António Carlos Bernardino Pedroto (born 19 October 1953) is a Portuguese former

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who played as an

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, and is a

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Playing career

Born in Lisbon, Pedroto started playing football with local

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. He began training with the first team in the 1972–73 season, which ended in Primeira Liga conquest, but his only league appearance for the club only came the following campaign. After leaving Benfica, Pedroto represented always in the top division, where he amassed totals of 226 matches and 28 goals during 13 seasons,

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(two spells),

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and

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, retiring in June 1986 at nearly 33; with Vitória, he also appeared in three

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editions.Bernardino Pedroto é o "papão" na história do Girabola (Bernardino Pedroto is "cookie monster" in Girabola history)
;

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, 26 October 2008 (in Portuguese)

Coaching career

Pedroto's first job as a head coach in the professionals was in

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, as he led

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to the fifth position in the second level, just one point shy of promotion. After one year in the lower leagues with Varzim SC, he was appointed at former club Vitória de Guimarães, helping them finish seventh in the top flight in his only full season. Pedroto never again finished one season during the rest of his Portugal coaching career at the professional level, with the exception being 1993–94 with Guimarães (seventh place, top division) and 1995–96 with Gil Vicente FC (11th position, same tier). Subsequently, he moved to

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and signed for Atlético Sport Aviação, winning the

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tournament three years in a row (2002–04) and finishing second in 2005. Pedroto left Aviação in early January 2007, due to financial difficulties. The following day, he was appointed at fellow league side

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. In 2008, Pedroto made history in Angolan football as he won a record four national championships – eventually five – overtaking

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. As ASA's manager he also conquered four Supercups, another best-ever. Pedroto left Petro at the end of the 2010 season. He continued to work in the country in the following years, with

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and C.R. Caála.Bernardino Pedroto: "Vamos incomodar muita gente" (Bernardino Pedroto: "We will be a nuisance to a lot of people")
SAPO, 30 October 2014 (in Portuguese)

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