Álvaro Magalhães

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Álvaro Magalhães
Personnel
Surname Álvaro Monteiro de Magalhães
birthday January 3, 1961
place of birth Lamego ,  Portugal
size 180 cm
position Left-back
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1979-1981 Academica Coimbra 28 (0)
1981-1990 Benfica Lisbon 176 (6)
1990-1991 Estrela Amadora 19 (0)
1991-1993 Leixões SC 41 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1981-1988 Portugal 20 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1994-1997 Lourusa
1997-1998 CD Santa Clara
1998 DG Chaves
1998-2000 Gil Vicente FC
2003-2005 Benfica Lisbon
2005-2006 Naval 1º de Maio
2006 SC Olhanense
2008 CD Feirense
2008 Gloria Buzau
1 Only league games are given.

Álvaro Monteiro de Magalhães (born January 3, 1961 in Lamego ) is a former Portuguese football player and football coach.

Career

Alvaro started his career in 1979 at Academica Coimbra . In 1981 he moved to his first major club, Benfica Lisbon . He won the Portuguese championship title four times, the Portuguese Cup four times and the Portuguese Supercup twice in Lisbon . During his time in the capital, he took part in the European Football Championship in France in 1984 (from the semi-finals), where Alvaro was used four times and received a yellow card. He also took part in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico . Portugal were eliminated in the group stage, Alvaro was used three times.

From 1990 to 1993 he played with Estrela Amadora , where he ended his career.

After the playing career

He started as a coach in 1994 at Lourousa, a sub-class Portuguese club. He came to Benfica Lisbon in 2003 via CD Santa Clara , GD Chaves , Gil Vicente FC , where he won the championship title as assistant coach to Giovanni Trapattoni in 2005, and in 2004 the trophy was won. He then trained at Naval 1º de Maio , SC Olhanense and CD Feirense . In August 2008 he took over the Romanian first division club Gloria Buzau after the third match day of the 2007/08 season , but was dismissed after six defeats in seven winless championship games in early October.

Oddities

Alvaro is affected by polydactyly , which is why he was nicknamed seis dedos ("six fingers") in Portugal .

successes

as a player:

as a trainer:

  • Portuguese cup winner 2004 (as assistant coach)
  • Portuguese champion 2005 (as assistant coach)

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personal data
SURNAME Magalhães, Álvaro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Álvaro; Magalhães, Álvaro Monteiro de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Lamego