José Maria Pedroto

José Maria Pedroto
Personal information
Full name José Maria Carvalho Pedroto
Date of birth (1928-10-21)21 October 1928
Place of birth Lamego, Portugal
Date of death 8 January 1985(1985-01-08) (aged 56)
Place of death Porto, Portugal
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1944–1945 Pedras Rubras
1945–1948 Leixões
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1950 Lusitano 25 (12)
1950–1952 Belenenses 50 (14)
1952–1960 Porto 152 (31)
National team
1952–1957 Portugal 17 (0)
Teams managed
1962–1964 Académica
1964–1965 Leixões
1965–1966 Varzim
1966–1969 Porto
1969–1974 Vitória Setúbal
1974–1976 Boavista
1974–1976 Portugal
1976–1980 Porto
1980–1982 Vitória Guimarães
1982–1984 Porto
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Maria Carvalho Pedroto, OIH (21 October 1928 – 8 January 1985), was a Portuguese footballer and coach.[1][2][3][4][5]

Player

Pedroto was born in Almacave, Lamego, Portugal. A right midfielder, he played for Leixões SC, Lusitano, Belenenses and FC Porto. He was capped 17 times for Portugal, 1 with Belenenses and 16 with FC Porto. His first game was on April 20, 1954, a 3–0 loss to France, in a friendly match, and his last game, on December 22, 1957, a 3–0 loss to the Italy, in Milan, in a World Cup qualifying match.

Manager

His footballing career continued as the manager of Académica Coimbra, after being replaced by Mário Wilson, Pedroto managed Leixões SC and Varzim SC (after being sacked by Leixões). By 1966 he had his first stint with FC Porto, finishing the Liga in third in 1966-7, 1967-8, second in the 1968-9 and winning the 1969 domestic cup. Unexpectedly, at the end of the 1969 season, Pedroto moved to Vitória Setúbal, a middle of the log club, where during his tenure, proof of his brilliant managerial skills emerged when the club eliminated Liverpool FC in the first round of 1969-70 Fairs Cup and attained the two best league finishes ever in its history, 3rd in 1969-70 and 2nd in 1971-72, then reaching the 1972-73 domestic cup final. Two years later, in 1974 Pedroto joined Oporto side Boavista FC, winning two successive domestic cups (1974-75, 1975-76) and finishing second in the 1974-75 league.

While at Boavista, Pedroto also managed Portugal's national side on 15 occasions, from 1974 to 1976 (6W-4D-5L), failing to qualify for Euro '76 despite losing only one match in their group. In the 1976-77 season Pedroto returns to FC Porto, ending the club's 19-year "Primeira Divisão" title drought by winning in a row the 1976-77 domestic cup followed by 1977-78 and 1978-79 league titles. Furthermore, before his passing, Pedroto masterminded the team foundations that would bring the "Dragões" European and Intercontinental glory in the mid/late 1980's.

As of the 2015-16 season end, Pedroto is the all-time leading manager by most wins in the Portuguese League, with 326, while his run of five successive Portuguese national trophy wins with two different clubs starting at Boavista FC in 1974-75 through to 1978-79 at FC Porto, is one of the best on record by a Portuguese manager.

Personal

José Maria Carvalho Pedroto was fondly known as "Zé do boné" (cap Joe), due to his habit of wearing a flat tweed cap all the time. Pundits believe his true potential and success was cut short by the unexpected illness that took his life away prematurely.

Honours

Player

Porto

Manager

Boavista
Porto

References

  1. ↑ "A carreira de Pedroto em cinco "flashes"" [Pedroto's career in five "flashes"] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Há trinta anos morria o pai do "portismo moderno"" [Thirty years ago died the father of "modern portismo"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Prata, Bruno (9 January 2010). "O mestre da táctica e do conflito" [The master of tactic and conflict] (in Portuguese). Público. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Marques, Sara (19 May 2014). "O dia em que Pedroto foi banido do FC Porto" [The day Pedroto was banned from FC Porto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Almeida, Germano (7 January 2015). ""Diz-me como jogas e te direi como deves treinar"" ["Tell me how you play and I shall tell you how to train"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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