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Delfim Teixeira
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<h2 id="club-career">Club career</h2> <p>Delfim was born in <a href="/facts/Amarante%2c_Portugal/zqWE0P53">Amarante</a>, <a href="/facts/Porto_District/SoBWfR83">Porto District</a>. After making his <a href="/facts/Primeira_Liga/opm2PDFM">Primeira Liga</a> debut aged 19 with <a href="/facts/Boavista_F.C./bLLTwtr0">Boavista F.C.</a> he signed for <a href="/facts/Sporting_CP/vbgkjVcB">Sporting CP</a>, being an essential midfield player alongside <a href="/facts/Aldo_Duscher/4pJ8KwxM">Aldo Duscher</a> in the latter club's <a href="/facts/1999%25E2%2580%25932000_Primeira_Liga/BHmtWTan">1999–2000 league conquest</a>, after an 18-year drought.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>In 2001, Delfim moved to <a href="/facts/Olympique_de_Marseille/VBbXDk7l">Olympique de Marseille</a> in France, but also began an excruciating battle with injuries, appearing very rarely for the <a href="/facts/Ligue_1/jtGrnX8g">Ligue 1</a> side and almost retiring from football.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> In January 2002 he was reunited with former Sporting teammate <a href="/facts/Dimas_Teixeira/ztjSILLq">Dimas</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> and, after an unassuming stint with <a href="/facts/BSC_Young_Boys/bP9zcs3y">BSC Young Boys</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> eventually returned to Portugal.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>Delfim was able to revive his career in the <a href="/facts/2007%25E2%2580%259308_Primeira_Liga/532EtS07">2007–08 season</a>, being very important as <a href="/facts/Associa%25C3%25A7%25C3%25A3o_Naval_1%25C2%25BA_de_Maio/yGHqqG20">Associação Naval 1º de Maio</a> retained their status in the main division; on 27 April 2008, his long-distance shot was the only goal of the home fixture against his former employers Boavista.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> For <a href="/facts/2008%25E2%2580%259309_Primeira_Liga/5wbUL5Sr">the following campaign</a> he joined top-tier newcomers <a href="/facts/C.D._Trofense/8nz3Wtcf">C.D. Trofense</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> retiring at the age of 32 after his team suffered relegation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="international-career">International career</h2> <p>Delfim earned his only full <a href="/facts/Cap_(sport)/pFhs7Lp2">cap</a> for <a href="/facts/Portugal_national_football_team/npcIh0mR">Portugal</a> on 15 November 2000, playing the entire 2–1 <a href="/facts/Exhibition_game/Wcs67umG">friendly</a> win over <a href="/facts/Israel_national_football_team/uqmI6ukL">Israel</a> in <a href="/facts/Braga/o5UzVVc3">Braga</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="honours">Honours</h2> <p>Boavista </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Superta%25C3%25A7a_C%25C3%25A2ndido_de_Oliveira/RYqmoSPf">Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira</a>: <a href="/facts/1997_Superta%25C3%25A7a_C%25C3%25A2ndido_de_Oliveira/fE9JBqQU">1997</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Sporting CP </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Primeira_Liga/opm2PDFM">Primeira Liga</a>: <a href="/facts/1999%25E2%2580%25932000_Primeira_Liga/BHmtWTan">1999–2000</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Marseille </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup/FwI4KKDc">UEFA Intertoto Cup</a>: <a href="/facts/2005_UEFA_Intertoto_Cup/SJFavXEU">2005</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210101000000/https://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=197702050002&language=2">Delfim Teixeira</a> at ForaDeJogo (archived) </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.ligue1.com/player?id=delfim-jose-fernandes-rola-teixeira">Delfim Teixeira</a> – French league stats at <a href="/facts/Ligue_1/jtGrnX8g">Ligue 1</a> – also available <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.ligue1.fr/joueur?id=delfim-jose-fernandes-rola-teixeira">in French</a> (archived)</li> <li><a href="https://www.fpf.pt/Jogadores/Jogador/playerId/366553">Delfim Teixeira</a> national team profile at the <a href="/facts/Portuguese_Football_Federation/MMWVMUdQ">Portuguese Football Federation</a> (in Portuguese)</li> <li><a href="https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10933.html">Delfim Teixeira</a> at National-Football-Teams.com</li> <li><a href="https://int.soccerway.com/players/jose-fernandes-rola-teixereia/56594/">Delfim Teixeira</a> at Soccerway</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>A vida de Delfim dava um filme... com final feliz (Life of Delfim would make a movie... with a happy end); Rádio Renascença, 9 July 2015 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://rr.sapo.pt/opiniao_detalhe.aspx?fid=2&did=193049" target="_blank">https://rr.sapo.pt/opiniao_detalhe.aspx?fid=2&did=193049</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Delfim: a glória em Alvalade e a lesão que quase lhe matou o sonho (Delfim: the glory at Alvalade and the injury that nearly killed his dream); Mais Futebol, 12 March 2014 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho" target="_blank">http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Delfim: “Contra todas as perspetivas e dados estatísticos, depois de três anos parado, voltei a jogar. Com quatro parafusos nas costas” (Delfim: "Against all odds and statistical data, after three years out, I played again. With four screws in my back"); Expresso, 11 February 2018 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://tribuna.expresso.pt/a-casa-as-costas/2018-02-11-Delfim-Contra-todas-as-perspetivas-e-dados-estatisticos-depois-de-tres-anos-parado-voltei-a-jogar.-Com-quatro-parafusos-nas-costas" target="_blank">https://tribuna.expresso.pt/a-casa-as-costas/2018-02-11-Delfim-Contra-todas-as-perspetivas-e-dados-estatisticos-depois-de-tres-anos-parado-voltei-a-jogar.-Com-quatro-parafusos-nas-costas</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>La deuxième vie de Delfim (Delfim's second life); Maxi Foot, 23 November 2005 (in French) <a href="https://www.maxifoot.fr/football/article-2481.htm" target="_blank">https://www.maxifoot.fr/football/article-2481.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Delfim en accéléré (Delfim gains speed); Eurosport, 15 December 2005 (in French) <a href="https://www.eurosport.fr/football/coupe-de-l-uefa/2005-2006/delfim-en-accelere_sto802901/story.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.eurosport.fr/football/coupe-de-l-uefa/2005-2006/delfim-en-accelere_sto802901/story.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Delfim: a glória em Alvalade e a lesão que quase lhe matou o sonho (Delfim: the glory at Alvalade and the injury that nearly killed his dream); Mais Futebol, 12 March 2014 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho" target="_blank">http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>França: Marselha de Dimas e Delfim volta a perder (Dimas and Delfim's Marseille lose again); Mais Futebol, 24 February 2002 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/internacional/franca-marselha-de-dimas-e-delfim-volta-a-perder" target="_blank">https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/internacional/franca-marselha-de-dimas-e-delfim-volta-a-perder</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Ein Portugiese für YB (A Portuguese for YB); Fussball.ch, 9 June 2006 (in German) <a href="http://www.fussball.ch/Ein+Portugiese+fuer+YB/243841/detail.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fussball.ch/Ein+Portugiese+fuer+YB/243841/detail.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Delfim: a glória em Alvalade e a lesão que quase lhe matou o sonho (Delfim: the glory at Alvalade and the injury that nearly killed his dream); Mais Futebol, 12 March 2014 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho" target="_blank">http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Naval-Boavista, 1–0 (crónica) (Naval-Boavista, 1–0 (report)); Mais Futebol, 27 April 2008 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/naval-boavista-1-0-cronica" target="_blank">https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/naval-boavista-1-0-cronica</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Delfim reforça o meio-campo (Delfim bolsters midfield); Record, 26 June 2008 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/portugal-prio/trofense/detalhe/delfim-reforca-o-meio-campo.html" target="_blank">http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/portugal-prio/trofense/detalhe/delfim-reforca-o-meio-campo.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Trofense: Delfim foi operado ao joelho (Trofense: Delfim underwent knee surgery); Mais Futebol, 25 March 2009 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/trofense-delfim-foi-operado-ao-joelho" target="_blank">http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/trofense-delfim-foi-operado-ao-joelho</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Delfim: a glória em Alvalade e a lesão que quase lhe matou o sonho (Delfim: the glory at Alvalade and the injury that nearly killed his dream); Mais Futebol, 12 March 2014 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho" target="_blank">http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Delfim: a glória em Alvalade e a lesão que quase lhe matou o sonho (Delfim: the glory at Alvalade and the injury that nearly killed his dream); Mais Futebol, 12 March 2014 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho" target="_blank">http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Delfim: “Contra todas as perspetivas e dados estatísticos, depois de três anos parado, voltei a jogar. Com quatro parafusos nas costas” (Delfim: "Against all odds and statistical data, after three years out, I played again. With four screws in my back"); Expresso, 11 February 2018 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://tribuna.expresso.pt/a-casa-as-costas/2018-02-11-Delfim-Contra-todas-as-perspetivas-e-dados-estatisticos-depois-de-tres-anos-parado-voltei-a-jogar.-Com-quatro-parafusos-nas-costas" target="_blank">https://tribuna.expresso.pt/a-casa-as-costas/2018-02-11-Delfim-Contra-todas-as-perspetivas-e-dados-estatisticos-depois-de-tres-anos-parado-voltei-a-jogar.-Com-quatro-parafusos-nas-costas</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Delfim: a glória em Alvalade e a lesão que quase lhe matou o sonho (Delfim: the glory at Alvalade and the injury that nearly killed his dream); Mais Futebol, 12 March 2014 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho" target="_blank">http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/depois-do-adeus/rubrica/delfim-a-gloria-em-alvalade-e-a-lesao-que-quase-lhe-matou-o-sonho</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Marseille 5–1 Deportivo (Aggregate: 5–3)". UEFA. 23 August 2005. Archived from the original on 31 May 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2020. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060531214209/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round=2188/Match=81581/Report=LU.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060531214209/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round=2188/Match=81581/Report=LU.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>