José Valle

José Valle Román (June 19, 1920 in Buenos Aires – September 16, 1997 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine professional football player and coach.

For the Nicaraguan Olympic athlete, see José Esteban Valle.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valle and the second or maternal family name is Román.
José Valle
Personal information
Date of birth (1920-06-19)June 19, 1920
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941–1943 Atlanta 32 (4)
1944 Independiente 1 (0)
1945–1947 Temperley
1947–1950 Roma 69 (3)
1950–1951 Lleida 18 (1)
1951-1953 Lusitano de Évora 25 (2)
1953–1956 Porto 39 (0)
Managerial career
1960–1961 Leixões
1961–1962 Atlético CP
1962–1964 Vitória de Guimarães
1965–1966 Braga
1966–1967 Varzim
1967 Braga
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played for 3 seasons (69 games, 3 goals) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma. Jose Valle was one of the best players in that era. After a brief spell with catalan clube LLeida he signed for Portuguese clube Lusitano de Évora. In Évora he was a part of the mythical team that gained the first promotion to the Portuguese First Division. He also helped the lusitanists gain a 7th place in their first season ever. The next season Valle would move to Porto were he remained for three seasons. In his last season at FC Porto he would still play one match in the retirement season to become Portuguese champion with the dragons.

Valle decided to remain in Portugal where he coached Leixões,[1] Atlético CP,[2] Vitória de Guimarães, Varzim[3] and Braga.[4] With Vitória de Guimarães he would lead the team to the Portuguese Cup final in the 1962/63 season. But he would lose to Sporting 4-0.

References
  1. "Época 1960/61: Primeira Divisão". 21 September 2007.
  2. "Época 1961/62: Primeira Divisão". 26 September 2007.
  3. "Época 1966/67: Primeira Divisão". 17 October 2007.
  4. "Glórias do Passado: Abril 2007".


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