António Luís Alves Ribeiro Oliveira

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Antonio Oliveira
Personnel
Surname António Luís Alves Ribeiro Oliveira
birthday June 10, 1952
place of birth Penafiel ,  Portugal
size 172 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
FC Porto
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1970-1979 FC Porto 199 (71)
1979 Betis Seville 10 0(1)
1980 FC Porto 12 0(1)
1980-1981 Penafiel FC 22 (10)
1981-1985 Sporting Lisbon 66 (15)
1985-1986 Marítimo Funchal 7 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1974-1983 Portugal 24 0(7)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1980-1981 FC Penafiel (player-coach)
1982-1983 Sporting Lisbon (player-coach)
1985-1986 Marítimo Funchal (player-coach)
1987-1988 Vitória Guimarães
1988 Académica de Coimbra
1991-1992 Gil Vicente FC
1993-1994 Sporting Braga
1994-1996 Portugal
1996-1998 FC Porto
1998 Betis Seville
2000-2002 Portugal
1 Only league games are given.

António Luís Alves Ribeiro Oliveira (born June 10, 1952 in Penafiel ) is a former Portuguese football player and coach.

Career

society

Oliveira began his professional career at FC Porto and made his debut at the age of 18. From 1974 he hit double digits every season, with one exception, and achieved his personal best of 19 goals in the championship season 1977/78.

In the summer of 1979 he signed a contract with the Spanish first division club Betis Sevilla , but switched back to FC Porto in the next transfer window.

The following season he played for his hometown club FC Penafiel , where he also took on the role of coach before moving to Sporting Lisbon . With Sporting he won the championship and national cup double in the 1981/82 season .

In 1985 he moved to Marítimo Funchal until the end of the season , where he also worked as a player-coach.

National team

On April 15, 1981 Oliveira scored his first goal in the friendly against Bulgaria to the 1-1 final. His first goal outside of friendly matches, he scored on September 22, 1982 in the qualifier for the 1984 European Championship, beating Finland 2-0 .

He completed a total of 24 games in his nine-year national team career and scored seven goals, but never played in an international tournament.

Coaching career

Oliveira started his coaching career when he was still an active player. He held his first sole coaching position in 1987 and 1988 with the clubs Vitória Guimarães and Académica de Coimbra , but not for the entire season.

His first full seasons he completed 1991/92 with Gil Vicente FC , which he led in 13th place, and 1993/94 with Sporting Braga .

A big step for Oliveira was the appointment as the Portuguese national coach in 1994. He led Portugal to first place in the qualification for the European Championship in 1996 and made it to the quarter-finals there , which however was lost 1-0 to the Czech Republic .

After the European Championship he gave up his post and became the coach of FC Porto . At the beginning of the 1996/97 season he won the final of the Portuguese Football Supercup against eternal rival Benfica Lisbon 5-0 and at the same time won his first title of his coaching career. He was also able to lead his team to the championship and the quarter-finals of the Champions League .

In the summer of 1998 he coached Betis Sevilla , but left the club again before the season started.

In 2000 he was again the national coach of Portugal and qualified himself and the team for the first time in 16 years for the football World Cup in 2002 , where they were eliminated in the group stage.

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBC Sport - "2002 World Cup profile" , April 9, 2002.
  2. ^ The Independent - "Oliveira returns to Portugal job" , August 1, 2000.
personal data
SURNAME Ribeiro Oliveira, António Luís Alves
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oliveira, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Penafiel , Portugal