António_Sousa

António Sousa

António Sousa

Portuguese football manager and former player

António Augusto Gomes de Sousa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu ˈsozɐ]; born 28 April 1957) is a Portuguese former football central midfielder and manager.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is Sousa.
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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 FC 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 (he also scored in the second leg of the Super Cup final).[3]

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,[4] 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.[5]

International career

Sousa played 27 times with the Portugal 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[6]– and the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

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Personal life

Sousa's son, Ricardo, was also a professional footballer, also in midfield. The pair shared teams at Beira-Mar, in four different spells.[7]

His nephew, José, played ten seasons in the Portuguese top division. His grandson Afonso was also involved in the sport.[8]

Honours

Player

Porto

Manager

Beira-Mar

References

  1. [1]
    "Platini faz a diferença em meia-final de sonho" [Platini makes the difference in dream semi-final] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Futre. "Eles disseram-me que estava louco e fui para o Porto"" [Futre. "They told me I was crazy and I went to Porto"]. i (in Portuguese). 1 August 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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    "European Competitions 1986-87". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. [4]
    Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (28 April 2014). "1988/89: FC Porto sem troféus e dez campeões europeus a chorar" [1988/89: FC Porto without trophies and ten European champions crying] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Beira Mar – Campomaiorense 1–0". Record (in Portuguese). 19 June 1999. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. [6]
    Sousa, Hugo Daniel (14 June 2016). "Épico, normal e desastroso. Há de tudo nas estreias de Portugal em Europeus" [Epic, normal and disastrous. You have it all in Portugal's debuts in Euros]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  7. [7]
    Calhau, Pedro (2 October 2015). "Afonso Sousa: filho e neto que já joga em nome próprio aos 15 anos" [Afonso Sousa: son and grandson already plays for himself at 15] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  8. [8]
    Aleixo, Mário (30 April 2019). "António Sousa antevê futuro brilhante ao neto Afonso" [António Sousa foresees bright future for grandson Afonso] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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