Varzim S.C. Managers - Jos Maria Pedroto, Henrique Calisto, Jos Manuel Flix Mourinho, Baltemar Brito (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Jos Maria Carvalho Pedroto, OIH, (21 October 1928 in Almacave, Lamego 8 January 1985 in Porto) was a proficient footballer and trainer. He was nicknamed Z do Bon (the Portuguese name of comic strip character Andy Capp) since, like the character, he usually wore a flat cap. Pedroto, a right midfielder, played for Leixes SC, Lusitano VRSA, Belenenses and FC Porto, where his childhood idol Pinga played, for a record value which many believed to be scandalous. There, he rose as one of the best national players of the 50's. He was capped 17 times for Portugal, 1 with Belenenses and 16 with FC Porto. His first game was on April 20th 1954, a 3-0 loss to France, in a friendly match, and his last game, on December 22nd 1957, a 3-0 loss to the Italy, in Milan, in a World Cup qualifying match. The first Portuguese manager with a diploma and one of the first to join a managing course, Pedroto's first work with the youth sides was impressive, and his career continued in style in Acadmica Coimbra, where he was replaced by Mrio Wilson, Varzim SC (after being sacked by Leixes), and in 1969 he had his first stint with Porto, winning a domestic cup. After that, he went to Vitria Setbal, leading the club to its highest achievements. Four years later, in 1974 Pedroto joined Porto side Boavista FC, winning two cups and reaching a second place in the league. In 1978, he returned to Porto, which had been in a 19-year title drought. With Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Pedroto made one of the most impressive board-bench duo in Portuguese football history. In a time where even FC Porto directors bowed to Lisbon sides, their anti-centralist speech made quite an impact, and Porto won the 77-78 and 78-79 titles. After failing the "tri", both Pinto d... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=717518