Vítor Sérgio dos Santos Valente (born 13 March 1965) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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Club career

After beginning in the lower leagues,

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

-born Valente made his

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debut in 1986–87 while at the service of

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, appearing in 14 league games for a final 13th position. He spent three of the following four seasons also in the top division, in representation of Académica de Coimbra and

C.F. União Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União or União da Madeira, was a Portuguese association football, football club based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six appearances in the Portuguese top-flight Primeira Liga, between the 1989� ...

. In 1991, about one year after the club lost

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in a car accident,

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bought Valente to act as backup to future club legend Vítor Baía, and he ended up playing only two matches in his two year-spell at the '' Estádio das Antas'', totalling 13 minutes in two substitute appearances. He met the same fate at his next team,

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. After three seasons with

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

(top level, starting in his second year), the 32-year-old Valente signed for

F.C. Alverca Futebol Clube de Alverca is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira. It currently plays in the Portuguese 3rd Division. History F.C. Alverca was founded on 1 September 1939. After many ...

of the same tier, being understudy to Paulo Santos. He then returned to former side Académica, who now competed in the Segunda Liga. Valente retired from football at the age of 39, after one year apiece with amateurs Imortal D.C. and

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. Subsequently, he worked as a goalkeeper coach at

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. M ...

and the

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

, Gabon national teams and CS Sfaxien, always under compatriot Paulo Duarte.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valente, Vitor 1965 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Casa Pia A.C. players Atlético Clube de Portugal players C.S. Marítimo players Académica de Coimbra (football) players C.F. União players FC Porto players Boavista F.C. players C.F. Os Belenenses players F.C. Alverca players Imortal D.C. players F.C. Pampilhosa players