Rui Pedro Coimbra Chaves (born 11 September 1990), known as Ruca, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga 3 club São João de Ver.

Born in Tondela, Viseu District, Ruca moved to S.C. Beira-Mar's youth system at the age of 16 from local Clube de Futebol Repesenses.

[6] Starting in all his league appearances, he contributed seven goals to help the side win the championship and subsequently promote to the Segunda Liga.

[10] On 30 August 2016, Ruca was linked to Cypriot club Apollon Limassol FC, but Vitória manager José Couceiro vetoed his departure due to lack of options in his position.

[13] Ruca continued to compete in the Portuguese second tier in the following seasons (a brief loan spell in the Cypriot First Division notwithstanding),[14] representing Mafra,[15] C.D.