José Maria Carvalho Pedroto, OIH (21 October 1928 – 7 January 1985), was a Portuguese

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and

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. He amassed

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totals of 227 matches and 57 goals over 11 seasons, at the service of

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, Belenenses and

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

. After retiring, Pedroto embarked in a coaching career which lasted 22 years (always in the Portuguese top division), going on to become one of Porto's most successful managers.

Playing career

Club

Born in the village of Almacave in

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, Pedroto began his senior career with Lusitano F.C. in

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, to where he had been relocated to perform his

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. In February 1950, he scored two of his 12 goals for the season in home wins against

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(3–1) and

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(2–0), as the

title was eventually awarded to

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. In 1950, the 21-year-old Pedroto signed with

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-based

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after being offered a position in the Navy Ministry. He joined Porto two years later, for 335.000

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s. Pedroto won the national championship twice during his spell at the ''

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'', under Dorival Yustrich and Béla Guttmann. He retired at the age of 31, being immediately named his last club's junior coach.

International

Over five years, Pedroto won 17

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for

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. He made his debut on 20 April 1952, in a 3–0 friendly loss to

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Coaching career

After becoming a manager, Pedroto was initially in charge of Académica de Coimbra. He then spent one season apiece with

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and Varzim SC, being dismissed by the former midway through 1964–65 which marked the only occasion in his career where he was relieved of his duties; subsequently, he returned to Porto as an assistant. Over three top-tier campaigns, Pedroto led Porto to the third place twice and the second in 1968–69, winning the

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in 1968, He left, however, for

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, who would finish a best-ever league runners-up in 1971–72 and twice reach the quarter-finals of the

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while he was in charge, notably ousting

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in the second round of the 1969–70 edition of the latter tournament. Starting in 1974 and during two years, Pedroto coached both

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and the Portuguese national team. He won the domestic cup always during his tenure at the former, also finishing in second position in the league in the 1975–76 season. With the latter, he did not manage to qualify for

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in spite of only losing one match in Group 1. Pedroto returned to Porto ahead of 1976–77, ending a 19-year drought the following campaign by winning the championship and repeating the feat the next season. He was, however, fired in the summer of 1980 after a run-in with president Américo de Sá. He arguably set the foundations for the club's

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exploits in the mid-to-late 1980s. For several decades, Pedroto was the manager with the most wins in the Portuguese top flight with 326. His sides excelled in

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and attacking football, and he was also one of the first managers to introduce a

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; he was accused by fellow coach

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of being a "master of conflict", with the pair being often involved in wars of words.

Personal life and death

Pedroto was affectionately known as "Zé do Boné" (Cap Joe), due to his habit of wearing a flat tweed cap all the time. He was an avid fisher and reader, who also took an interest in the

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. Pedroto died on 7 January 1985 in

at the age of 56, due to

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Honours

Player

Porto *

: 1955–56, 1958–59 *

: 1955–56, 1957–58

Manager

Boavista *Taça de Portugal: 1974–75, 1975–76 Porto *Primeira Liga: 1977–78, 1978–79 *Taça de Portugal: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1983–84 *

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: 1983

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedroto, Jose Maria 1928 births 1985 deaths People from Lamego Sportspeople from Viseu District Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Leixões S.C. players C.F. Os Belenenses players FC Porto players Portugal international footballers Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. managers Leixões S.C. managers Varzim S.C. managers FC Porto managers Vitória F.C. managers Boavista F.C. managers Vitória S.C. managers Portugal national football team managers