António José Cardoso de Oliveira (born 9 October 1982), sometimes known as Toni, is a Portuguese

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current head coach of Brazilian club

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Playing career

Born in

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, Toni was a

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional association football, football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese footba ...

youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2001–02 season, in Segunda Divisão B. In July 2004, after a one-year spell at

S.C. Braga B Sporting Clube de Braga B, commonly known as Sporting de Braga B or just Braga B, is a Portuguese association football, football team. It is the reserve team of S.C. Braga. Reserve teams in Portugal play in the same league system as the senior te ...

, Toni signed for Segunda Liga side

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

. He made his professional debut on 18 September, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 1–3 away loss against

Varzim S.C. Varzim Sport Club () is a Portuguese football team based in Póvoa de Varzim, near Porto in the north of the country. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since it was founded. The club pl ...

After being rarely used, Toni subsequently represented

Casa Pia A.C. Casa Pia Atlético Clube is a Portuguese multi-sports founded in 1920 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, best-known for its football team, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after Casa Pia, a Portuguese children's charity, and many ...

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and

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, retiring with the latter in 2011 at the age of just 29.

Coaching career

In late January 2014, after being a coach of A.D. Oeiras' under-19 squad, Oliveira moved to Iran to join his father's staff at

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In January 2017, he was named

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's assistant at

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. In 2017, Oliveira rejoined his father's staff, now at

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. Both left the club in 2019, and in December of that year, he became

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's assistant at

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of the

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. On 22 October 2020, Oliveira was appointed assistant coach of

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. The following 6 February, he was named coach of the under-23 squad for the 2021

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. On 13 March 2021, Oliveira was named coach of Athletico's first team, with

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taking his previous role. He resigned on 9 September, after six winless matches. On 5 January 2022, Oliveira was appointed manager of

Benfica B Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B", commonly known as Benfica B, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Seixal. Founded in 1999, dissolved in 2006, and restarted in 2012, it is the reserve team of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. They play in ...

, until the end of the 2021–22 season. He left the side in May, as his contract would not be renewed. On 2 June 2022, Oliveira agreed to return to Brazil, and was named head coach of

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in the top tier. He left the club at the end of the season, after not renewing his contract, and took over fellow league team

on 13 December.

Personal life

Oliveira's father, also named António, was also a footballer. A

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, he had his career mainly associated to Benfica. His son, also António, was also a midfielder, but only played youth football and notably represented Casa Pia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Antonio 1982 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Liga Portugal 2 players S.L. Benfica B players S.C. Braga B players C.D. Santa Clara players Casa Pia A.C. players Clube Oriental de Lisboa players G.D. Fabril players Portuguese football managers Santos FC non-playing staff Club Athletico Paranaense managers S.L. Benfica B managers Cuiabá Esporte Clube managers Coritiba Foot Ball Club managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Liga Portugal 2 managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate football managers in Brazil