José António Lima

José Lima
Personal information
Full name José António Ramalho Lima
Date of birth (1966-10-16) 16 October 1966
Place of birth Mira Sintra, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sporting CP (youth)
Youth career
1978–1981 Mira Sintra
1981–1985 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1992 Sporting CP 62 (6)
1992–1993 Vitória Guimarães 6 (1)
1993–1997 Atlético 84 (28)
1997–1999 Alverca 39 (4)
Total 191 (39)
National team
1988 Portugal U21 1 (0)
1989 Portugal 2 (0)
Teams managed
1999–2000 Alverca (assistant)
2000–2002 Alverca (youth)
2002–2004 Alverca (assistant)
2004–2005 Alverca
2005–2006 Belenenses (assistant)
2006– Sporting CP (youth)
2010 Sporting CP (assistant)
2011 Sporting CP (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José António Ramalho Lima (born 16 October 1966) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.

Football career

Born in Mira Sintra, Lisbon, Lima emerged through Sporting Clube de Portugal's prolific youth ranks, but would never be more than a fringe player during his seven-season spell with the main squad. In 1988–89, he appeared in a career-best – for the Lions – 17 matches as the team could only rank fourth in the league; also during that year he gained his only two caps for the Portugal national football team, being definitely released in the 1992 summer.

After an unassuming year at Vitória de Guimarães, Lima moved to the lower leagues and joined Atlético Clube de Portugal. In 1997, at the age of 30, he joined another side in the Lisbon area, F.C. Alverca, helping S.L. Benfica's farm team to its first ever top level participation in the 1998–99 campaign, where the player featured rarely (six games), retiring shortly after.

Immediately afterwards Lima began working as a coach, first assisting José Romão then José Couceiro at his last club, Alverca. The following year, with the team in the second level, he was promoted to head coach but the club folded soon after.

Following a four-year spell with former side Sporting's juniors, Lima joined Carlos Carvalhal's coaching staff at the main squad in early November 2009, after Paulo Bento's sacking. In March 2011 he returned in the same predicament, under Couceiro.

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