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Álvaro Teixeira

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Álvaro Teixeira
Personal information
Full name Alvaro Cardoso Teixeira
Date of birth (1965-01-11)11 January 1965
Place of birth Luanda, Portuguese Angola
Date of death 9 May 2017(2017-05-09) (aged 52)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1979–1981 Vitória de Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1986 Vitória de Setúbal 32 (0)
1986-1996 Belenenses 222 (5)
1995-1996 FC Felgueiras 9 (0)
1996-1999 Torreense 94 (14)
1999–2002 Lusitano de Évora 33 (1)
Total 390 (20)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Torreense
2005–2006 Lusitano de Évora
2006–2007 Atlético de Reguencos
2008–2009 Sport Comércio e Indústria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Álvaro Cardoso Teixeira (11 January 1965 – 9 May 2017) was a Portuguese former football player and manager who played as a defender.

Playing career

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Born in Luanda, Angola, Teixeira started playing professionally with Vitória de Setúbal, joining Belenenses in the 1986–87 season. With the Belém club he won the Taça de Portugal in the 1988–89 season.

Teixeira sequently went on the play for Torreense and Lusitano de Évora ending his career with Pinhalnovense.

Coaching career

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Teixeira started his coaching career in 1999, with Torreense in the 1998–99 season as a player manager. He also managed Lusitano de Évora in the 2005–06 season.

Death

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Teixeira died of a chronic disease on 9 May 2019 at only 53 years of age.[1]

Honours

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Player

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Belenenses

References

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  1. ^ "Belenenses de luto por Teixeira - Belenenses SAD". Record (in Portuguese). 9 May 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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