José Coelho (footballer, born 1961)

José Coelho

Personal information
Full name	José da Silva Coelho
Date of birth	(1961-08-05) 5 August 1961
Place of birth	Penafiel, Portugal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1978–1980	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1981	Porto	5	(0)
1981–1988	Boavista	157	(33)
1988–1989	Estrela Amadora	24	(1)
1989–1990	Penafiel	32	(10)
1990–1991	Chaves	34	(10)
1991–1992	Boavista	15	(0)
1992–1993	Penafiel	32	(8)
1993–1995	Felgueiras	50	(25)
1995–1996	Lixa
1996–1997	Sanjoanense
Total		369	(92)
International career
1981–1982	Portugal U21	11	(3)
1986–1987	Portugal	8	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José da Siva Coelho (born 5 August 1961) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in Penafiel, Coelho made his professional – and first division – debuts in 1980–81 with F.C. Porto. Barred by the likes of English Mickey Walsh he hardly ever got ever a game, and moved after one sole season to Boavista FC, also in Porto.

During seven top flight campaigns Coelho contributed to the Checquereds' domestic and European consolidation, being regularly used either as a starter or from the bench and helping the team to three UEFA Cup participations. In 1988 he signed for another club in the main category, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, spending the following two years with as many teams still in the top division, and reaching double digits for both F.C. Penafiel and G.D. Chaves.

After an unassuming 1991–92 with former side Boavista, which nonetheless brought him the only major honour of his career, the Portuguese Cup, 31-year-old Coelho moved to the second level and joined another former club, Penafiel, after which he signed for F.C. Felgueiras, scoring 11 goals in 21 games in his second year en route to division one promotion. He closed out his career in 1997, after one year apiece with lowly F.C. Lixa and A.D. Sanjoanense.

International career

After the defection of practically all of the Portugal national football team following the infamous Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Coelho benefitted from the situation and went on to gain eight international caps in the following two years.

He appeared for the nation during the unsuccessful UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying campaign, scoring in one of his first games, a 1–1 home draw against Sweden.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	12 October 1986	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal	Sweden	1–1	1–1	Euro 1988 qualifying
2	7 January 1987	Estádio Municipal de Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal	Greece	1–0	1–1	Friendly Honours Portuguese Cup: 1991–92; Runner-up 1980–81 External links Template:Zerozero José Coelho at ForaDeJogo (archived) José Coelho at National-Football-Teams.com Portugal stats at Eu-Football