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who played as a

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. During his professional career, he represented

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for 15 seasons.

Club career

Born in

, Magalhães was 14 when he joined local

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's youth system. He made his senior debut four years later, as the northerners were coached by Austrian

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. Magalhães was an important player in the 1983–84 season, with Porto finishing second to

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in the

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and also reaching that campaign's

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; in the following year he scored a career-best 11 goals, as the club managed to end in the top position in domestic competition. Magalhães had several offers to leave Porto, but ultimately stayed and won a total of seven leagues, adding in

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the

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and playing the entire

against

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. He became a fringe player under

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, and left in summer 1995 having appeared in 408 official matches; a move to another side in the north, Leça FC, was then arranged, but he retired at the end of the campaign after the modest team retained their top-flight status, but with the player contributing rarely. Magalhães was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper '' Record'' as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever.

International career

Magalhães made his debut for

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on 18 November 1981, in a 2–1 win against

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for the

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qualifiers, at the age of just 19. He was overlooked for the squad that appeared at

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, but represented the nation at the

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, earning a total of 20

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(no goals).

Honours

Porto *

: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95 *

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: 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94 *

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: 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993 *

: 1986–87 *

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: 1987 * Intercontinental Cup: 1987

References

*DIAS, Rui, ''Record – 100 Melhores do Futebol Português – Volume I'' (Record – The 100 best of Portuguese Football, 2002, EDISPORT).

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Magalhaes, Jaime 1962 births Living people 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Porto Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players FC Porto players Leça F.C. players UEFA Champions League–winning players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players FC Porto non-playing staff