José Pratas Romão (born 13 April 1954) is a Portuguese former football winger and manager.

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José Romão

Romão as manager of Raja CA in 2008
Personal information
Full name	José Pratas Romão
Date of birth	(1954-04-13) 13 April 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Beja, Portugal
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1966–1969	Despertar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1971	Desportivo Beja
1971–1976	Vitória Guimarães	12	(0)
1976–1978	Fafe	29	(5)
1978–1979	Penafiel
1979–1981	Riopele	33	(1)
1981–1983	Alcobaça	49	(7)
1983–1984	Vizela	8	(0)
Total		131	(13)
Managerial career
1984–1986	Vizela
1986–1989	Penafiel
1989–1990	Chaves
1990	Vitória Setúbal
1990–1992	Chaves
1992–1993	Famalicão
1994	Belenenses
1995	Tirsense
1996–1997	Chaves
1998	Académica
1999–2000	Alverca
2000–2002	Portugal (assistant)
2003–2004	Portugal U21
2005–2006	Wydad AC
2007–2008	Al-Arabi Qatar
2008–2009	Raja Casablanca
2009–2010	Raja Casablanca
2010–2011	Al-Kuwait
2011–2014	Al-Arabi Kuwait
2014–2015	Raja Casablanca
2015–2016	FAR Rabat
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal (as manager) UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Born in Beja, Alentejo, Romão started playing for local C.D. Beja. He also represented Vitória de Guimarães, AD Fafe, F.C. Penafiel, G.D. Riopele, G.C. Alcobaça and F.C. Vizela in a 15-year professional career.

Romão spent five seasons in the Primeira Liga with Guimarães, never managing to be more than a reserve player.^[1][2] His last campaign at that level was 1982–83, being relegated with Alcobaça.^[3] He retired in June 1984, at only 30 years of age.

Romão started working as a manager immediately after retiring, being in charge as Vizela had their first experience in the top flight in 1984–85 – the team finished in the 16th and last position in the league, being immediately relegated.^[4] From the start of the 1987–88 season until the end of the 1999–2000 campaign he always worked in the Portuguese top tier, starting with Penafiel and being mainly in charge of G.D. Chaves, which he led to the fifth place in 1989–90 in a total of three stints.^[5][6]

In the summer of 2000, Romão joined António Oliveira's staff at the Portugal national team, holding his position until the end of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.^[7] Subsequently, he was in charge of the under-21 side,^[8] and was also the nation's manager in the ill-fated campaign at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[9]

Romão started managing abroad in 2005 with Wydad AC, then had spells with Al-Arabi SC (Qatar), Raja CA (two),^[10][11] Kuwait SC^[12] and Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait).^[13] During his stint in the Moroccan Botola, he led both WAC and Raja to the national championship.^[14]