José Boto (born 2 March 1966) is a Portuguese sporting director, currently working for
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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club
Flamengo
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.
Career
Jose Boto was born on 2 March 1966, in
Loures
Loures () is a city and a municipality in Portugal which is part of the Lisbon District, District and Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Metropolitan area of Lisbon. It is the fifth most populous municipality in the country, with a total population of 201, ...
,
Lisbon District
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...
. He started working as a
manager
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with the local team of his birthplace, before moving on to
Sacavenense, and then he joined
Benfica.
From 2007 he became a scout, while in 2010 he became the head of the scouting department, a role he held until 2018, when he left the Portuguese club.
In 2018 he moved to
Ukraine
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and became the sports director of
Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...
, taking on a significant share of responsibility for building the squad. Under his stewardship, Shakhtar won various titles and played in the
UEFA Champions League
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.
Boto moved to
PAOK
PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...
as Sporting Director for two-and-a-half years.
On 11 January 2024, Boto was appointed as sporting director of
Croatian Football League
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club
NK Osijek
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, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.
References
External links
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Jose Boto on playmakerstats.comJose Boto on paokfc.gr
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1966 births
Living people
People from Loures
Sportspeople from Lisbon District
Portuguese football managers
Portuguese football coaches
S.L. Benfica non-playing staff
FC Shakhtar Donetsk non-playing staff
PAOK FC non-playing staff
CR Flamengo non-playing staff
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Brazil