Ilídio Vale

Ilídio Vale
Personal information
Full name	Ilídio Fernando Torres do Vale
Date of birth	(1957-12-13) 13 December 1957
Place of birth	Maia, Portugal
Club information
Current team	Portugal U20
Teams managed
Years	Team
1986–1987	Nogueirense (juniors)
1986–1987	Nogueirense
1989-2007	Porto (juniors)
1999-2000	Porto (assistant)
2000-2004	Porto B
2009-2010	Portugal U19
2010-2011	Portugal U15
2010-	Portugal U20
2011	Portugal U23

Ilídio Fernando Torres do Vale (born 13 December 1957), known as Ilídio Vale is a Portuguese football manager, currently the head coach of Portugal U20 . He spent eighteen years in Porto being responsible for the youth teams. He was also the assistant coach of the main squad in the 1999/2000 season, with which he won the Portuguese Cup.

Early life

Ilídio Vale was born in Maia.

He attended Instituto Superior de Educação Física e Desporto da Universidade do Porto (Institute of Physical Education and Sport of University of Porto) and has a degree in Physical Education and Sports, specializing in football.

Coaching career

Early years and Porto youth team

After starting as a manager with both Nogueirense junior and main team, Vale moved in 1989 to FC Porto, spending eighteen years in charge of its junior side.

In 1994, Vale was appointed Technical Coordinator around the youth football of FC Porto, being responsible for the development and operation of the project.

In the 1999-2000 season, Vale was appointed as assistan coach of the main squad. He also managed FC Porto B, the reserve team of Porto, between 2000 and 2004.

He left Porto in 2006 after winning 27 titles with the juniors squads.