 Os Belenenses, S.C. Salgueiros, Vitória de Guimarães, FC Porto– arriving at the Primeira Liga club at the ripe age of 35 and backing up legendary Vítor Baía during his two-year spell– and Vitória de Setúbal.Espinha retired in June 2003, with a total of 249 Portuguese top-flight games to his credit.Espinha earned six caps for Portugal, including one at UEFA Euro 2000 against Germany in the group stage, keeping a clean sheet in the 3–0 win as the nation was already qualified and rested practically all its starting XI.