José Albano Ferreira da Mota (born 25 February 1964) is a Portuguese retired

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who played mainly as a right-back, currently

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club AVS. He spent most of his playing career with Paços de Ferreira, where he also began working as a coach and won two Segunda Liga titles. In two decades as a manager, he led eight teams in the

, and won the

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for

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Football career

Playing career and first Paços stint

Mota was born in Paredes,

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. After humble beginnings with Aliados Lordelo F.C. in the outskirts of his birthplace, he went on to spend nearly a decade at F.C. Paços de Ferreira, often leading the club as its

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. After retiring, he immediately joined their coaching staff, being promoted to head manager in 2000. In 2003, he had a short stint with C.D. Santa Clara in the

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, but returned to Paços shortly after. In the 2006–07 season, Mota

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Paços de Ferreira to the

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for the first time after a sixth-place finish in the league. The northerners would subsequently lose in the first round of the European competition against

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, 1–0 on aggregate.

Primeira Liga regular

In July 2008, Mota left Paços and joined Leixões S.C. also in the

. On 9 February 2010, with the

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team ranking second-bottom, he was sacked. Mota returned to active in November 2010, being appointed at C.F. Os Belenenses who was struggling in the Segunda Liga and eventually narrowly avoided relegation. Between February 2012 and October of the following year, he coached Vitória F.C. in the top division. On 2 September 2014, Mota was hired by Gil Vicente F.C. as a replacement to João de Deus, fired after three losses in as many top-flight games. On 25 March 2016, after a period of inactivity, he signed with second tier club C.D. Feirense, leading it to promotion after four years and being relieved of his duties in December of the same year. Mota was appointed at C.D. Aves on 18 February 2017, achievement another promotion to the Portuguese top division but leaving subsequently by mutual consent. The 53-year-old moved abroad for the first time in late June, signing a two-year contract with CS Sfaxien from the

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and leading them to the quarter-finals of the

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Primeira return and Aves cup win

Mota returned to both Portugal and Aves on 24 January 2018, replacing the suspended Lito Vidigal as well as being appointed senior football and youth system coordinator. On 18 April, he took the club to its first-ever final of the

after disposing of lowly Caldas S.C. 3–1 on aggregate, defeating

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2–1 in the decisive match. On 16 January 2019, Mota left Aves by mutual consent after their elimination from the quarter-finals of the cup by S.C. Braga. He returned to the league on 10 March at G.D. Chaves on a deal until 2020, and reiterated his commitment to the club after they were relegated on the last day of the season with a 5–2 defeat to C.D. Tondela; he managed his 400th game in Portugal's main tier on 21 April, a 2–2 draw against B-SAD. On 19 December 2019, with the team in eighth, Mota's contract was terminated and he was replaced by César Peixoto. Thirteen months later, he was back at work at 16th-placed Leixões, after over a decade away. Mota returned to Paços for a third stint on 18 October 2022, after Peixoto was dismissed with the side 17th and no wins from nine matches. He left by mutual consent within two months, having lost all four league games and drawn two of three in the Taça da Liga. On 6 February 2023, Mota succeeded Vasco Faísca at

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. He led the team to second place behind Moreirense FC; it was his fifth promotion to the top flight, second only to the ten by Vítor Oliveira, and he renewed his contract for one more year. On 24 September 2024, after losing the first six fixtures of the new top-tier season, Mota left by mutual agreement.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Paços Ferreira * Segunda Liga: 1999–2000, 2004–05 Aves *

: 2017–18

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mota, Jose 1964 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Paredes, Portugal Men's association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers F.C. Paços de Ferreira managers C.D. Santa Clara managers Leixões S.C. managers C.F. Os Belenenses managers Vitória F.C. managers Gil Vicente F.C. managers C.D. Feirense managers C.D. Aves managers G.D. Chaves managers S.C. Farense managers Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 managers CS Sfaxien managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Tunisia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen