António José Conceição Oliveira

Toni
Personal information
Full name	António José Conceição Oliveira
Date of birth	October 14, 1946 (age 66)
Place of birth	Anadia, Portugal
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1963–1965	Anadia
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1982–1987	Benfica (Assistant)
1987–1989	Benfica
1992–1994	Benfica
1994–1995	Bordeaux
1995–1996	Sevilla
2000–2002	Benfica
2002–2003	Shenyang Jinde
2003	Al-Ahly
2007–2008	Al-Ittifaq
2008–2009	Al-Sharjah
2010–2011	Al-Ittihad
2012–2013	Tractor Sazi
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

António José Conceição Oliveira (born October 14, 1946), known as Toni, is a coach, and a former Portuguese football player, born in Anadia. He is former head coach of Tractor Sazi in Iran Pro League.

Playing career [edit]

He started playing football at an early age for Salesianos de Mogofores (in Anadia municipality), then he went to Anadia, a bigger team, and when he was 17 years old he joined Académica de Coimbra (Académica) for the hand of Mário Wilson who was Académica's manager at the time. In Coimbra he made part of the team which achieved the final of Portuguese Football Cup in 1967, losing the match for Vitória de Setúbal after an extra-time. On June 9, 1968 he signed for Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Benfica), for a transfer fee of 1 305 000 PTE (about 6,500 euros today without inflation). There he became one of the most renowned players of Benfica's history. Portuguese Footballer of the Year in 1972.

He had 33 caps for Portugal national football team, from 12 October 1969, in a 0–1 defeat with Romania, during the World Cup qualifying rounds, to 8 March 1978, in a 0–2 defeat with France, in a friendly match.

He also played at the Independence Brazil Cup in 1972, were Portugal lost the final to Brazil. He finished his career in Benfica, in 1980/81.

**Toni: International goals**
Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 November 1977	Estádio de São Luís, Faro, Portugal	Cyprus	1–0	4–0	1978 World Cup qualification

Managerial career [edit]

After he retired from playing football, he entered to the coaching careers and was named as Benfica's assistant manager in 1982 which was assistant to managers Sven-Göran Eriksson, Pál Csernai, John Mortimore and Ebbe Skovdahl. He was promoted as the club's head coach at the middle of the 1987-88 season and led the club to second place in the league and the final match of European Championship held in Stuttgart which lost 6-5 to PSV Eindhoven in penalties. He also defeated in cup final against Belenenses this season. At the next season, he was led the club to their record of 28th league championship. He left the club by mutual consent at the end of the season and was replaced by Sven-Göran Eriksson. After Tomislav Ivić's resignation in 1992, he was appointed for a second spell as the club's manager, led the team to the second place and won Cup of Portugal at the same year. He also led the team to the 29th league championship, 2nd under him in 1993-94. After two successful seasons in Benfica, he left the club to become head coach of Ligue 1 side Bordeaux, led the club to the UEFA Intertoto Cup but resigned after poor results in league. He was also head coach of Sevilla in La Liga during 1995–96 season which ended in 11th place. He was also Carlos Queiroz's assistant in United Arab Emirates national football team in 1999. In 2000, he was returned to Benfica for a third and unsuccessful spell which end the first season in 6th place and was dismissed after seven weeks in the following season. Then, he was appointed as head coach of Shenyang Jinde in Chinese Super League. He also managed Al-Ahly in Egyptian Premier League for a half season and won the Egyptian Super Cup with the team. In 2007, he was named as Al-Ittifaq's new head coach and spent one season at the club. He led the team to 4th place and was left the team to UAE Pro-League Sharjah for the next season but was sacked after bad results. He was analyzer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team during 2010 FIFA World Cup. Then, he was Al-Ittihad's head coach and led the team as Group C's winner in AFC Champions League and left the team at the last match. On 9 June 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Iran Pro League side Tractor Sazi to lead the team in upcoming season which club reached to ACL for the first time in their history.^[1] The best win of Tractor Sazi in Iran Pro League, a 5–0 win over Gahar Zagros was happened during the Oliveira's management. In addition, he imposed a 4–1 win over Sepahan, the heaviest lose of Sepahan in it's history but he couldn't qualifying his side to the knockout stage of 2013 ACL. After that, it was announced that his contract will be terminated at the end of the season.^[2]

Statistics [edit]

As of 10 May 2013

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
Nat	Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
	Benfica	Nov 1987	Jun 1989	700187000000000000087	700152000000000000052	700124000000000000024	700111000000000000011	700159770000000000059.77
	Benfica	Oct 1992	Jul 1994	700186000000000000086	700157000000000000057	700120000000000000020	70009000000000000009	700166280000000000066.28
	Bordeaux	Jul 1994	May 1995	700135000000000000035	700116000000000000016	70007000000000000007	700111000000000000011	700145710000000000045.71
	Sevilla	Jun 1995	Jul 1996	700152000000000000052	700115000000000000015	700118000000000000018	700119000000000000019	700128850000000000028.85
	Benfica	Jul 2000	May 2002	700143000000000000043	700117000000000000017	700116000000000000016	700110000000000000010	700139530000000000039.53
	Shenyang Jinde	May 2002	May 2003	700131000000000000031	700111000000000000011	70008000000000000008	700112000000000000012	700135480999999999935.48
	Al-Ahly	Jul 2003	Sep 2003	70008000000000000008	70003000000000000003	70002000000000000002	70003000000000000003	700137500000000000037.50
	Al-Ittifaq	Jun 2007	Jun 2008	700128000000000000028	700113000000000000013	70007000000000000007	70008000000000000008	700146430000000000046.43
	Sharjah	Jun 2008	Sep 2009	700126000000000000026	70008000000000000008	70003000000000000003	700115000000000000015	700130770000000000030.77
	Al-Ittihad	Aug 2010	Jun 2011	700123000000000000023	700112000000000000012	70008000000000000008	70003000000000000003	700152170000000000052.17
	Tractor Sazi	Jun 2012	May 2013	700143000000000000043	700120000000000000020	700113000000000000013	70009000000000000009	700146510000000000046.51