Manuel José Vieira

Portuguese footballer

Manuel José
Personal information
Full name Manuel José Azevedo Vieira[1]
Date of birth (1981-02-04) 4 February 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1991 Ermesinde
1991–1992 Candal
1992–1999 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Porto B 88 (23)
2002–2005 Porto 0 (0)
2002 → União Lamas (loan) 12 (4)
2003 → Académica (loan) 15 (1)
2003 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 3 (1)
2004–2005 → Vitória Setúbal (loan) 44 (4)
2005–2006 Boavista 33 (3)
2006–2009 CFR Cluj 56 (1)
2009–2016 Paços Ferreira 138 (18)
2016 Leixões 9 (0)
2017–2018 Gondomar 40 (4)
2018–2022 Candal 95 (36)
Total 533 (95)
International career
1996 Portugal U15 16 (0)
1997–1998 Portugal U16 15 (4)
1999 Portugal U17 5 (1)
1999 Portugal U18 4 (1)
2001–2002 Portugal U20 14 (3)
2002–2003 Portugal U21 6 (0)
2004–2005 Portugal B 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel José Azevedo Vieira (born 4 February 1981), known as Manuel José, is a Portuguese former professional footballer. Mainly a right midfielder, he could also play as an attacking right-back.

Club career

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Manuel José unsuccessfully graduated from FC Porto's academy, going on to serve a number of loans before being released in June 2005. He made his Primeira Liga debut with Académica de Coimbra, where he played from January to June 2003.[2]

After a solid season with Porto's neighbours Boavista FC, Manuel José joined Romania's CFR Cluj Portuguese contingent in June 2006, for €300,000.[3] In his first year in Liga I he was a regular and the team player with the most assists, totalling 11; however, with the arrival of Ioan Andone as head coach in summer 2007, he lost his place in the starting XI and failed to regain that position.

On 5 February 2009, Manuel José terminated his contract with Cluj.[4] He returned to Portugal in July, signing with F.C. Paços de Ferreira.[5] He scored a career-best eight goals in the 2012–13 campaign – in only 19 starts – being essential as the club finished third and qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history.[6]

Honours

Porto

Vitória Setúbal

Cluj

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Manuel José" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ Teixeira, Olga (12 July 2005). "Manuel José: os golos no ringue de Ermesinde e a "mística" do F.C. Porto" [Manuel José: the goals in the rink of Ermesinde and F.C. Porto's "mystique"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. ^ "De Paula signs out at Real Sociedad". UEFA. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Manuel José rescinds contract with Cluj". PortuGOAL. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  5. ^ "Paços de Ferreira com sete caras novas" [Paços de Ferreira with seven new faces] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ^ Godinho, João Paulo (11 May 2013). "Paços assegura vaga da Champions" [Paços confirm Champions berth] (in Portuguese). SAPO. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. ^ "FC Porto-Trofense, 2–0: Ser sério e ganhar cedo em dia de falhar golos" [FC Porto-Trofense, 2–0: Serious display and early win on day of missed goals]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 November 2002. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  8. ^ "V. Setúbal triunfante 38 anos depois" [V. Setúbal triumphant 38 years later] (in Portuguese). TSF. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

External links

  • Manuel José at ForaDeJogo (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Manuel José at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  • Manuel José national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
  • Manuel José at Soccerway
  • Manuel José at WorldFootball.net
  • Manuel José at FootballDatabase.eu