Osvaldo Fernando Saturnino de Oliveira (born 14 January 1956), commonly known as Jesús, is an Angolan former

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player and coach who played as a striker. He mainly played for Petro de Luanda and the Angola national team, having also moved to Portugal at Varzim and Oliveirense.

Club career

Jesús played youth football for Clube Atlético de Luanda; he then began playing professionally in 1974 for local club

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, before moving to Benfica de Luanda and Terra Nova. Jesús played over 10 years for Petro de Luanda. He was top goalscorer of the

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three times with them, in

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and

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. In 1988, he moved to Portugal to play for Varzim aged 32, with whom he played two seasons. Jesús then played one season for Oliveirense, retiring in 1990.

Managerial career

Jesús was appointed interim coach of Petro de Luanda, following the death of coach

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, helping them win the league title in

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Presidency career

After six terms as vice-president of the Angolan Football Federation, in 2016 Jesús announced his candidacy for president.

Personal life

Jesús and his partner got married in

in 1983; they had a son, Hadja. His idol is Portuguese footballer

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jesús goal.''

Honours

Player

Petro de Luanda *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

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: 1987 * Supertaça de Angola: 1987 Individual * CAF Legends award: 2009 * Girabola top goalscorer: 1982, 1984,

Coach

* Girabola:

References

External links

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* 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Luanda Angolan footballers Association football forwards Clube Atlético de Luanda players F.C. Luanda players S.L. Benfica (Luanda) players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players Varzim S.C. players U.D. Oliveirense players Girabola players Liga Portugal 2 players Angola international footballers Angolan football managers Atlético Petróleos de Luanda managers Girabola managers Angolan expatriate footballers Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal {{Angola-footy-bio-stub