Rui Gonçalves is one of the most respected and hard working riders in the motorcycle world. The 35 year-old was the first rider from Portugal to become Vice World Champion and, to date, he is the best Portuguese athlete with the highest classification in both classes of the Motocross World Championship (MXGP & MX2).

At the age of 16 he won his first international title with the achievement of the German Supercross Championship. At the same age he faced the great challenge of starting to compete against the best riders of the world in the Grand Prix series.

In a phase of great evolution of his career, he was part of some projects where he could use his experience to test and help the development of new bikes in some different factory teams. His best career memory is the 2009 victory at the Grand Prix held in Agueda with 25,000 spectators, finishing the year with a second place in the MX2 class of the World Championship with six heat victories.

In 2018 Rui entered the National Enduro Championship and won races. He also took part in the Six Days of Enduro in Chile for team Portugal which was a great experience.