José Dominguez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Manuel Martins Dominguez | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Real Cartagena (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1992 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992–1994 | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | → Sintrense (loan) | ||
| 1993–1994 | → Fafe (loan) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Birmingham City | 35 | (3) |
| 1995–1997 | Sporting CP | 62 | (4) |
| 1997–2000 | Tottenham Hotspur | 45 | (4) |
| 2001–2004 | Kaiserslautern | 56 | (5) |
| 2004 | Al Ahli (Doha) | ||
| 2005 | Vasco da Gama | 7 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1994–1995 | Portugal U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Portugal | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2012 | União Leiria (youth) | ||
| 2012 | União Leiria | ||
| 2012 | Sporting B (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Sporting B | ||
| 2014– | Real Cartagena | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
José Manuel Martins Dominguez (born 16 February 1974) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a winger, and the current manager of Real Cartagena.
A diminutive player with above-average technical skills and speed,[2] he started playing professional football not in his own country but in England with Birmingham City; he also had spells abroad in Germany, Qatar and Brazil.
Dominguez is one of the shortest players to have ever played in the Premier League.[3]
Club career
Early years / Sporting
Born in Lisbon, Dominguez had an unassuming youth spell at hometown club S.L. Benfica, then played for a year with amateurs S.U. Sintrense, also in the area. After a few months at A.D. Fafe he had his first taste of professional football, joining English second division club Birmingham City in March 1994, and being relegated in his first season.
Following Luís Figo's departure to FC Barcelona, Sporting Clube de Portugal chose Dominguez as his replacement, and he went on to play two solid seasons at the club, albeit with no silverware.
Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur, coached by Gerry Francis, returned Dominguez to England in August 1997, for £1.6 million. He made his debut in the Premier League against Derby County at the end of that month, winning a penalty after coming on as a second-half substitute; however, despite being at White Hart Lane for over three years, his appearances for the first team were limited: he started regularly under Francis, but came more regularly off the bench during Christian Gross's tenure as manager.
Dominguez won the League Cup with Spurs in 1999, being an unused substitute in the final, but fell out of favour during the following season under George Graham, who demoted him to the reserves. He only appeared in two league games for the first team, both as substitute.
Late career
Dominguez signed for Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern in November 2000, for £250,000.[4] He scored in only his second game, a 2–4 loss at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, but his performances were also irregular; in his last season he scored one goal in 26 matches, but the club finished just one place above relegation.
After a brief spell in Qatar with Al-Ahly Doha, Dominguez moved in 2005 to Brazilian outfit CR Vasco da Gama. Not being able to receive his playing licence from the Portuguese Football Association,[citation needed] he officially retired from the game in August, aged 31.
Dominguez spent two years coaching U.D. Leiria's youth sides. On 14 March 2012 he became the first team's fourth coach of the season, replacing the fired Manuel Cajuda.[5] In 2012–13 he worked with Sporting's reserves, in the second level.
In late December 2013 Dominguez was appointed at Real Cartagena in Colombia, as part of an agreement between that club and Sporting.[6]
International career
While at Sporting, Dominguez gained three caps for Portugal.
In a more important role, he helped the Olympic team finish fourth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] That team also included four other Sporting graduates – Luís Andrade, Dani, Emílio Peixe and Hugo Porfírio.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "José Dominguez Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ↑ "José Dominguez, o artista" [José Dominguez, the artist]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 November 2000. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ↑ Wallace, Sam (16 August 2008). "Peter Crouch: Talking big". The Independent. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "Dominguez departs for Germany". BBC Sport. 13 November 2000. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ↑ "Dominguez sucede a Cajuda" [Dominguez succeeds Cajuda]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ↑ "Portugués José Domínguez, nuevo entrenador del Real Cartagena" [Portuguese José Domínguez, new Real Cartagena manager] (in Spanish). Fútbol Red. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Stats at ForaDeJogo
- José Dominguez career stats at Soccerbase
- José Dominguez at fussballdaten.de (German)
- José Dominguez at National-Football-Teams.com
- José Dominguez – FIFA competition record
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