Rui Varela

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| name = Rui Varela

| image =

| fullname = Rui Manuel da Costa Varela{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/rui-varela/vilafranquense/1638-373-26255|title=Rui Varela|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=14 October 2021}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Alhos Vedros, Portugal

| height = {{height|m=1.90}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1995–1996 | youthclubs1 = Moitense

| youthyears2 = 1996–1998 | youthclubs2 = 1º de Maio Sarilhense

| youthyears3 = 1998–2001 | youthclubs3 = Moitense

| youthyears4 = 2001–2002 | youthclubs4 = Benfica

| years1 = 2002 | clubs1 = Benfica B | caps1 = 9 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2003 | clubs2 = Juventude Évora | caps2 = ? | goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2003–2004 | clubs3 = Atlético | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2004–2005 | clubs4 = Barreirense | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2005–2006 | clubs5 = Atlético | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 19

| years6 = 2006–2008 | clubs6 = Olivais Moscavide | caps6 = 42 | goals6 = 14

| years7 = 2007 | clubs7 = → Atlético (loan) | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2008–2009 | clubs8 = Estrela Amadora | caps8 = 21 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2009–2010 | clubs9 = Beira-Mar | caps9 = 38 | goals9 = 8

| years10 = 2011–2012 | clubs10 = Belenenses | caps10 = 28 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2012–2014 | clubs11 = Atlético | caps11 = 71 | goals11 = 16

| years12 = 2014–2015 | clubs12 = Mafra | caps12 = 30 | goals12 = 12

| years13 = 2015–2016 | clubs13 = Loures | caps13 = 16 | goals13 = 2

| years14 = 2016–2017 | clubs14 = Cova Piedade | caps14 = 42 | goals14 = 9

| years15 = 2017–2018 | clubs15 = Sintrense | caps15 = 11 | goals15 = 4

| years16 = 2018 | clubs16 = Vilafranquense | caps16 = 18 | goals16 = 3

| totalcaps = 401 | totalgoals = 102

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Rui Manuel da Costa Varela (born 9 August 1983 in Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setúbal District) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward.