Lázaro Fonseca Costa Oliveira (born 27 August 1967), known simply as Lázaro in his playing days, is an Angolan retired

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who played as a

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, and the current

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for

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Playing career

Lázaro spent his entire career in

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. He started professionally at

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in the

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, scoring a combined eight goals in his first two seasons, the latter finishing in promotion to the

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. In the top level, however, Lázaro was only a backup player during three years, his best input being 17 matches in the 1991–92 campaign – 11 starts – as the

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team finished in tenth position. He subsequently competed in divisions

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and two, with Louletano D.C. and F.C. Penafiel respectively. Aged 30, Lázaro returned to the top flight with C.F. Estrela da Amadora, also in the Portuguese capital. He would be regularly played during five of his seven years with the club, retiring in December 2003 with competition totals of 148 games and seven goals (plus 211 appearances and 23 goals in the second tier).

International goals

:''Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.''

Coaching career

Lázaro took up coaching immediately after retiring, spending four years as an assistant at Estrela always in the top tier. Early into the 2008–09 season he replaced countryman

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as head coach, leading the team into safety only to suffer relegation due to financial irregularities. In summer 2009, Lázaro joined another former club, Penafiel in the second division. He was sacked midway through his second year, joining another side in that level,

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, on 18 January 2012. He was dismissed on 21 April with the team in seventh place with two games remaining of the campaign, after a run of poor results made qualifying for the play-offs difficult. Lázaro became manager of

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, struggling in the second level, on 9 January 2015. He quit the

-based side on 28 March, with them second from last. On 22 July 2016, Lázaro returned to the

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, taking over at

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of the third tier. He was sacked the following 3 April, after a 2–2 draw with neighbours Louletano D.C. left the team in fifth, six points away from leaders

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Lazaro 1967 births Living people Angolan footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players G.D. Estoril Praia players Louletano D.C. players F.C. Penafiel players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Angola international footballers 1998 African Cup of Nations players Angolan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Angolan football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers C.F. Estrela da Amadora managers F.C. Penafiel managers Portimonense S.C. managers S.C. Farense managers Angolan expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Portugal