José António Ramalho Lima (born 16 October 1966) is a

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retired

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who played as a

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Football career

Born in Mira Sintra,

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, Lima emerged through

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's prolific youth ranks, but would never be more than a fringe player during his seven-season spell with the main squad. In 1988–89, he appeared in a career-best – for the ''Lions'' – 17 matches as the team could only rank fourth in the

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; also during that year he gained his only two

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for the

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, being definitely released in the 1992 summer. After an unassuming year at

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, Lima moved to the lower leagues and joined

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. In 1997, at the age of 30, he joined another side in the

area,

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, helping

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to its first ever top level participation in the 1998–99 campaign, where the player featured rarely (six games), retiring shortly after. Immediately afterwards Lima began working as a coach, first assisting

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then

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at his last club, Alverca. The following year, with the team in the second level, he was promoted to head coach but the club folded soon after. Following a four-year spell with former side Sporting's juniors, Lima joined

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's coaching staff at the main squad in early November 2009, after

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's sacking. In March 2011 he returned in the same predicament, under Couceiro.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lima, Jose Antonio 1966 births Living people Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP footballers Vitória S.C. players Atlético Clube de Portugal players F.C. Alverca players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal international footballers Portuguese football managers People from Sintra Sportspeople from Lisbon District

Football career

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