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2003 Supertaça Cândido De Oliveira
The 2003 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 25th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match took place on the 10 August 2003 at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães, and was contested between 2002–03 Primeira Liga and 2002–03 Taça de Portugal winners Porto, and cup runners-up União de Leiria. Porto would defeat União de Leiria 1–0 with an illegal goal. A 53rd minute headed goal from midfielder Costinha was sufficient for the ''Dragões'' to defeat ''Os Lis'' and claim the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira for a 13th time in their history. Match Details See also *2003–04 Primeira Liga *2003–04 Taça de Portugal The 2003–04 Taça de Portugal was the 64th edition of the Portuguese Association football, football knockout tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supertaça Cândido De Oliveira
The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira Liga) and cup (Taça de Portugal) competitions. The match and trophy are named after former Portuguese player, coach and sports journalist Cândido de Oliveira. Recognised and organised by the Portuguese Football Federation since 1981, the Supertaça is usually played in August, before the start of the league season. History In the 1943–44 season, the Super Cup was created for a special game between 1943–44 Primeira Divisão, Primeira Divisão champions Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting CP and 1943–44 Taça de Portugal, Taça de Portugal winners S.L. Benfica, Benfica, on occasion of the inauguration of the Estádio Nacional. The commissioned trophy was named ''Taça Império'' – not to be mistaken with ''Taça do Império'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vítor Baía
Vítor Manuel Martins Baía, OIH (; born 15 October 1969) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. One of the most decorated goalkeepers of all time, his career was intimately connected with FC Porto, which he started representing still in his teens, helping it to 26 titles and eventually remaining with the club in an ambassadorial role. Also having played for Barcelona, Baía appeared with the Portugal national team in two European Championships and the 2002 World Cup. Club career Porto Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Baía joined FC Porto's youth ranks at 13 from also northern club Leça FC. In early 1989, he renounced to appear at the FIFA World Youth Championship, as he had relegated Pole Józef Młynarczyk to the bench and his club was still chasing the Primeira Liga title, which eventually eluded them ( second place). Baía made his first-team debut in a game against Vítoria de Guimarães, and did not lose his starti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Costa (footballer, Born 1981)
Ricardo Miguel Moreira da Costa (; born 16 May 1981) is a Portuguese former professional Association football, footballer who played mainly as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, central defender but occasionally as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back. He is the current Manager (association football), manager of Liga Portugal 2 club C.D. Feirense, Feirense. After making his senior debut with FC Porto, Porto (where he was only a reserve) he went on to play in Germany, France, Spain, Qatar, Greece and Switzerland mainly spending several years with Valencia CF, Valencia in the third country. Over ten seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 165 matches and seven goals. A Portugal national football team, Portugal international since 2005, Costa represented the nation in three FIFA World Cup, World Cups and UEFA Euro 2012, Euro 2012. Club career Porto Costa, a product of Boavista F.C., Boavista FC's youth system, was born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuno Espírito Santo
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo (born 25 January 1974), known as Nuno Espírito Santo or simply Nuno, is a Portuguese-São Toméan Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He is currently the head coach of Premier League club Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest. During his career, Espírito Santo first made a name for himself in Spain, playing for three teams in five years. He later returned to Portugal to represent FC Porto, Porto, and also played professionally in Russia. He was part of the Portugal national football team, Portuguese squad at UEFA Euro 2008, but never won a Cap (association football), cap for the national team. Espírito Santo started his coaching career at Greek club Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos as an assistant. He became a coach in 2012, leading Portuguese club Rio Ave F.C., Rio Ave to both domestic cup finals in 2014. After brief spell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derlei
Vanderlei Fernandes Silva (born 14 July 1975), known as Derlei, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal (one full decade), having represented all three most important clubs in the country and amassing Primeira Liga totals of 187 matches and 70 goals. He also played two seasons with Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Premier League. With Porto, Derlei won eight major titles including two leagues, one Champions League and one UEFA Cup. Club career Early career Born in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Derlei began playing in the lower levels of Brazilian football, but joined Portugal's U.D. Leiria in 1999, going on to appear in 92 competitive games for the club. In his last season, as they overachieved for a final seventh place in the Primeira Liga led by young manager José Mourinho, he scored 21 goals. Porto and Dynamo Derlei signed with Porto in the summer of 2002, playing an import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benni McCarthy
Benedict Saul McCarthy (born 12 November 1977) is a South African football coach who is currently the manager of the Kenya national football team. He previously worked as head coach of South African Premier Division team AmaZulu, and as assistant coach at Manchester United. A former forward, McCarthy is the South Africa national team's all-time top scorer with 31 goals. He is also the only South African to have won the UEFA Champions League, doing so with Porto in 2003–04. Early life McCarthy was born in Cape Town and grew up in Hanover Park in the Cape Flats, an area notorious for its high unemployment rate and gang violence. He is the son of Dudley and Dora McCarthy and has two brothers and a sister. His older brother is Jerome McCarthy, a former professional footballer who played for Kaizer Chiefs and Manning Rangers, among other clubs, while his younger brother Mark played football at Franklin Pierce University in the United States. McCarthy began playing at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolyevich Alenichev (; born 20 October 1972) is a Russian association football, football coach, former player and politician. Club career Despite being a FC Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow fan, Alenichev debuted 1991 for Moscow rivals Lokomotiv Moscow, where he played four years before moving to Spartak, where in five years he won three Russian leagues and two cups, and was also elected Russian player of the year in 1997. Won Malta International Football Tournament 1996. On 14 June 1998 Italian Serie A side A.S. Roma, Roma officially agreed with Spartak for 7 million USD and the player moved to Rome. He played 21 matches in his first season, but after only seven matches in the second season, he moved to AC Perugia, Perugia in December 1999. His stint in Italy overall proved to be unsuccessful and he was eventually considered to be one of Italian football's biggest foreign flops. In 2000, he moved to Portuguese Primeira Liga side FC Porto, Porto, where he made a strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deco
Anderson Luís de Souza (born 27 August 1977), also known as Deco (), is a Brazilian-born Portuguese former professional footballer who primarily played as an attacking or central midfielder. Born and raised in Brazil, he acquired Portuguese citizenship and played for Portugal. He currently works as sporting director for Barcelona. Deco is one of the few players to have won the UEFA Champions League with two clubs, with Porto in 2004 and Barcelona in 2006. He was named UEFA Club Footballer of the Year and UEFA Best Midfielder in Porto's Champions League-winning season and was named Man of the Match in the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final. Deco was the first player to win the UEFA Best Midfielder Award with two clubs, Porto and Barcelona. He was awarded the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball and the Man of the Match award in the final despite losing to Internacional. Deco received Portuguese citizenship in 2002 having completed five years of Portuguese residence, and su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maniche
Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (), is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He played top-flight football in Portugal, Russia, England, Spain, Italy and Germany, and in 2004 he helped Porto to the Champions League, one of eight trophies won with that club. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 177 matches and 31 goals in seven seasons. Maniche won 52 caps for Portugal, representing the nation at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup and finishing runner-up in the former competition. Club career Benfica and Porto Born in Lisbon, Maniche played youth football for local S.L. Benfica. After three seasons with neighbouring F.C. Alverca, who acted as the former's farm team, he returned to Benfica, where he was initially deployed as a winger. Following disciplinary problems at Benfica, Maniche was signed by José Mourinho for FC Porto. The manager made him a key member of his sides, reconverting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Mendes (footballer, Born 1979)
Pedro Miguel da Silva Mendes (; born 26 February 1979) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works as a football agent. Starting his career with home town club Vitória de Guimarães, Mendes won the UEFA Champions League with Porto in the 2003–04 season. He then moved to the Premier League, initially with Tottenham Hotspur in 2004, where he famously scored a 45-yard ghost goal against Manchester United that was wrongly not given by the officials despite goalkeeper Roy Carroll having fumbled his catch and clawed the ball back from at least a yard behind the goal line. He then moved to his second English club, Portsmouth, before a stint at Scottish Premier League side Rangers. Mendes was capped twelve times by the Portugal national team and was a member of their squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career Mendes began his professional career with Felgueiras, on a one-year loan from Vitória de Guimarães. He returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuno Valente
Nuno Jorge Pereira da Silva Valente (; born 12 September 1974) is a former Portuguese professional footballer who played as a left-back or a winger. He later became a manager. He played professionally in Portugal and England for Sporting, Portimonense, Marítimo, União Leiria, Porto and Everton. Valente represented Portugal at international level, participating at Euro 2004 (where Portugal became runners-up) and the 2006 World Cup. Playing career Club Born in Lisbon, Valente began his career at second division club Portimonense on loan from Sporting CP. However, he found first-team chances limited at the former side and despite success in helping win the Portuguese Cup in 1995, he was loaned again in the 1996–97 season to Marítimo, also in the Primeira Liga. A young José Mourinho recognized Valente's talent and brought him to União Leiria in the summer of 1999, where he spent three years as an undisputed starter. In 2002, when Mourinho left to join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Carvalho
Ricardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho (; born 18 May 1978) is a Portuguese professional association football, football coach and former player who is currently assistant head coach of the Portugal national football team, Portugal national team. He was widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation. Carvalho began his career at FC Porto, Porto, where he had loan spells at Leça F.C., Leça, Vitória F.C., Vitória de Setúbal and F.C. Alverca, Alverca, before winning domestic and European trophies under José Mourinho's management. In July 2004, Carvalho transferred to Chelsea F.C., Chelsea for a fee of just under €30 million. With the Blues, he won two Premier League titles in a row and one Football League Cup, League Cup, in his first two seasons. In 2008, he was voted the team's Players' Player of the Year. Two years later, he helped Chelsea win the 2009–10 Premier League, league and 2010 FA Cup Final, FA Cup, the first Double (association footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
