 200000
12/13 2012-07-01 Santa Clara Belenenses Transfer 300000
13/14 2013-07-01 Belenenses Chaves Transfer 400000
14/15 2014-07-01 Chaves Penafiel Transfer 400000
15/16 2015-07-01 Penafiel Chaves Transfer 300000
17/18 2017-07-03 Chaves Desportivo Aves Transfer 400000
18/19 2019-01-31 Desportivo Aves Académico Viseu Transfer 100000
19/20 2019-07-01 Académico Viseu Retired Transfer 50000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 unknown injury 2017-09-17 2017-09-25 9 1
17/18 unknown injury 2018-04-01 2018-04-11 11 1
Current€100k
Peak€400k
Low
Δ since start+€50k
€100k€200k€300k€400k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Barry 2 2 0
Perdigão 2 0 0
Rafael Assis 2 0 0
Matt Jones 2 0 0
Rodrigo Soares 1 0 0
Arsénio 2 0 0
António Filipe 2 0 0
Tiago Silva 2 0 0
Siaka Bamba 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
15/16 Ledman LigaPro GD Chaves 1 34
11/12 Liga Portugal 2 CD Santa Clara 1 25
08/09 Liga Portugal 2 SC Freamunde 1 28

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
16/17 Liga NOS GD Chaves 5 34
17/18 Liga NOS Desportivo Aves (- 2020) 2 22
15/16 Ledman LigaPro GD Chaves 1 34

Teams faced most often by Nélson Lenho's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
CD Tondela 4 2 0 2 8 9 -1 50%
Sporting CP 4 0 0 4 3 8 -5 0%
Moreirense FC 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 50%
CD Aves 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 50%
Boavista 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 50%
Vitória Setúbal 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 25%
CD Nacional 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 75%
Vitória Guimarães 4 1 0 3 1 7 -6 25%
Rio Ave FC 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2 25%
CD Feirense 4 0 4 0 10 10 0 0%
Portimonense SC 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 75%
SL Benfica 4 0 1 3 3 12 -9 0%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
06/07 Senior debut season
08/09 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
18/19 26 1,042 3 0 0 0.26
17/18 27 0 11 0 0 0
16/17 40 0 4 0 0 0
15/16 34 3,032 5 1 0 0.18
14/15 12 0 3 0 0 0
13/14 38 0 8 0 0 0
12/13 44 0 8 1 0 0
11/12 31 1,820 5 1 1 0.35
10/11 30 0 14 0 0 0
09/10 9 0 6 0 0 0
08/09 32 2,474 6 1 0 0.25
07/08 28 0 4 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Liga Portugal 2
222 apps
4 G
3 A
Liga Sagres
83 apps
0 G
9 A
Taça de Portugal
20 apps
0 G
0 A
Taça CTT
25 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Nélson Lenho

Who is Nélson Lenho?

Nélson Lenho is a Portugal professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Retired.

How old is Nélson Lenho?

Nélson Lenho is 42 years old. He was born on March 22, 1984 in Viana do Castelo.

What position does Nélson Lenho play?

Nélson Lenho plays as a left-back (Defender - Left-Back).

What club does Nélson Lenho play for?

Nélson Lenho currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Nélson Lenho scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Nélson Lenho has scored 4 goals in 352 appearances.