Manuel José Azevedo Vieira (born 4 February 1981), known as Manuel José, is a Portuguese former professional

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. Mainly a

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, he could also play as an attacking

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Club career

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Manuel José unsuccessfully graduated from

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's academy, going on to serve a number of loans before being released in June 2005. He made his

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debut with Académica de Coimbra, where he played from January to June 2003. After a solid season with Porto's neighbours

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, Manuel José joined

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's CFR Cluj Portuguese contingent in June 2006, for

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300,000. In his

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he was a regular and the team player with the most assists, totalling 11; however, with the arrival of

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as head coach in summer 2007, he lost his place in the starting XI and failed to regain that position. On 5 February 2009, Manuel José terminated his contract with Cluj. He returned to Portugal in July, signing with

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. He scored a career-best eight goals in the 2012–13 campaign – in only 19 starts – being essential as the club finished third and qualified for the

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for the first time in its history.

Honours

Porto * Taça de Portugal: 2002–03 Vitória Setúbal *Taça de Portugal: 2004–05 Cluj *

: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08, 2008–09

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manuel Jose Vieira 1981 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Vila Nova de Gaia Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players FC Porto B players FC Porto players C.F. União de Lamas players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Vitória S.C. players Vitória F.C. players Boavista F.C. players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Leixões S.C. players Gondomar S.C. players CD Candal players Liga I players CFR Cluj players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's B international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania