FC Porto, currently on loan, mother is a Kiwi. Midfielder. Tried to loan him to Villarreal last year but it fell through. Been a professional for 5 years. Played for Portuguese U21.
Posted: 13 Mar 2010 at 7:40pm
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Coelho was capped for Portugal at under-19 level, appearing for the nation at the 2006 European Championships and the 2006 Lusophony Games.
The following year, he was picked for the squad at the U-20 World Cup.
He will make his senior debut for New Zealand on May 29th in a friendly game against Serbia.[2] This is another major coup for New Zealand Football[3] and its World Cup campaign.
Im guessing someones been stirring the pot as its the first Ive heard...?
Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro and Wellington Phoenix, my two teams til death do us part.
Subject: RE: Portuguese player eligible for NZ? 
RE: Portuguese player eligible for NZ?
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Big Pete 65, Christchurch
time to reopen this debate? Kiwi mother. Defensive Midfield. Yet to represent Portugal at senior level
He is on loan to a club in Greece (Aris F.C. (Thessaloniki)) on loan from Benfica, and he is a good age for a call up, 25. So he is playing at the right level, how do we bring him to Herberts attention. Anyway one can contact Ricki?
Maybe if we give the media the heads up, they will prompt Ricki into action, just like the Reid call up
I think people have enquired about him. not sure what came of it though
I think people have enquired about him. not sure what came of it though
Lets actually see him in action before we start calling him the missing piece.
Grumpy old bastard alert
Lets actually see him in action before we start calling him the missing piece.
He is on loan to a club in Greece (Aris F.C. (Thessaloniki)) on loan from Benfica, and he is a good age for a call up, 25. So he is playing at the right level, how do we bring him to Herberts attention. Anyway one can contact Ricki?
Is there no public face of NZF that this question could be passed on to?
Is there no public face of NZF that this question could be passed on to?
I'm not going to drop this, I need to know something. We need a quality defensive midfielder to partner McGlinchy so badly.
I'm not going to drop this, I need to know something. We need a quality defensive midfielder to partner McGlinchy so badly.
Go get em bro
There is no way this guy is actually eligible!
Enlighten us? If mother is a Kiwi and he hasn't been capped at senior level
There is no way this guy is actually eligible!
Enlighten us? If mother is a Kiwi and he hasn't been capped at senior level
My point was: where is the evidence that he's actually got a Kiwi mother.
Ive emailed his loan club Greece Aris and Benfica to find out once and for all
Ive emailed his loan club Greece Aris and Benfica to find out once and for all
Only 25, played/been around top flight football for a while. Just do it, put his name on the team sheet already :D
So Tan Man on a forum says so then he's definitely eligible ..need more evidence than that.
So Tan Man on a forum says so then he's definitely eligible ..need more evidence than that.
Obviously. Hence why im finding out. Whole idea was to settle it once and for all.
Some debate about Nuno here on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football/Archive_49#What_on_earth.3F
Hi there teammates,
for the second time in this year, it has happened: anon user inserts stuff about the footballer Nuno Miguel Prata Coelho, claiming he has East Timor and Maori roots - which he has not, 100% guaranteed, i am Portuguese i know that - then proceeding to make stuff up about his international career.
The user then proceeds to back his "additions" with "refs". Why the quotation marks? Because the refs belong to FIFA.com, but that's it! Once you click on them, they don't lead you to the matter at hand, AT ALL! I am almost 100% sure that this is sheer vandalism, but i would like to know from other users, especially Portuguese or connected to Portuguese football, so we can straigthen this out. Attentively - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 04:52, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
The IP did not claim he has M?ori roots; the IP claimed his mother was of New Zealand descent. It is plausible enough that one should not be too hasty to hang big vandalism signs on it. That aside, I have not found reliable sources to back that up, so your removal of the statement is valid.--ClubOranjeT 10:17, 14 November 2010 (UTC)Big Pete 65, Christchurch
