Toni (footballer, born 1946)

Toni
Personal information
Full name	António José Conceição Oliveira
Date of birth	October 14, 1946 (age 77)
Place of birth	Anadia, Portugal
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tractor Sazi (head coach)
Youth career
1963–1965	Anadia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965-1968	Académica de Coimbra
1968-1981	Benfica
1977	→ Quicksilvers (loan)
International career
1969–1978	Portugal
Managerial career
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–	Tractor Sazi
	*Club domestic league appearances and 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 currently head coach of Tractor Sazi in Iran Pro League.

Playing career

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 qualifyings, 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.

No.

Date

Venue

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

Ref.

1

16 November 1977

Estádio de São Luís, Faro, Portugal

Cyprus

1–0

4–0

1978 World Cup qualification

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Managerial career

After 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 1987-88 season and led the club to the second place in the league and 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 matual contest 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 season 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 dissmissed after seven weeks in the folowing 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 Championss League and left the team at the last match. On 9 June 2012, he was signed a two years contract with Iran Pro League side Tractor Sazi to led the team in upcoming season which club reached to ACL for the first time in their history.^[1]

Statistics

As of 9 June 2012

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
Nat	Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
	Benfica	Feb 1987	Jun 1989	81	50	8	23	061.73
	Benfica	Jul 1992	Jul 1994	84	57	10	17	067.86
	Bordeaux	Jul 1994	May 1995	error	16	7	11	045.71
	Sevilla	Jun 1995	Jul 1996	52	15	18	19	028.85
	Benfica	Jul 2000	May 2002	43	17	16	10	039.53
	Shenyang Jinde	May 2002	May 2003	31	11	8	12	035.48
	Al-Ahly	Jul 2003	Sep 2003	8	3	2	3	037.50
	Al-Ittifaq	Jun 2007	Jun 2008	28	13	7	8	046.43
	Sharjah	Jun 2008	Sep 2009	26	8	3	15	030.77
	Al-Ittihad	Aug 2010	Jun 2011	23	12	8	3	052.17
	Tractor Sazi	Jun 2012	Present	0	0	0	0	!—