Otto Martins Glória (9 January 1917 – 4 September 1986) was a Brazilian

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coach.

Career

Glória was born in

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, Brazil, but had his greatest successes with Benfica in Portugal, guiding the club to nine national trophies. With the Nigeria national team he won the

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. In his first period with Benfica, the club was transformed to professional standards. Supported by president Joaquim Ferreira Bogalho, Glória founded a home for the players and focused on recruiting players from the periphery of the Portuguese capital and also from the African overseas provinces. In these years between 1954 and 1959 the club won two leagues and three

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. In February 1962 he took on the reins of

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. The club was then stuck in the second division and saw its aspirations to return to the first division endangered. In his four months with the club he did not lose a single match and achieved its objective. In his second tenure with Benfica he had continuous success on the national level, winning two more championships and cups. He also led the club into the 1968 final of the European Cup of Champions in London against

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, which was lost 1–4. At the

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in England he led the Portugal national team, with

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, who became the tournament's top scorer, to the third place. In the process Portugal inflicted a 1–3 defeat on Glória's home country Brazil. The official head coach of the Portuguese team was then Manuel da Luz Afonso. In 1979, he became with

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of Rio de Janeiro runner-up in the Brazilian championship, losing in the final 1–2 against SC Internacional Porto Alegre, which remained undefeated throughout the competition. In the year thereafter he guided Nigeria through the

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, which the team won in the final in

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with 3–0 against

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, and the Olympic Football Tournament 1980 in

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. He left this position after poor performances at the

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campaign in Libya. Glória coached Portugal, in 1982, in qualifying matches for

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, but resigned after a 0–4 defeat in a friendly match with

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, the following year.

Managerial honours

Club

Benfica *

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: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1967–68, 1968–69 *

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: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1968–69 Sporting CP *

: 1961–62, 1965–66 Belenenses *

: 1959–60 Portuguesa *

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: 1973

International

Portugal *

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: Third place

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Nigeria *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gloria, Otto 1917 births 1986 deaths Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian football managers CR Vasco da Gama managers S.L. Benfica managers C.F. Os Belenenses managers Sporting CP managers Olympique de Marseille managers FC Porto managers Portugal national football team managers Atlético Madrid managers Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense managers Associação Portuguesa de Desportos managers Santos FC managers C.F. Monterrey managers Nigeria national football team managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Primeira Liga managers Ligue 1 managers La Liga managers Liga MX managers 1966 FIFA World Cup managers 1980 African Cup of Nations managers 1982 African Cup of Nations managers Brazilian expatriate football managers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate football managers in France Expatriate football managers in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Spain Expatriate football managers in Mexico