Vieirinha (footballer, born 1924)

Manuel Alberto Vieira (1 October 1924 – 13 February 2015), better known as Vieirinha, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a half-back.

Vieirinha
Personal information
Full name Manuel Alberto Vieira
Date of birth (1924-10-01)1 October 1924
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death 13 February 2015(2015-02-13) (aged 90)
Place of death São Martinho do Porto, Portugal
Position(s) Half-back
Youth career
1940–1942 GDS Cascais
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1952 Estoril Praia 160 (58)
1952–1955 Benfica 33 (5)
1955–1957 Lusitano de Évora 41 (0)
1957–1958 Farense
Total 234 (63)
International career
1949 Portugal B 1 (0)
Managerial career
1962–1964 Peniche (under–19)
1966–1967 Porto (assistant)
1967–1968 Barreirense
1968–1969 FC Porto Juniors
1969–1970 Porto (assistant)
1969–1970 Porto (interim)
1977–1978 União de Tomar
1980–1981 GD Nazarenos
1981–1982 Beira-Mar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Most of his playing career was spent at Estoril Praia, representing them from 1942 to 1952. He then joined Benfica afterwards and won the Taça de Portugal in his first year. After retiring, he embarked on a managerial career, passing through several clubs, but being more associated with Porto.

Career

Born in Lisbon, Vierinha played his youth years at GDS Cascais, joining Estoril Praia in 1942 at age 18.[1] He spent a full decade at Estoril Praia, playing over 160 games for them.[1] In 1952, he signed with Benfica with manager Alberto Zozaya giving him his first start on the 28 September, against Vitória de Setúbal.[2] He ended up playing 26 games, being the sixth most used player of the season, helping them win the Taça de Portugal.[3][4] The following year, he fell out of the pecking order and his playing time was cut to just 14 games.[5][6] He did not make any appearances for the first team in his last year, in 1954–55.[1] After Benfica, Vierinha played in Lusitano de Évora when they were competing in the Primeira Divisão, and spent a year as player-manager at Farense.[1]

He retired shortly after and started a managerial career, coaching the youth side of GD Peniche in 1962–63. In 1966–67, he was the assistant manager of José Maria Pedroto in Porto, and in the following year, he coached Barreirense.[1] He managed FC Porto Juniors in 1968–69 and assisted Elek Schwartz in the first team in 1969-70, leading the team from 21 December to 8 February 1970, after Schwartz fell ill.[1] In 1977–78, he managed Eusébio at União de Tomar.[1]

His last known managerial role was in Beira-Mar in 1982, after which he moved to São Martinho do Porto, where he died at age 90 on 13 February 2015.[7]

Honours
Benfica[2]

References
  1. Miguéns, Alberto (18 February 2015). "Falar de Vieirinha, passar por Macarrão, Eusébio e terminar em Manuel Vieira" [Talk of Vierinha, Macarrão, Eusébio and finally Manuel Vieira]. Em Defesa do Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. Tovar 2012, p. 759.
  3. Tovar 2012, p. 239.
  4. Tovar 2012, p. 244.
  5. Tovar 2012, p. 245.
  6. Tovar 2012, p. 249.
  7. "Morreu Vieirinha" [Vierinha died]. SAPO Noticías (in Portuguese). 13 February 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

Bibliography
  • Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
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