Humberto Coelho
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| Humberto Coelho | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Humberto Manuel Jesus Coelho | |
| Date of birth | April 20, 1950 | |
| Place of birth | Cedofeita, Portugal | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1968–1975 1975–1977 1977–1984 |
Benfica Paris Saint-Germain Benfica Total |
189 (24) 42 (7) 167 (38) 398 (69) |
| National team | ||
| 1968–1983 | 64 (6) | |
| Teams managed | ||
1997–2000 2000–2002 2002–2004 2008– |
S.C. Braga SC Salgueiros Portugal Morocco South Korea Tunisia |
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Humberto Manuel de Jesus Coelho (born 20 April 1950, Cedofeita, Portugal) is a Portuguese former professional footballer and manager, who is currently the head coach of the Tunisian national team. He made over 500 league appearance for as a defender for Benfica and played internationally for Portugal 64 times during his career.
[edit] Playing career
As a player, he was one of the best ever central defenders of Portuguese football, representing S.L. Benfica, from 1968 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1984. He also played for Paris Saint-Germain for the seasons of 1975 to 1977. His first appearance for the Portuguese national team was at only 18, in a 3-0 win over Romania on 27 October,1968 in Lisbon the first game of the World Cup 1970 qualifying stage. He represented the national team 64 times, 61 for Benfica and 3 for Paris Saint-Germain, scoring 6 goals, but failed to appear in a major tournament. He played at the Independence Cup in Brazil in 1972, where Portugal lost the final to Brazil 1-0. His last cap for the national team was during the Euro 1984 qualifying stages, in the only defeat that Portugal suffered, on 27 April,1983 beaten 0-5 by USSR in Moscow. An injury prevented him from representing the national team for the rest of the qualifying games or in the Euro Cup finals.
[edit] Managerial career
After spells with Sporting Braga and SC Salgueiros, he led Portugal to the semi-finals of Euro 2000 before taking charge of Morocco and South Korea. He was named Tunisia coach in June 2008.
[edit] Honours
- Portuguese Liga 1969,1971,1972,1973,1975,1981,1983,1984
- Portuguese Cup 1969,1970,1972,1980,1981,1983,1985
- Portuguese SuperCup 1980
- Portuguese Footballer of the Year 1974
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