Diamantino Manuel Fernandes Miranda (born 3 August 1959), known simply as Diamantino in his playing days, is a Portuguese professional

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Mozambican club Liga Desportiva de Maputo. Diamantino most notably played for Benfica (11 seasons in two separate spells), appearing in more than 300 official matches and winning 11 major titles. After retiring, he embarked in a lengthy managerial career. An international during 1981–86, Diamantino represented

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at the 1986 World Cup and Euro 1984.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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, Setúbal District, Diamantino was one of

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's key players during the 1980s, winning several

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and

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titles. He also played in the

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, lost to

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(0–1 and 1–1), missing the

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due to an injury, in another defeat, this time to

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. Diamantino left Benfica at the end of the 1989–90 season, after appearing in just 15 league matches as the team won the

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. He was also an unused substitute in their second European Cup loss in three years, against

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, moving in the subsequent off-season to first professional club Vitória F.C. where he played three more years, retiring at almost 34.

International

At youth level, Diamantino represented Portugal in two competitions: the

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, in Poland, and the

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, in Japan, playing three games in each tournament. Diamantino earned 22

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with five goals for the Portugal national team, his debut coming on 18 November 1981 in a 2–1 win against

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for the

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qualifiers. He represented the nation at both

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and the 1986 World Cup; in the latter tournament, on 11 July, in a 1–3 group stage loss to

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, he played his last match and scored his last goal.

Coaching career

A manager since 1994, starting at Setúbal, Diamantino managed that club for a handful of games in two top-flight spells, nearly a decade apart. Additionally at that level, he had two stints in charge of

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. Diamantino was appointed

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side

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's manager midway through 2007–08, after having started the campaign at fellow league team Varzim SC. In May 2008 he joined Benfica as an assistant coach, under new boss Quique Sánchez Flores; both left the post at the end of the season, after which he moved to the youth academy. In the summer of 2010, Diamantino signed for

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of the second level, being fired in late November. He moved abroad for the first time in his career to manage

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in Mozambique, but his spell at the club ended in October 2013 when Minister of Labour Maria Helena Taipo expelled him from the southern African country for having called its people "thieves" in protest at a refereeing decision; he returned to the Moçambola in January 2019, when he was hired at Liga Desportiva de Maputo.

Honours

Player

Benfica * Primeira Divisão: 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89 *

: 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 *

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runner-up: 1987–88, 1989–90 *

runner-up: 1982–83

Manager

Campomaiorense * Segunda Liga: 1996–97

References

External links

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