Manuel José

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Jesus and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Manuel José
Personal information
Full name Manuel José de Jesus Silva
Date of birth (1946-04-09) 9 April 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1962–1964 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 Benfica B
1965–1969 Benfica 1 (0)
1965–1966 → Sporting Covilhã (loan)
1966–1967 → Varzim (loan)
1967–1968 →
Belenenses
(loan)
1969–1973 União Tomar 111 (12)
1973–1976 Farense 82 (6)
1976–1977 Beira-Mar 28 (1)
1977–1979 Sporting Espinho 27 (2)
Managerial career
1978–1982 Sporting Espinho
1982–1983 Vitória Guimarães
1983–1985
Portimonense
1985–1986 Sporting CP
1987–1989 Braga
1990 Sporting CP
1990–1991 Sporting Espinho
1991–1996 Boavista
1996 Marítimo
1997 Benfica
1999–2001 União Leiria
2001–2002 Al Ahly
2002–2003 Belenenses
2003–2009 Al Ahly
2009–2010 Angola
2010
Al-Ittihad
2011–2012 Al Ahly
2012 Persepolis
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel José de Jesus Silva ComM (born 9 April 1946), simply known as Manuel José (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛl ʒuˈzɛ]), is a Portuguese football manager.[1]

Some of the teams he has coached include

Sporting CP, Sporting de Braga, Boavista, Benfica, Al Ahly, Belenenses, and the Angola national team.[2] He is the living coach with most games in the Primeira Liga.[3][4]

He is regarded as one of the most successful club coaches in CAF competitions, having won the main African club tournament, the CAF Champions League, a record of four times and guiding his team to four consecutive CAF Champions League finals between 2005 and 2008, winning three of those finals. He has also won the CAF Super Cup in 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2009 and was the first manager to take an African team to the medal positions in the FIFA Club World Cup in 2006.

Coaching career

Manuel José first started to manage

second season
, after a 6-game winless spree.

He is credited for discovering

next season until a humiliating 3–1 defeat to Rio Ave lead Benfica's direction to sack him.[7]

In 1999, Manuel José signed with

Real Madrid.[8] He accomplished the biggest win against the rivals Zamalek by 6–1 before he was sacked after failing to win the league that year, but won his first African Champions League and African Super Cup with a squad consisting mostly of promising young stars like Hossam Ghaly. He returned to Portugal
to coach Belenenses in 2002, but left to sign again with Al Ahly the following year.

Since returning to

2006–07 and the Egyptian Super Cup four consecutive times, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
.

Arguably his best period in Al-Ahly was the 2005–06 season when Manuel José accomplished the

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with the Medal of Sport of First Class for his contributions to Ahly and Egyptian Football on December 24, 2006 and with the Ordem do Mérito in 2008, by Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva.[11] On May 13, 2009, José was officially appointed by the Angolan Football Federation as the national team's head coach with views on their participation in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, which Angola hosted. He penned a one-year contract and took over when he finished the season with Al-Ahly.[12]

Manuel José was awarded the

of the board, this marked the first time that José didn't complete a contract for the past 10 years.[17]

On 1 January 2011, Manuel José returned to Al Ahly signing a one and half year contract.

Port Said Stadium disaster on 1 February 2012, he was punched and kicked but otherwise unhurt. He has stated that his relationship with the Egyptian people saved him from being killed.[22][23][24] Shortly after the clashes, Manuel José made a €47,000 donation to the Al-Ahly fund created to support the victims' families and attended the wake held in honour of the ones who had died, when he returned to Portugal he said he wanted to finish his career at the Egyptian club in remembrance of the lost souls.[25] He returned to Egypt a few days later, on 16 February.[26] He had lost against Espanyol, it was his last match with Al-Ahly, ending his career in coaching in Egypt. He had left after his contract has ended. He had held a press conference after the match stating that Al-Ahly department is trying to renew his contract but, he had refused as there is political unrest in Egypt and also for the stoppage of Football in the nation as he stated "Politics had corrupted football in Egypt" He is recognized as a football legend in Egypt by The Ultras fans either Zamlkawy or Ahlawy[27]

On 3 July 2012, Manuel José was named as Persepolis's head coach and signed a one-year contract with the club, replacing Mustafa Denizli, who resigned from his position in June 2012 due to personal reasons. On 7 December 2012, it was announced that Manuel José was no longer the team's head coach for the upcoming fixtures. On 10 December 2012, he was officially sacked by the club and was replaced by Yahya Golmohammadi.

Statistics

As of 3 December 2012
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA +/-
Espinho July 1978 July 1982 120 47 33 40 039.17 135 137 –2
Vitória July 1982 May 1983 30 11 10 9 036.67 35 24 +11
Portimonense
 June 1983 July 1985 60 24 14 22 040.00 78 78 0
Sporting CP July 1985 October 1986 40 23 10 7 057.50 91 42 +49
Braga January 1987 May 1989 48 13 22 13 027.08 54 66 –12
Sporting CP May 1990 November 1990 9 3 3 3 033.33 16 15 +1
Boavista May 1991 May 1996 170 77 45 48 045.29 236 169 +67
Marítimo May 1996 December 1996 20 7 3 10 035.00 25 20 +5
Benfica January 1997 July 1997 20 10 5 5 050.00 29 15 +14
Marítimo May 1999 December 2000 37 18 11 8 048.65 39 30 +9
Al Ahly
 July 2001 May 2002 37 26 7 4 070.27 68 27 +41
Belenenses June 2002 July 2003 34 11 10 13 032.35 47 48 –1
Al-Ahly
 July 2003 June 2009 169 129 27 13 076.33 279 97 +182
Angola May 2009 January 2010 4 1 2 1 025.00 6 5 +1
Al-Ittihad
 May 2010 December 2010 15 4 10 1 026.67 28 16 +12
Al Ahly January 2011 February 2012 15 11 3 1 073.33 28 12 +16
Persepolis July 2012 December 2012 17 5 6 6 029.41 20 17 +3
Total 846 420 221 204 49.64% 1214 819 +395

Honours

Player

Benfica

  • 1968–69

Managerial

Sporting de Espinho

  • Segunda Divisão Portuguesa
    – Série Norte: 1978–79

Boavista

Al-Ahly

Individual

Special awards

References

  1. ^ "Manuel Jose set to Become Persepolis Boss". Kabir News. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Manuel José de Jesus Silva Profile". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  3. TVI 24. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original
    on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. ^ "+ 400 Jogos na I Liga - ANTF - Treinadores de Futebol".
  5. ^ "O Rei luso na Terra dos Faraós". bolanaarea.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Recordes Europeus" [European records]. Sporting.pt. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  7. ISBN 972-9335-52-4
    .
  8. CNN Sports Illustrated
    . 5 August 2001. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Manuel José pode sagrar-se melhor treinador". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 9 December 2005. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Manuel José e a sucessão a Scolari: "estava tudo montado"". sapo.cv (in Portuguese). 18 November 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Manuel José deixa Al-Ahly no próximo ano". Público (in Portuguese). 13 April 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  12. TSF
    . 13 May 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  13. ^ a b "Manuel José vence o globo de Melhor Treinador do Ano". aeiou.caras.pt (in Portuguese). 17 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  14. ^ "Manuel José pede desculpas aos angolanos pelo afastamento dos Palancas". opais.net (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  15. ^ "Manuel José já não é seleccionador de Angola". negociosdofutebol.blogspot.com (in Portuguese). 13 February 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  16. ^ "Manuel José assina pelo Al-Ittihad da Arábia Saudita". Público (in Portuguese). 28 May 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  17. ^ "Manuel José fora do Al Ittihad: "Cheguei no momento errado"". maisfutebol.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 23 December 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  18. ^ "Manuel José no Al-Ahly, pela terceira vez". maisfutebol.iol.pt (in Portuguese). 2 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  19. ^ "Thousands welcome José at Cairo Airport". Al Ahly. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  20. ^ "Ahly coach Manuel Jose is a contender for Egypt job". BBC Sport. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  21. ^ "Manuel José. Façam-lhe lá uma pirâmide". ionline.pt (in Portuguese). 9 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  22. ^ "Levei socos e pontapés mas agora estou bem". O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  23. ^ ""Levei socos, mas também recebi muitos beijos. É por isso que estou aqui", diz Manuel José". A Bola (in Portuguese). 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  24. ^ "Manuel José: "O povo egípcio gosta de mim e foi isso que me salvou"". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  25. ^ "Manuel José fez doação de 47 mil euros". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  26. ^ "Egito: Manuel José já aterrou no Cairo". futebol365.pt (in Portuguese). 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  27. ^ "محدث .. جوزيه: السياسة أفسدت الرياضة .. وسأكمل مشوارى مع نادي أخر" (in Portuguese). "Mohammed Yousry. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

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