José Augusto

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José Augusto
Personnel
Surname José Augusto Pinto de Almeida
birthday April 13, 1937
place of birth Barreiro ,  Portugal
size 178 cm
position Right winger
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1954-1959 FC Barreirense 98 0(45)
1959-1970 Benfica Lisbon 251 (113)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1958-1968 Portugal 45 (9)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1970 Benfica Lisbon
1970-1971 Benfica Lisbon (Assistant)
1971-1973 Portugal
1973-1975 Vitória Setúbal
1976-1988 Portimonense SC
1978-1980 FC Barreirense
1980-1987 Portugal U-21
1987-1989 SC Farense
1989-1990 Penafiel FC
1992-1993 Amora FC
1994-1995 CD Logroñés
1996-1997 FC Alverca
Kawkab Marrakech
FUS de Rabat
2004-2007 Portugal (women)
1 Only league games are given.

José Augusto Pinto de Almeida (born April 13, 1937 in Barreiro ) is a former football player and later coach. In the heyday of Benfica Lisbon at the beginning of the 1960s, he won numerous titles with the club, including the European Cup twice . With the outstanding Portuguese national team of that era, he reached third place at the 1966 World Cup in England. As a coach, he managed the fortunes of the Portuguese national teams for men and women, and besides Benfica he coached numerous other club teams in Portugal, Spain and Morocco.

Career

player

José Augusto began his career with FC Barreirense in his native Barreiro . For the then first division team, he completed his first international match for Portugal on May 7, 1958 . The friendly against England was lost 2-1. In the 1958/59 season he moved to Benfica Lisbon and experienced the most successful moments in the club history of Benfica at the side of players like Eusebio and Mário Coluna . Five times he was with Benfica in the final of the European Cup of national champions . He won the Cup twice with Benfica. He was national champion eight times and cup winner three times.

In addition, Augusto was a member of the Magriços , the legendary Portuguese national team that came third in the 1966 World Cup in England. In 1968 he ended his national team career and in 1969 also his club career at Benfica Lisbon .

Trainer

His first coaching position was Benfica Lisbon between 1969 and 1970, where he won the national cup competition .

From March 1972 to November 1973 he coached the Portuguese national team where he succeeded José Gomes De Silva , who failed to qualify for the 1972 European Championship in Belgium. Under José Augusto, Portugal finished second of 20 participants in the Taça Independência, also known as the Mini-Copa, for the 150th anniversary of Brazil's independence in 1972, and only lost 1-0 to the hosts and reigning world champions there in the last minute of the final.

But after the debacle in qualifying for the 1974 World Cup in Germany, where Portugal lost to Bulgaria among others and only scored one draw against Northern Ireland, José Augusto's contract was not renewed. He later reached third place with Portugal at the 1984 European Championships in France as assistant coach to Fernando Cabrita .

In addition, José Augusto worked as a club coach at Vitória Setúbal , FC Barreirense , Portimonense SC , SC Farense and FC Penafiel . In Spain he trained the CD Logroñés and in Morocco the two clubs Kawkab Marrakech and FUS Rabat .

From 2004 to 2007 he coached the Portugal women's national team .

successes

personal data
SURNAME José Augusto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pinto de Almeida, José Augusto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Barreiro