José Maria Pedroto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Maria Carvalho Pedroto | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Lamego, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 8 January 1985 (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1944–1945 | Pedras Rubras | ||
| 1945–1948 | Leixões | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1950 | Lusitano | 25 | (12) |
| 1950–1952 | Belenenses | 50 | (14) |
| 1952–1960 | Porto | 152 | (31) |
| National team | |||
| 1952–1957 | Portugal | 17 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1962–1964 | Académica | ||
| 1964–1965 | Leixões | ||
| 1965–1966 | Varzim | ||
| 1966–1969 | Porto | ||
| 1969–1974 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| 1974–1976 | Boavista | ||
| 1974–1977 | Portugal | ||
| 1976–1980 | Porto | ||
| 1981–1982 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| 1982–1984 | Porto | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
José Maria Carvalho Pedroto, OIH (21 October 1928 – 8 January 1985), was a Portuguese footballer and coach.[1][2][3][4][5]
Player
Pedroto was born in Almacave, Lamego, Portugal. A right midfielder, he played for Leixões SC, Lusitano, Belenenses and FC Porto. He was capped 17 times for Portugal, 1 with Belenenses and 16 with FC Porto. His first game was on April 20, 1954, a 3–0 loss to France, in a friendly match, and his last game, on December 22, 1957, a 3–0 loss to the Italy, in Milan, in a World Cup qualifying match.
Manager
His career continued in style in Académica Coimbra, where he was replaced by Mário Wilson, Varzim SC (after being sacked by Leixões), and in 1969 he had his first stint with Porto, winning a domestic cup. After that, he went to Vitória Setúbal.
Four years later, in 1974 Pedroto joined Porto side Boavista FC, winning two cups and reaching a second place in the league. In 1978, he returned to Porto, which had been in a 19-year title drought.
As of the 2015-16 season, Pedroto is the all time leader in wins, by a manager, in the Portuguese League with 326.
Honours
Player
- Porto
- Primeira Liga (2): 1955–56, 1958–59
- Taça de Portugal (2): 1955–56, 1957–58
Manager
- Porto
- Primeira Liga (2): 1977–78, 1978–79
- Taça de Portugal (3): 1967–68, 1976–77, 1983–84
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1): 1983
- Boavista
- Taça de Portugal (2): 1974–75, 1975–76
References
- ↑ "A carreira de Pedroto em cinco "flashes"" [Pedroto's career in five "flashes"] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ↑ "Há trinta anos morria o pai do "portismo moderno"" [Thirty years ago died the father of "modern portismo"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ↑ Prata, Bruno (9 January 2010). "O mestre da táctica e do conflito" [The master of tactic and conflict] (in Portuguese). Público. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ↑ Marques, Sara (19 May 2014). "O dia em que Pedroto foi banido do FC Porto" [The day Pedroto was banned from FC Porto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ↑ Almeida, Germano (7 January 2015). ""Diz-me como jogas e te direi como deves treinar"" ["Tell me how you play and I shall tell you how to train"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
External links
- José Maria Pedroto at thefinalball.com
- José Maria Pedroto profile at ForaDeJogo
- José Maria Pedroto manager stats at ForaDeJogo
- José Maria Pedroto at National-Football-Teams.com