Vítor Oliveira

Portuguese football player/manager/director (1953–2020)

Vítor Manuel Oliveira (17 November 1953 – 28 November 2020) was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager. His manager career lasted from 1979 until his death. He won 11 promotions to the Primeira Liga, six as champion.[1][2] He was born in Matosinhos, Portugal.[3] As a player, he made the most appearances for Leixões from 1972 to 1975 and for Portimonense from 1983 to 1985.[4]

Vítor Oliveira
Personal information
Full name Vítor Manuel Oliveira
Date of birth (1953-11-17)17 November 1953
Place of birth Matosinhos, Portugal
Date of death 28 November 2020(2020-11-28) (aged 67)
Place of death Matosinhos, Portugal
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1969–1972 Leixões
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1975 Leixões 60 (5)
1975–1976 Paredes
1976–1979 Famalicão
1979–1981 Espinho 39 (1)
1981–1983 Braga 44 (1)
1983–1985 Portimonense 47 (4)
Teams managed
1979 Famalicão (player-coach)
1985–1987 Portimonense
1987–1988 Maia
1989–1992 Paços Ferreira
1992–1995 Gil Vicente
1995 Vitória Guimarães
1996–1997 Académica
1997–1998 União Leiria
1998 Braga
1998–2000 Belenenses
2000–2001 Rio Ave
2001–2003 Gil Vicente
2003 Académica
2004–2005 Moreirense
2006–2007 Leixões
2007–2008 União Leiria
2009–2010 Trofense
2010–2011 Aves
2011–2013 Arouca
2013–2014 Moreirense
2014–2015 União Madeira
2015–2016 Chaves
2016–2018 Portimonense
2018–2019 Paços Ferreira
2019–2020 Gil Vicente
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Oliveira died on 28 November 2020 in Matosinhos from a heart attack at the age of 67.[5]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 24 July 2020[6][7]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Famalicão (caretaker)   11 June 1979 18 June 1979 1 0 0 1 000.00
Portimonense   8 June 1985 5 February 1987 58 23 11 24 039.66
Maia   1 July 1987 31 December 1988 59 32 14 13 054.24
Paços Ferreira   17 January 1989 20 March 1992 134 66 28 40 049.25
Gil Vicente   20 May 1992 30 May 1995 105 29 31 45 027.62
Vitória Guimarães   31 May 1995 18 December 1995 19 8 4 7 042.11
Académica   11 January 1996 17 May 1997 56 27 11 18 048.21
União Leiria   17 May 1997 18 May 1998 40 24 11 5 060.00
Braga   26 May 1998 28 October 1998 13 3 5 5 023.08
Belenenses   3 December 1998 16 May 2000 56 20 19 17 035.71
Rio Ave   16 May 2000 2 December 2001 52 21 13 18 040.38
Gil Vicente   23 December 2001 3 June 2003 55 20 10 25 036.36
Académica   29 August 2003 18 December 2003 14 4 3 7 028.57
Moreirense   7 June 2004 4 April 2005 29 6 10 13 020.69
Leixões   23 February 2006 22 May 2007 44 27 10 7 061.36
União Leiria   6 November 2007 12 May 2008 23 4 4 15 017.39
Trofense   15 June 2009 8 February 2010 26 10 6 10 038.46
Aves   25 October 2010 30 May 2011 30 11 9 10 036.67
Arouca   21 September 2011 19 May 2013 76 32 22 22 042.11
Moreirense   21 May 2013 10 March 2014 41 18 16 7 043.90
União Madeira   27 May 2014 25 May 2015 56 27 15 14 048.21
Chaves   10 June 2015 15 May 2016 50 22 20 8 044.00
Portimonense   19 May 2016 15 May 2018 84 36 20 28 042.86
Paços Ferreira   22 May 2018 20 May 2019 42 27 8 7 064.29
Gil Vicente   20 May 2019 25 July 2020 40 14 10 16 035.00
Career totals 1,203 511 310 382 042.48

Honours

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Manager

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Paços Ferreira

União Leiria

Leixões

Moreirense

Portimonense

Individual

References

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  1. Frederico, Francisco (12 May 2013). "Vítor Oliveira, velha raposa soma sexta subida de divisão" [Vítor Oliveira, old fox gets sixth division promotion] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. "Portimonense: a 10.ª equipa que Vítor Oliveira sobe de divisão" [Portimonense: the 10th team Vítor Oliveira promotes]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 23 April 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. "E vão 11 subidas de divisão para Vítor Oliveira" [11 promotions for Vítor Oliveira and counting]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 20 April 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. Roseiro, Bruno (20 April 2019). "Quase 30 anos depois, Vítor Oliveira faz mais história: sexta subida em sete anos (agora pelo P. Ferreira)" [Nearly 30 years later, Vítor Oliveira makes more history: sixth promotion in seven years (now for P. Ferreira)]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. "Morreu Vítor Oliveira" [Vítor Oliveira died] (in Portuguese). Rádio Comercial. 28 November 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  6. Vítor Oliveira coach profile at Soccerway
  7. Vítor Oliveira manager stats at ForaDeJogo
  8. "Paços de Ferreira campeão da II Liga" [Paços de Ferreira II League champions]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Vítor Oliveira campeão pela sexta vez e revela próximo clube" [Vítor Oliveira champion for the sixth time and reveals his next club]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  10. "Prémios oficiais Liga Portugal 2015" [2015 Portugal League official awards] (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  11. "Sorteio dita Sporting-FC Porto na 3ª jornada" [Draw dictates Sporting-FC Porto in matchday 3]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  12. "Melhores do Mês: outubro/novembro 2019–20: Carlos Vinícius e Fabrício Isidoro em destaque" [Best of the Month: October/November 2019–20: Carlos Vinícius and Fabrício Isidoro highlighted] (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2023.