José Couceiro
José Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro, known simply as José Couceiro (born 4 October 1962 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a football manager, that despite his young age already served as president for the SJPF (Portuguese Football Players' Union) and manager in the Sporting Public company. He is a known fan of the Lisbon side, and related to club legend and member of The Five Violins Fernando Peyroteo.
As a manager, Couceiro's career is marked with the relegation of F.C. Alverca in the 2003-04 season. He bounced back with a good run with Vitória de Setúbal, and was signed by F.C. Porto on 1 February 2005 as a replacement for Víctor Fernandez. He was replaced a few months later by Dutch manager Co Adriaanse after Porto lost the Portuguese championship to Benfica. Couceiro then managed Belenenses of Lisbon during the 2005-06 season. In August 2006 he was appointed manager of the Portugal national under-21 football team, but was sacked after poor results.
He was then appointed the head coach of FBK Kaunas, the Lithuanian A Lyga club controlled by Vladimir Romanov, in July 2008.[1]
Family
Fernando Peyroteo, former football player, is Couceiro's grand-uncle. António César de Vasconcelos Correia, 1st Viscount and 1st Count de Torres Novas and 93rd Governor of India, was his great-great-great-uncle. Augusto de Vasconcelos was his second cousin three times removed.
His father, an engineer also named José Martins Couceiro, born in Angola in 1928 and deceased on September 30, 2005, was the first chairman of the former Clube Académico de Coimbra in 1974. Married to Clara, he is the father of three daughters, Catarina (b. 1991), Sofia (b. 1994) and Beatriz (b. 1996).
References
- ^ McMillan, Martin. Kaunas replace manager, The Herald (Glasgow), July 19 2008.