Quinito

Joaquim Lucas Duro de Jesus (born 6 November 1948), known as Quinito, is a Portuguese retired football midfielder and coach.

Quinito
Personal information
Full name Joaquim Lucas Duro de Jesus
Date of birth (1948-11-06) 6 November 1948
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1966–1967 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1969 Académica 8 (0)
1969–1975 Belenenses 145 (11)
1975–1978 Racing Santander 72 (6)
1978–1980 Braga 40 (0)
Total 265 (17)
National team
1970–1971 Portugal U21 4 (1)
Teams managed
1981–1982 Braga
1982–1983 Rio Ave
1983–1985 Braga
1985–1987 Al-Yarmouk
1987–1988 Espinho
1988 Porto
1989–1990 Marítimo
1990 Portimonense
1990 União Leiria
1990–1991 Vitória Setúbal
1991–1993 Espinho
1993–1994 Rio Ave
1994–1995 Vitória Guimarães
1995–1996 Vitória Setúbal
1996 Belenenses
1996–1997 União Leiria
1997–1998 Vitória Guimarães
1999–2000 Vitória Guimarães
2000–2001 Estrela Amadora
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Born in Setúbal, Quinito played in exactly ten Primeira Liga seasons during his professional career, making his debut in 1967–68 with Académica de Coimbra – having moved to Coimbra to study medicine at the university[1]– but he only appeared in eight league matches during two full seasons. He also represented C.F. Os Belenenses (six years) and S.C. Braga (two), retiring in 1980 at nearly 31 with top level totals of 193 games and 11 goals.

Between his second and fourth clubs, Quinito played with Spain's Racing de Santander, spending three seasons in La Liga. On 28 November 1976, he scored twice in a 4–3 home win against Real Betis.[2]

Coaching career

One year after retiring, Quinito started coaching with his last club Braga, being fired after the 13th round of the 1981–82 season. Until the end of the decade he worked exclusively in his country's top flight, reaching the fourth position in 1984 with precisely the Minho side.

Quinito started the 1988–89 campaign at the helm of FC Porto. Even though the team collected no losses in the first 11 matches they only won five, and he was relieved of his duties as the northerners eventually lost the title race to S.L. Benfica;[3] the manager also spent three seasons in the second level, notably achieving promotion in 1996 with his very first club as a player, Vitória de Setúbal.[1]

After the ninth round of 1997–98, Quinito replaced fired Jaime Pacheco and led Vitória de Guimarães to the third position, with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Cup. It was his second spell at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, following the fourth position of 1995.

Between 2008 and 2010, Quinito was an assistant coach of José Couceiro at Gaziantepspor from Turkey. During four years, also in that decade, he worked as a director of football at Vitória Setúbal.[1]

References
  1. Quinito; Glórias do Passado, 17 December 2007 (in Portuguese)
  2. 4–3: El Betis pudo complicarle el partido al Santander (4–3: Betis could have made things difficult for Santander); Mundo Deportivo, 29 November 1976 (in Spanish)
  3. Fonseca: de Quinito a Fernandez, a guilhotina no dragão (Fonseca: from Quinito to Fernandez, the dragon's guillotine); Mais Futebol, 26 February 2014 (in Portuguese)
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