António Sousa
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Full name | António Augusto Gomes de Sousa | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 April 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São João da Madeira, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Sanjoanense | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1973–1975 | Sanjoanense | 39 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
1975–1979 | Beira-Mar | 114 | (37) | ||||||||||||||
1979–1984 | Porto | 138 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | Sporting CP | 54 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
1986–1989 | Porto | 79 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
1989–1993 | Beira-Mar | 117 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Gil Vicente | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Ovarense | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Sanjoanense | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 598 | (114) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1981–1989 | Portugal | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Sanjoanense | ||||||||||||||||
1997–2004 | Beira-Mar | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Rio Ave | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Penafiel | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | Beira-Mar | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | Trofense | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
António Augusto Gomes de Sousa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu ˈsowzɐ]; born 28 April 1957) is a Portuguese former football central midfielder and manager.
During his career he played, among others, for Porto and Sporting, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 483 matches and 83 goals over 18 seasons. Subsequently, he worked as a manager for several clubs.
Earning nearly 30 caps for Portugal during the 80s, Sousa represented the nation at the 1986 World Cup and Euro 1984.[1]
Club career
Born in São João da Madeira, Aveiro District, Sousa started professionally with local A.D. Sanjoanense at only 16, with his team in the second division. In 1975 he signed with S.C. Beira-Mar, scoring a career-best 15 goals in his third year as the Aveiro club returned to the Primeira Liga (three of his four seasons there were spent in the top level).
Sousa was then bought by FC Porto, where he remained an undisputed starter. He won the league championship and the cup several times, also scoring against Juventus F.C. in the 1984 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, lost 1–2 in Basel.
In summer 1984, Sousa and longtime Porto central midfield partner Jaime Pacheco signed with Sporting CP – as part of the deal that sent 17-year-old prodigy Paulo Futre in the opposite direction – with the pair returning after two seasons.[2] He then proceeded to win the European Cup, the Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Super Cup with the northern side, continuing to appear regularly.
Sousa retired in 1996 at 39, as player-coach of first club Sanjoanense. He then dedicated himself exclusively to coaching, working mainly with another former club as a player, Beira-Mar,[3] where he remained for seven and a half years, with four consecutive top-flight seasons. In 1999, he led the latter to its biggest achievement, the Portuguese Cup, after defeating S.C. Campomaiorense 1–0.[4]
International career
Sousa played 27 times with the Portuguese national team from 1981 to 1989, being part of the squads at UEFA Euro 1984 – where he scored in the 1–1 group stage draw against Spain[5]– and the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref.[5] |
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1 | 17 June 1984 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France | Spain | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1984
Personal lifeSousa's son, Ricardo, was also a professional footballer, also in midfield. The pair shared teams at Beira-Mar, in four different spells.[6] His nephew, José, played ten seasons in the Portuguese top division. His grandson Afonso was also involved in the sport.[7] HonoursPlayerPorto
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from São João da Madeira
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players
- A.D. Sanjoanense players
- S.C. Beira-Mar players
- FC Porto players
- Sporting CP footballers
- Gil Vicente F.C. players
- A.D. Ovarense players
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portugal international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Portuguese football managers
- Primeira Liga managers
- Liga Portugal 2 managers
- S.C. Beira-Mar managers
- Rio Ave F.C. managers
- F.C. Penafiel managers
- C.D. Trofense managers