Ilídio Fernando Torres do Vale (born 13 December 1957), known as Ilídio Vale, is a Portuguese

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, currently serving as a coach of the Qatar national under-23 football team.

Early life

Vale was born in

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. During his youth, Vale is a graduate of the

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where he majored in Physical Education and Sports.

Coaching career

After starting as a manager with both Nogueirense junior and main team, Vale moved in 1989 to FC Porto, spending eighteen years in charge of its junior side. In 1994, Vale was appointed Technical Coordinator around the youth football of FC Porto, being responsible for the development and operation of the project. In the 1999-2000 season, Vale was appointed as assistant coach of the main squad. He also managed FC Porto B, the

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of Porto, between 2000 and 2004. He left Porto in 2006 after winning 27 titles with the juniors squads. Vale is in the

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since 2006. On 8 May 2010, Vale qualified the Under-19s for the

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in France. On 23 March 2011, Ilídio Vale reached the 2009–11 International Challenge Trophy Final after Portugal U23 beat the Italy Lega Pro U21 3–2, overcoming a 0-2 defeat in the half-time. He coached the Portugal under-20 side to the

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final. Following Fernando Santos's appointment as head coach of the Portugal national team, Vale joined Santos's coaching team as an assistant coach.

Honours

Assistant coach

;Porto *

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: 1999–2000 ;Portugal *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Head coach

;Portugal U19 *La Manga Tournament: 2010 ;Portugal U20 *

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: Runner-up

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;Portugal U23 * International Challenge Trophy: 2009–11

Managerial statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vale, Ilidio 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Maia, Portugal Portuguese football managers A.D. Nogueirense managers University of Porto alumni FC Porto B managers FC Porto non-playing staff