 Born in Porto, Lima started in football, arriving at Gondomar S.C. as an under-17, competing all the way until the first team, which he would represent in the Regional league, but also in the Portuguese Third Division.His first experience in futsal was in 1995, at age 24, when he received an invitation for a tryout at Miramar.Lima spent the first season in the reserve team, on the second division, bagging more than sixty goals.