Manuel Vilarinho

Manuel Lino Rodrigues Vilarinho (born 23 June 1948) is a Portuguese businessman who was the 32nd president of sports club S.L. Benfica.

For the Portuguese painter, see Manuel Vilarinho (painter).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rodrigues and the second or paternal family name is Vilarinho.
Manuel Vilarinho
32nd President of Benfica
In office
2000–2003
Preceded byJoão Vale e Azevedo
Succeeded byLuís Filipe Vieira
Personal details
Born (1948-06-23) 23 June 1948
Lisbon, Portugal
SpouseMariana Correia da Costa Pereira Caldas
OccupationBusinessman[1]

Benfica
A drawing of Vilarinho (center) alongside a description of his Benfica presidency at Museu Benfica

Born in Lisbon,[2] Vilarinho was elected president of Benfica on 27 October 2000 with 62% of the votes,[3] ousting the incumbent chairman João Vale e Azevedo in the second most contested election in the history of Benfica.[4] In the club's football department, Vilarinho caused head coach José Mourinho to demand a contract extension and ultimately leave Benfica when he stated that he saw the team's former player and coach Toni as their manager for the future.[5][6] Vilarinho later admitted that he would have probably renewed Mourinho's contract, but his refusal to negotiate an extension mid-season led to the manager's departure.[7]

Vilarinho green-lighted the construction of the new Estádio da Luz, with the team moving to the stadium in 2004. Additionally, he gave his full support to the presidential candidacy of Luís Filipe Vieira, the club's director of football at the time, who became president of Benfica on 31 October 2003.[8] Three years later, Vilarinho was elected as the fifth president of the club's General Assembly on 27 October.[9]

Honours

Futsal (3 titles)

Roller hockey (4 titles)

Rugby (1 title)

Personal life

Vilarinho is married to Mariana Correia da Costa Pereira Caldas, daughter of João Jorge Dargent Pereira Caldas (of maternal French Belgian descent) and Ana Maria Bicker Correia da Costa (of remote Dutch descent).[10]

References
  1. Manuel Vilarinho, o homem que diz não ter rabos-de-palha
  2. Crisóstomo, Pedro; Matias, Jorge Miguel; Carvalho, Cláudia Lima (8 April 2016). "Ilídio Pinho, Manuel Vilarinho e Luís Portela entre os 240 portugueses nos Panama Papers" [Ilídio Pinho, Manuel Vilarinho and Luís Portela among the 240 Portuguese people in the Panama Papers]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. Esteves, António (27 October 2016). "As eleições do Benfica... já lá vão 16 anos" [Elections at Benfica... 16 years have gone already]. RTP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. Pedras, Filipe; Martins, Nuno (31 October 2017). "Do topo à queda: O princípio do fim para Vale e Azevedo" [From the top to the fall: the beginning of the end for Vale e Azevedo]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. Ley, John (20 September 2007). "Mourinho's Chelsea love affair finally ends". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  6. Gordon, Phil (5 November 2007). "The Special One waits to be wooed by Benfica". The Times. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  7. "'If something got in his way - which is winning - he would leave'". The Guardian. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  8. "Efeméride - Passagem do testemunho de Manuel Vilarinho para Luís Filipe Vieira Vilarinho" (in Portuguese). Futebolar. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  9. "Manuel Vilarinho candidato à Mesa da Assembleia Geral do Benfica" (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 30 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2 October 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  10. Manuel Vilarinho at Geneall.net
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