Vítor Oliveira

Vítor Manuel Oliveira (17 November 1953 – 28 November 2020) was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager.

For the many other Portuguese and Brazilian footballers named Vítor, see Vítor.
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

In a managerial career spanning over 30 years, he won 11 promotions to the Primeira Liga, six as champion.[1][2][3][4][5]

Playing career

Born in Matosinhos, Oliveira's senior career spanned 13 seasons, ten of which were spent in the Primeira Liga where he appeared in a total of 218 games, scoring 17 goals; he represented Leixões SC, F.C. Famalicão, S.C. Espinho, S.C. Braga and Portimonense S.C. at that level. In his last year as a professional, he played 23 matches (one goal) for the latter team as they finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first and only time in their history.[6]

Oliveira retired in June 1985, at the age of 31.[7] In the second division, he played for U.S.C. Paredes and Famalicão.

Coaching career

Oliveira was player-manager of Famalicão for their final match of the 1978–79 season, after the exit of Mário Imbelloni. The team lost 2–0 at C.F. Os Belenenses on 17 June, and were consequently relegated from the top level.[8]

Afterwards, Oliveira was in charge of Portimonense. His first season yielded the best finish of his entire career as seventh in the 1985–86,[8] and he was dismissed midway through the following campaign. In the following years he worked almost exclusively with F.C. Paços de Ferreira in division two, achieving promotion in 1991 as champions and retaining league status the next year.

After three full seasons in the top flight with Gil Vicente FC, Oliveira coached several clubs in the first and second divisions, promoting from the latter tier with U.D. Leiria, Belenenses and Leixões. Early into 2007–08 he replaced fired Paulo Duarte at the helm of Leiria,[9][10] but only managed to lead his team to three wins in his 21 games (14 losses) as the season ended in top-division relegation.

After working with former club Leixões as director of football in 2008–09, Oliveira resumed his career in the second level, with C.D. Trofense, C.D. Aves, F.C. Arouca[11] and Moreirense FC. On 19 May 2016, he returned to Portimonense nearly three decades after his first spell, on a one-year contract with the aim of winning promotion.[12] After doing so as champions – his fifth consecutive promotion – he decided to remain in the Algarve;[13] having taken the team to tenth place on their return to the top flight, he left the Estádio Municipal de Portimão in May 2018.[14]

On 22 May 2018, Oliveira replaced João Henriques as manager of another former side, Paços de Ferreira.[15] In May 2019, having sealed his eleventh promotion and sixth as champion, he left for yet another former employer Gil Vicente – who had been restored to the top tier in a court decision.[16] On 10 August, in their first game of the season, they beat FC Porto 2–1 at home;[17] they finished in tenth, after which he left.[18]

Death and legacy

Oliveira died while going for a walk in his hometown of Matosinhos on 28 November 2020, at the age of 67;[19] early reports, which were later confirmed, stated that he felt unwell and died of a heart attack.[20] He had been working as a pundit for Canal 11 a few weeks prior to the event.[21][22]

Afterwards, the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional decided to name the monthly and yearly Best Manager Award in his honour.[23]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 24 July 2020[24][25]
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

Manager

Paços Ferreira

União Leiria

Leixões

Moreirense

Portimonense

Individual

References
  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. 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. "'King of uphill' division. Coach Vítor Oliveira died". Jornal Económico. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. "Época 1984/85: Primeira Divisão" [1984/85 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 24 June 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  7. Sharp, Will (8 June 2017). "Meet Vítor Oliveira, the manager who has won promotion for five seasons in a row". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  8. Fernandes, Nuno (20 April 2019). "Vítor Oliveira. O filho de pescadores que se tornou no rei das subidas" [Vítor Oliveira. The son of fishers who became the king of promotions]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  9. "Oliveira accepts Leiria rescue job". UEFA. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  10. "Vitor Oliveira é o novo treinador da União de Leiria" [Vitor Oliveira is the new manager of União de Leiria]. Público (in Portuguese). 6 November 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  11. Freitas, José Carlos (12 May 2013). "Vitor Oliveira: o especialista das subidas" [Vitor Oliveira: the promotion specialist]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  12. "Vítor Oliveira assume comando do Portimonense a pensar na 10.ª subida" [Vítor Oliveira takes control of Portimonense thinking of 10th promotion]. Público (in Portuguese). 19 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  13. "Vítor Oliveira: «Vou continuar no Portimonense»" [Vítor Oliveira: "I will continue at Portimonense"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  14. Gomes de Andrade, Maria (15 May 2018). "Vítor Oliveira deixa Portimonense e tem futuro em aberto" [Vítor Oliveira leaves Portimonense and has an open future] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  15. "Vítor Oliveira é o novo treinador do Paços de Ferreira" [Vítor Oliveira is the new manager of Paços de Ferreira]. Público (in Portuguese). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  16. "Vítor Oliveira vai treinar Gil Vicente após vencer II Liga com o Paços de Ferreira" [Vítor Oliveira will manage Gil Vicente after winning II League with Paços de Ferreira]. Observador (in Portuguese). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  17. "Vítor Oliveira: "Podemos discutir se a vitória é merecida, mas justa é"" [Oliveira: "We can discuss whether the victory is deserved, but it's fair"]. Público (in Portuguese). 10 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  18. "Vítor Oliveira sobre o futuro: "Vou de férias, vou pensar no que vou fazer"" [Vítor Oliveira on his future: "I'm going on holiday, I will think about what I'm going to do"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  19. "Morreu o treinador Vítor Oliveira" [Manager Vítor Oliveira died]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  20. "Morreu Vítor Oliveira" [Vítor Oliveira died] (in Portuguese). Rádio Comercial. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  21. "Vítor Oliveira faz análise à Primeira Liga" [Vítor Oliveira comments on Primeira Liga] (in Portuguese). YouTube. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  22. ""Há clubes da I Liga que andam 'de calças na mão' da primeira à última jornada"" ["Some clubs in I League live 'hand to mouth' from the first to the last matchday"] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  23. "The Best Manager Award will now be named 'Vítor Oliveira Award'". Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  24. Vítor Oliveira coach profile at Soccerway
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  27. "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.
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