Vítor Manuel da Costa Araújo (born 16 February 1966), known as Vítor Paneira, is a Portuguese former football player and

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, he excelled in the late 80s and early 90s with Benfica, to where he arrived from the lower leagues, going on to amass Primeira Liga totals of 335 games and 43 goals over 11 seasons (289/44 in official matches with his main club) – he also appeared for

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in the competition. A Portugal international for eight years, Paneira represented the country at

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Club career

Born in Calendário,

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, Braga District, Paneira started playing professionally with hometown's F.C. Famalicão, joining

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of the Segunda Liga in the 1987–88 season and also receiving his first under-21 call-ups during the

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. In the summer of 1988, Paneira signed for

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, and remained there until the end of the 1994–95 campaign, being an undisputed starter for the vast majority of his spell as he helped the Lisbon club to the Primeira Liga championship three times, adding the 1993

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. He also appeared in the 1990 Champions Cup final, with his side losing 1–0 to

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; in the

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he scored twice in a 2–1 home win against

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, coached by

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(albeit in a 4–2 aggregate defeat). Paneira moved to

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for 1995–96, due to problems with Benfica manager Artur Jorge which was also part of a locker room clean-up – he was

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when this occurred – and spent four seasons there. In summer 1999 he joined Académica de Coimbra, and retired at 35 after two years in the second division.

International career

Paneira made his debut for

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the same year he signed for Benfica, in a 0–0 friendly draw with Sweden on 12 October 1988. In total, he won 44

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(42 for Benfica and two for Guimarães) and scored four goals in a seven-year period, playing his last international in another friendly, a 1–0 victory over the

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on 29 May 1996. Paneira was chosen by António Oliveira for the ''Lusitanos'' squad that reached the quarter-finals at

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, but was one of the few players that never left the bench.

Coaching career

Paneira started his coaching career in 2002, with

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of division four. He also managed his very first club Famalicão, but in the regional leagues. On 16 December 2009, Paneira was named coach of Boavista FC, with the 2001 league champions now in the third tier. He was appointed at another side from that league, C.D. Tondela, on 24 May 2011, leading them to promotion in the playoffs in his first season. On 10 June 2012, Paneira signed a one-year contract extension. He was relieved of his duties on 8 November of the following year, leaving the team in the ninth position. In March 2014, Paneira took charge of Varzim S.C. in the third division. He was fired in early May 2015, after a series of bad results. Paneira returned to Tondela on 30 May 2015, being appointed manager for the club's first-ever season in the Portuguese top flight. He was dismissed on 6 October, after winning and drawing one each of the first seven games.

Other ventures

Immediately after retiring and still as an active coach, Paneira worked as a sports commentator with cable channel Sport TV.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paneira goal.''

Honours

Player

Benfica * Primeira Divisão: 1988–89,

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, 1993–94 *

: 1992–93 *

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: 1989 * European Cup runner-up: 1989–90

Manager

Ribeirão *

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: 2003–04 Tondela *

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: 2011–12

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paneira, Vitor 1966 births Living people People from Vila Nova de Famalicão Sportspeople from Braga District Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players F.C. Famalicão players F.C. Vizela players S.L. Benfica footballers Vitória S.C. players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers UEFA Euro 1996 players Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers GD Serzedelo managers Moreirense F.C. managers F.C. Famalicão managers Boavista F.C. managers Gondomar S.C. managers C.D. Tondela managers Varzim S.C. managers