Career
He competed in his special event at the 1991, 1993 and 1999 World Championships and sixth-placed in 10,000 m in 1994 European Athletics Championships as well as the 1992 Summer Olympics without ever reaching the final. At the 1993 World Cross Country Championships he earned the distinction of a bronze medal in the team competition, having finished 41st in the individual long race. He then recorded his best placing with a 23rd place in the 1998 short race, the team finishing fifth.
He was also a part of the sixth-placed Portuguese team at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships.
3000 metres - 7.47:26 minimum (1994)
5000 metres - 13.22:3 minimum (1994)
10,000 metres - 27.53:74 minimum (1994)
3000 metres steeplechase - 8.25:81 minimum (1993)
Half marathon - 1.02:38 hrs (1997).
