Domingos Paciência

Domingos

Paciência at a press conference as Braga manager in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Domingos José Paciência Oliveira
Date of birth	(1969-01-02) 2 January 1969
Place of birth	Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1980–1982	Académica Leça
1982–1987	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1997	Porto	232	(97)
1997–1999	Tenerife	50	(6)
1999–2001	Porto	31	(9)
Total		313	(112)
International career
1986	Portugal U18	2	(0)
1987–1988	Portugal U21	5	(0)
1989–1998	Portugal	34	(9)
Managerial career
2001–2004	Porto B (assistant)
2004–2005	Porto B
2006–2007	União Leiria
2007–2009	Académica
2009–2011	Braga
2011–2012	Sporting CP
2013	Deportivo La Coruña
2014	Kayserispor
2014–2015	Vitória Setúbal
2015	APOEL
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Domingos José Paciência Oliveira, known simply as Domingos as a player (Portuguese pronunciation: [duˈmĩɣuʃ]; born 2 January 1969), is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.

He achieved success with both Porto and the Portuguese national team, appearing in more than 350 official games with the former over the course of 12 seasons (nearly 150 goals) and representing the latter at Euro 1996.

After completing his accreditation in 2005, Domingos resumed his career as a manager, notably helping Braga reach the 2011 Europa League final.

Playing career

A FC Porto trainee since he was 13, discovered at local Atlético de Leça, Domingos was born in Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, and proved to be a terrific goalscorer despite being physically weak. Tomislav Ivić eventually decided he should be the replacement for an ageing Fernando Gomes, and made his debuts with the first team at age 19, being crowned top scorer in the Portuguese league in the 1995–96 season; previously, in 1990–91, he was involved in a last-matchday battle for the Bola de Prata award with S.L. Benfica's Rui Águas, with Águas' team having won the championship the game before: Domingos played first, putting four past Vitória de Guimarães in a 5–0 home win, going from 20 to 24 goals. Águas appeared hours later against S.C. Beira-Mar, and scored two second-half goals in an eventual 3–0 triumph, finishing with 25.

In 1997–98 Domingos moved to the Canary Islands' CD Tenerife, one season after Porto signed prolific striker Mário Jardel. There, he teamed up with Roy Makaay, but never fully adapted to La Liga, netting only once in his final season – which ended in relegation – in a 1–2 home loss against Deportivo Alavés.

Domingos eventually returned to Porto two years later, who outbid Sporting Clube de Portugal at the eleventh hour. While cherished by the crowd, he did not impose himself as in the past, and retired at the end of the 2000–01. He won seven league titles, six supercups and five cups.

For Portugal, Domingos scored nine goals in 34 appearances, including one against Croatia at UEFA Euro 1996 as the national team reached the quarterfinals.

International goals

Domingos – goals for Portugal
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 December 1990	Estádio Prof. Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho, Maia, Portugal	United States	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2.	7 September 1994	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1–2	1–2	Euro 1996 qualifying
3.	18 December 1994	Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal	Liechtenstein	1–0	8–0	Euro 1996 qualifying
4.	18 December 1994	Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal	Liechtenstein	2–0	8–0	Euro 1996 qualifying
5.	3 June 1995	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Latvia	3–0	3–2	Euro 1996 qualifying
6.	15 August 1995	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	0–1	0–7	Euro 1996 qualifying
7.	3 September 1995	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Northern Ireland	1–0	1–1	Euro 1996 qualifying
8.	19 June 1996	City Ground, Nottingham, England	Croatia	0–3	0–3	UEFA Euro 1996
9.	20 August 1997	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal	Armenia	1–0	3–1	1998 World Cup qualification Manager career Leiria and Académica After his retirement Domingos was assigned to coach Porto's youth teams, and later the reserves. After completing his level three managing course, he left Porto and was hired as manager of first-divisioner U.D. Leiria for 2006–07; he also opened a football school in Matosinhos with former Porto teammate Rui Barros. Despite a good work overall, leading the team to a seventh-place finish, Domingos left the club before the end of the season, after having fallen out with club president and player Adriano Rossato. The following campaign Domingos took the reins of another top level side, Académica de Coimbra, after Manuel Machado resigned. In his first two years in charge of the Students he led them to two consecutive league wins at Benfica (3–0, 1–0) and, in his second season, coached the team to a final seventh position, the best in 24 years. Braga In June 2009 Paciência resigned, after receiving an offer from S.C. Braga which had just lost manager Jorge Jesus to Benfica. In his first season, despite a bad start which included being knocked out of the UEFA Europa League in the third qualifying round by IF Elfsborg, he guided the Minho club to an historical campaign, leading the league for most of the campaign and eventually securing the second position – a best ever, behind Benfica – and subsequent UEFA Champions League qualification; the team became only the fifth in the country to reach the competition's group stage, after ousting Celtic (4–2 on aggregate) and Sevilla FC (5–3) in the qualifying rounds. After a bad start to both the domestic and the Champions League campaigns, Braga slowly recovered their form, finishing in fourth position in the former and in third in the latter, with the subsequent Europa League qualification, where Domingos led the team to the final, after disposing of Lech Poznań, Liverpool, FC Dynamo Kyiv and Benfica; as he had announced in May 2011, he left his post after the game against Porto. Sporting On 23 May 2011, Domingos was named José Couceiro's successor at Sporting Clube de Portugal. His move to Lisbon was largely expected following the election of Luís Godinho Lopes as club president. In his first season, Domingos qualified the Lions to their first Portuguese Cup final in four years. On 13 February 2012, however, as the team ranked fourth in the league, 16 points behind leaders Benfica, he was fired following a 0–2 away loss against C.S. Marítimo. Deportivo On 30 December 2012 Paciência signed a contract with Spanish top division club Deportivo de La Coruña, as the Galicians struggled at the bottom of the table. In his first game in charge his team beat Málaga CF 1–0 at home, marking its first win in over two months. Paciência resigned at Depor on 10 February 2013, after not being able to help the side improve from the 20th and last position in the charts. Kayserispor On 17 January 2014 Paciência was named as the new manager of Kayserispor, succeeding Robert Prosinečki. His debut occurred nine days later, in a 0–3 Süper Lig loss at Sivasspor. After a poor run of results, which saw the club record only one win in seven matches, Paciência was sacked on 17 March 2014. Vitória Setúbal On 22 May 2014, Paciência returned to Portugal to take over Vitória de Setúbal as a replacement for Couceiro. He was relieved of his duties on 19 January of the following year. APOEL On 21 May 2015, Paciência agreed terms with reigning Cypriot champions APOEL FC, replacing Thorsten Fink who was fired on 11 May at the conclusion of the season. After only three months in charge, the club terminated his contract following the team's failure to reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League after being eliminated by FC Astana, as well as defeat in the Cypriot Super Cup to AEL Limassol. Personal life Paciência's son, Gonçalo, is also a footballer and a striker. He too was groomed at Porto. Managerial statistics As of 26 August 2015 Team From To Record G W D L Win % União Leiria 18 May 2006 30 March 2007 24 9 6 9 037.50 Académica 12 September 2007 26 May 2009 65 19 24 22 029.23 Braga 23 June 2009 18 May 2011 85 50 12 23 058.82 Sporting 1 July 2011 13 February 2012 33 18 9 6 054.55 Deportivo 30 December 2012 11 February 2013 6 1 1 4 016.67 Kayserispor 17 January 2014 17 March 2014 7 1 1 5 014.29 Vitória Setúbal 22 May 2014 19 January 2015 20 5 3 12 025.00 APOEL 21 May 2015 28 August 2015 8 2 4 2 025.00 Total 248 105 60 83 042.34 Honours Player Club Porto Portuguese League: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 Portuguese Cup: 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01 Portuguese Supercup: 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 Individual Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1990 Portuguese Golden Ball: 1990 Portuguese League: Top scorer 1996 Manager UEFA Europa League: Runner-up 2010–11 References External links Template:Zerozero Domingos Paciência at ForaDeJogo (archived) Domingos Paciência manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived) National team data Template:Pt icon Domingos Paciência at BDFutbol Domingos Paciência at National-Football-Teams.com