Rui da Gracia
Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes, simply known as Rui, is a footballer who plays as a centre back for Tercera División club Gimnástica Segoviana CF.
Club career
Rui is a product of CA Bembibre. He has developed most of his club career in his homecountry Spain, also playing in Cyprus and Malta, where he was a two-time Maltese Premier League champion with Hibernians FC.International career
Rui, who is a Spanish-born to Cape Verdean parents from São Nicolau, represented Cape Verde in the 2003 and 2009 editions of Mundialito. Previously, he played for the Spanish autonomous team of Castile and León.While playing for Spanish club CF Palencia, Rui was invited by Equatorial Guinean international midfielder Benjamín Zarandona, who was then his teammate, to become a naturalised citizen of Equatorial Guinea in order to play for its national team.
In July 2010, Rui received his first call for the Equatoguinean senior team and to play a friendly match against Morocco on 11 August 2010. However, he didn't attend due to injury.
Rui's first incursion with Equatorial Guinea on 12 October 2010, when he participated in a friendly lost against Botswana by 0–2 in Malabo.
Rui was part of the squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, being a first-choice defender for the Nzalang Nacional.
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 15 November 2015 | Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |