José Luís

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José Luis
Personal information
Full name	José Luís Lopes da Costa e Silva
Date of birth	May 17, 1958 (1958-05-17) (age 50)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	South China
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
197x–198x	Benfica	? (?)
National team
1983–1985	Portugal	4 (0)
Teams managed
2004–2005 2005 2007–present	Timor-Leste Sabah South China
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

José Luis Lopes da Costa e Silva (born Lisbon, 17 May 1958) was a forward on the Benfica side that dominated Portuguese football in the late-1970s and until middle-1980s.

He played four times for the National Team, being the first in 21 September 1983, with Finland (5-0), for the Euro-84 qualifyings, and the last, in 25 September 1985, with Czechoslovakia (0-1), in the World Cup qualifyings.

He was appointed by East Timor as their national head coach for their Tiger Cup debut in December 2004.

José Luís has spent much of his coaching career in his own country, enjoying success with Benfica's talented youth squads and also taking charge of teams in the Portugal second division.

He is looking forward to the challenge of leading Asia's youngest nation into their first ever Tiger Cup campaign.

"Hard work is ahead of us. I will only have a limited time with the players to prepare the challenge ahead, but I believe that we can create a team capable of dignifying our presence and the people of Timor Leste" said the newly appointed coach in a statement."

Preceded by Casemiro Mior

South China head coach 2007-

Succeeded by current head coach

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