José Lima (rugby union)

José Lima

Date of birth	(1992-04-24) 24 April 1992
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010– Portugal 58 (66)

José Gonçalo Ataíde Amaral Pedroso de Lima, better known as José Lima (born Coimbra, 24 April 1992), is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a centre or as a wing.

Club career

Lima first played for CR Évora, moving afterwards to AEIS Agronomia, in Portugal, from 2010/11 to 2011/12. He was assigned to RC Narbonne, in the French Pro D2, when he was 20 years old, where he played from 2012/13 to 2013/14. He missed narrowly the promotion to the Top 14 at the final of the 2013/14 season. He moved to US Carcassonne for the next two seasons, 2014/15 to 2015/16, also at the Pro D2. He next played for US Oyonnax (2016/17-2017/18), once again for RC Narbonne (2017/18), moving for US Carcassonne in 2018/19, where he has been playing since then, still at the Pro D2. He was suspended for doping for one year in January 2019, returning to competition in January 2020.

International career

He has 58 caps for Portugal, since his debut in 2010, aged only 18 years old, with 11 tries, 1 conversion and 3 penalties scored, 36 points on aggregate. His first game was at the 17–22 loss to the United States, at 13 November 2010, in Lisbon. He has been a regular player for the national team since then.