José Maria Pedroto
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | October 21, 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Almacave, Portugal | ||
Date of death | January 8, 1985 56) | (aged||
Place of death | Porto | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1948–1949 | Leixões | ||
1949–1950 | Lusitano VRSA | ||
1950–1952 | Belenenses | ||
1952–1960 | Porto | ||
National team | |||
Portugal | |||
Teams managed | |||
1962–1964 | Académica de Coimbra | ||
1964–1965 | Leixões | ||
1965–1966 | Varzim | ||
1966–1969 | Porto | ||
1969–1974 | Vitória FC | ||
1974–1976 | Boavista | ||
1974–1977 | Portugal | ||
1976–1980 | Porto | ||
1981–1982 | Vitória SC | ||
1982–1984 | Porto | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
José Maria Carvalho Pedroto, OIH, (21 October 1928[1] – 8 January 1985) was a Portuguese footballer and trainer. He was nicknamed Zé do Boné (the Portuguese name of comic strip character Andy Capp) since, like the character, he usually wore a flat cap.
Player
Pedroto was born at Almacave, Lamego.
A right midfielder, he played for Leixões SC, Lusitano VRSA, Belenenses and FC Porto, where his childhood idol Pinga played, for a record value which many believed to be scandalous. There, he rose as one of the best national players of the 50's. He was capped 17 times for Portugal, 1 with Belenenses and 16 with FC Porto. His first game was on April 20, 1954, a 3–0 loss to France, in a friendly match, and his last game, on December 22, 1957, a 3–0 loss to the Italy, in Milan, in a World Cup qualifying match.
Manager
The first Portuguese manager with a diploma and one of the first to join a managing course, Pedroto's first work with the youth sides was impressive, and his career continued in style in Académica Coimbra, where he was replaced by Mário Wilson,[2] Varzim SC (after being sacked by Leixões), and in 1969 he had his first stint with Porto, winning a domestic cup. After that, he went to Vitória Setúbal, leading the club to its highest achievements.
Four years later, in 1974 Pedroto joined Porto side Boavista FC, winning two cups and reaching a second place in the league. In 1978, he returned to Porto, which had been in a 19-year title drought.
With Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Pedroto made one of the most impressive board-bench duo in Portuguese football history. In a time where even FC Porto directors bowed to Lisbon sides, their anti-centralist speech made quite an impact, and Porto won the 77–78 and 78–79 titles. After failing the "tri", both Pinto da Costa and Pedroto left FC Porto due to internal disputes, with the coach going to Vitória Guimarães, where he placed the Minho side twice in the top 5 positions.
When Pinto da Costa was elected as FC Porto's president, Pedroto was given the job again, which turned out to be his last. He died at Porto, not long after Porto's defeat in the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup, victim of cancer, but his work endured for most of the decade, and he is regarded as one of the responsibles for the 1987 Champions Cup win. Porto's coach was Artur Jorge, who worked with Pedroto in Vitória Guimarães, and was the coach he requested as his replacement.
Honours
- Porto (1966–1969; 1976–1980; 1982–1984)
- Primeira Liga (2)
- 1977–78, 1978–79
- 1983
- Taça de Portugal (3)
- 1967–1968, 1976–1977, 1983–1984
- Boavista (1974–1976)
- Taça de Portugal (2)
- 1974–1975, 1975–1976
Legacy
- His name was mentioned several times as possible name for Porto's new Estádio do Dragão.
- Both Jaime Pacheco and José Mourinho were compared to Pedroto, for their aggressive speeches, wit, and managing capabilities.
References
- José Maria Pedroto at National-Football-Teams.com
Preceded by José Augusto |
Portugal national football team manager 1973–1976 |
Succeeded by Juca |
Preceded by Fernando Vaz |
Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1967–68 |
Succeeded by Otto Glória |
Preceded by Mário Lino |
Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1974–75 |
Succeeded by José Maria Pedroto |
Preceded by José Maria Pedroto |
Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1975–76 |
Succeeded by José Maria Pedroto |
Preceded by José Maria Pedroto |
Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1976–77 |
Succeeded by Rodrigues Dias |
Preceded by Sven-Göran Eriksson |
Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1983–84 |
Succeeded by Pal Csernai |
Preceded by António Oliveira |
Portuguese SuperCup Winning Coach 1983–84 |
Succeeded by Artur Jorge |
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