José Maria Pedroto

José Maria Pedroto

Personal information
Date of birth	October 21, 1928(1928-10-21)
Place of birth	Almacave, Portugal
Date of death	January 8, 1985(1985-01-08) (aged 56)
Place of death	Porto,
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
–	Leixões
–	Lusitano VRSA
–	Belenenses
–	Porto
National team
	Portugal
Teams managed
1962–1964	Académica de Coimbra
1964–1965	Leixões
1965–1966	Varzim
1966–1969	Porto
1969–1974	Vitória FC
1974–1976	Boavista
1974–1977	Portugal
1976–1980	Porto
1981–1982	Vitória SC
1982–1984	Porto
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

José Maria Carvalho Pedroto, OIH, (21 October 1928 – 8 January 1985) was a Portuguese footballer and trainer. He was nicknamed Zé do Boné (the Portuguese name of comic strip character Andy Capp) since, like the character, he usually wore a flat cap.

Player

Pedroto was born at Almacave, Lamego.

A right midfielder, he played for Leixões SC, Lusitano VRSA, Belenenses and FC Porto, where his childhood idol Pinga played, for a record value which many believed to be scandalous. There, he rose as one of the best national players of the 50's. 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

The first Portuguese manager with a diploma and one of the first to join a managing course, Pedroto's first work with the youth sides was impressive, and 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, leading the club to its highest achievements.

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.

With Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Pedroto made one of the most impressive board-bench duo in Portuguese football history. In a time where even FC Porto directors bowed to Lisbon sides, their anti-centralist speech made quite an impact, and Porto won the 77–78 and 78–79 titles. After failing the "tri", both Pinto da Costa and Pedroto left FC Porto due to internal disputes, with the coach going to Vitória Guimarães, where he placed the Minho side twice in the top 5 positions.

When Pinto da Costa was elected as FC Porto's president, Pedroto was given the job again, which turned out to be his last. He died at Porto, not long after Porto's defeat in the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup, victim of cancer, but his work endured for most of the decade, and he is regarded as one of the responsibles for the 1987 Champions Cup win. Porto's coach was Artur Jorge, who worked with Pedroto in Vitória Guimarães, and was the coach he requested as his replacement.

Honours

Porto (1966–1969; 1976–1980; 1982–1984)

• Primeira Liga (2)

• 1977–78, 1978–79

• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1)

• 1983

• Taça de Portugal (3)

• 1967–1968, 1976–1977, 1983–1984

Boavista (1974–1976)

• Taça de Portugal (2)

• 1974–1975, 1975–1976

Legacy

• His name was mentioned several times as possible name for Porto's new Estádio do Dragão.
• Both Jaime Pacheco and José Mourinho were compared to Pedroto, for their aggressive speeches, wit, and managing capabilities.

References

• José Maria Pedroto at National-Football-Teams.com

Preceded by José Augusto	Portugal national football team manager 1973–1976	Succeeded by Juca
Preceded by Fernando Vaz	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1967–68	Succeeded by Otto Glória
Preceded by Mário Lino	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1974–75	Succeeded by José Maria Pedroto
Preceded by José Maria Pedroto	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1975–76	Succeeded by José Maria Pedroto
Preceded by José Maria Pedroto	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1976–77	Succeeded by Rodrigues Dias
Preceded by Sven-Göran Eriksson	Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1983–84	Succeeded by Pal Csernai
Preceded by António Oliveira	Portuguese SuperCup Winning Coach 1983–84	Succeeded by Artur Jorge