Vítor Damas
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Full name | Vítor Manuel Afonso Damas de Oliveira | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 October 1947 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 September 2003 | (aged 55)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1961–1966 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1966–1976 | Sporting CP | 229 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1976–1980 | Racing Santander | 131 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1980–1982 | Vitória Guimarães | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1982–1984 | Portimonense | 53 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1984–1989 | Sporting CP | 103 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 572 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1969–1986 | Portugal | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1989 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
1989 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Lourinhanense | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Sporting B | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vítor Manuel Afonso Damas de Oliveira (8 October 1947 – 13 September 2003), known as Damas, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
During a 23-year professional career he was mainly linked with Sporting, but he also played for three other teams, including Racing de Santander in La Liga.
A Portugal international for 17 years, Damas represented the country in one World Cup and one European Championship, both in his mid-to-late 30s.[1]
Club career
Damas made his professional debuts with hometown's Sporting Clube de Portugal at the age of just 19. After two years as a backup he became the capital side's undisputed starter, winning two leagues and three cups, including the double in 1973–74.
In the 1976 summer, Damas moved to Spain, playing four years at Racing de Santander. He was also first-choice at the Cantabrians, spending his last season in the second division.
Aged nearly 33, Damas returned to Portugal, spending four years with Vitória S.C. and Portimonense SC (two apiece), after which he returned to Sporting. He still went on to produce five more respectable seasons, only losing his status in his final year to Uruguayan Rodolfo Rodríguez.
Following his retirement at almost 42, Damas remained at Sporting as goalkeepers' coach. Over the course of two separate seasons he acted as interim manager with the Lions, coaching the team to three wins, one draw and two losses.[2] He died aged 55 from cancer, in his hometown of Lisbon.
International career
Damas collected 29 caps for the Portugal national team, from 6 April 1969 to 11 July 1986.[3] He was second-choice at both UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup, backing up S.L. Benfica's Manuel Bento; however, in the latter tournament, the starter suffered a serious fibula injury in training, and he took the pitch for group stage losses against Poland (0–1) and Morocco (1–3).[4][5]
Honours
- Primeira Liga: 1969–70, 1973–74
- Taça de Portugal: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1987
References
- ^ "Vítor Damas – Futebol" [Vítor Damas – Football] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Treinadores no futebol e títulos conquistados" [Coaches in football and titles won]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 26 August 2008. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ Pierrend, José Luis (28 May 2009). "Portugal – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "Bento e o bom bacalhau" [Bento and good codfish]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 18 April 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Leão elástico foi o mais velho em Mundiais" [Elastic lion was the oldest in World Cups] (in Portuguese). Observador. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
External links
- Vítor Damas at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Vítor Damas at BDFutbol
- Vítor Damas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Vítor Damas – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1947 births
- 2003 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lisbon
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Primeira Liga players
- Sporting CP footballers
- Vitória S.C. players
- Portimonense S.C. players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Racing de Santander players
- Portugal international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Portuguese football managers
- Primeira Liga managers
- Sporting CP managers
- Deaths from cancer in Portugal