José da Siva Coelho (born 5 August 1961) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in

Penafiel Penafiel ( or ) is a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality and former bishopric (now a Latin Catholic titular see) in the Norte Region, Portugal, northern Portugal, Portuguese Porto District, district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion ...

, Coelho made his professional – and

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– debut in 1980–81 with

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. Barred by the likes of English

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he hardly ever got ever a game, and moved after one sole season to

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, also in

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. During seven top flight campaigns, Coelho contributed to the ''Checquereds domestic and

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consolidation, being regularly used either as a starter or from the bench and helping the team to three

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participations. In 1988, he signed for another club in the top division,

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, spending the following two years with as many teams still in that tier, and reaching double digits for both F.C. Penafiel and G.D. Chaves. After an unassuming 1991–92 with former side Boavista, which nonetheless brought him the only major honour of his career, the

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, 31-year-old Coelho moved to the second level and joined another former club, Penafiel, after which he signed for F.C. Felgueiras, scoring 11 goals in 21 matches in his second year ''en route'' to top flight promotion. He closed out his career in 1997, after one year apiece with lowly F.C. Lixa and A.D. Sanjoanense.

International career

After the defection of practically all of the Portugal team following the infamous

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at the

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, Coelho benefitted from the situation and went on to earn eight

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in the following two years. He appeared for the nation during the unsuccessful

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qualifying campaign, scoring in one of his first games, a 1–1 home draw against

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Awards

''With FC Porto:'' * Vice-champion of Portugal in 1981 ''With Boavista:'' * Winner of the

in 1992

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