Álvaro Magalhães

For the writer, see Álvaro Magalhães (writer).

Álvaro

Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Monteiro Magalhães
Date of birth	(1961-01-03) 3 January 1961
Place of birth	Lamego, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Nacional Benguela (coach)
Youth career
1975–1978	Cracks Lamego
1978–1980	Académica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1980–1981	Académica	28	(0)
1981–1990	Benfica	166	(6)
1990–1991	Estrela Amadora	19	(0)
1991–1993	Leixões	41	(0)
National team
1981–1988	Portugal	20	(0)
Teams managed
1994–1997	Lourosa
1997–1998	Santa Clara
1998	Chaves
1998–2000	Gil Vicente
2003–2005	Benfica (assistant)
2005–2006	Naval
2006–2008	Olhanense
2008	Feirense
2008	Gloria Buzău
2009–2011	Interclube
2012–	Nacional Benguela
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Álvaro Monteiro Magalhães (born 3 January 1961 in Lamego), simply Álvaro, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left defender, and a current manager.

Club career

Álvaro made his professional – and top division – debuts in 1980, with Académica de Coimbra, moving after only one season to league giants S.L. Benfica. After two seasons, he became first-choice, helping the Lisbon outfit to four leagues and as many domestic cups (three consecutive in the latter competition), while amassing more than 200 official appearances.

In June 1990, after only 13 matches in his last two seasons combined (Benfica also appeared in two European Cup finals during that timeframe, but he was only a fringe player), Álvaro left and signed with neighbous C.F. Estrela da Amadora, helping the side to the second round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup; however, the league ended in relegation. He closed out his career at the age of 32, with second level club Leixões Sport Clube.

One year after retiring, Álvaro began a coaching career, working with several first and second division clubs, his first experience in the former category being with G.D. Chaves in 1997–98, narrowly avoiding relegation.

From 2003–05, he was assistant manager at Benfica, under José Antonio Camacho and Giovanni Trapattoni respectively, winning the league title in the second season. In the latter years of the decade, he had spells in Romania and Angola, being league champion in the latter country with Grupo Desportivo Interclube, the second time in the Luanda club's history.

In November 2009, Magalhães penned a new two-year contract with the club but, on 29 March 2011, he was relieved of his duties.

In early February 2012, Magalhães was appointed coach of fellow Girabola club Clube Nacional de Benguela.

International career

Álvaro was capped 20 times for Portugal, his debut coming on 16 December 1981 in a 2–5 defeat with Bulgaria, in a friendly match.

He was picked for the squads present at the UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. After the infamous Saltillo Affair in the latter, he was one of the few players that did not defect from the national team, and his last international appearance came on 16 November 1988 in a 1–0 win against Luxembourg for the 1990 World Cup qualifiers, in Porto.

Honours

Player

• Portuguese League: 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89
• Portuguese Cup: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87; Runner-up 1988–89
• Portuguese Supercup: 1985, 1989
• European Cup: Runner-up 1987–88, 1989–90
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1982–83

Manager

• Angolan League: 2009–10

External links

• Profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo
• Álvaro Magalhães at National-Football-Teams.com