Lázaro Oliveira

Lázaro
Personal information
Full name Lázaro Fonseca Costa Oliveira
Date of birth (1967-08-27) 27 August 1967
Place of birth Angola
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1981–1987 Oeiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Os Marialvas
1988–1989 Usseira
1989–1994 Estoril 96 (11)
1994–1995 Louletano 31 (9)
1995–1997 Penafiel 64 (10)
1997–2004 Estrela Amadora 166 (8)
Total 357 (38)
National team
1998–1999 Angola 6 (1)
Teams managed
2004–2008 Estrela Amadora (assistant)
2008–2009 Estrela Amadora
2009–2010 Penafiel
2012–2014 Portimonense
2015 Atlético
2016–2017 Farense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Lázaro Fonseca Costa Oliveira (born 27 August 1967), known simply as Lázaro in his playing days, is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.

Playing career

Lázaro spent his entire career in Portugal. He started professionally with G.D. Estoril Praia in the second division, scoring 11 games in his first two seasons combined, the latter finishing in promotion to the Primeira Liga.

In the top level, however, Lázaro was only a backup player during three years, his best input being 17 games in the 1991–92 campaign – 11 starts – as the Lisbon side ranked in tenth position. He subsequently competed in divisions three and two, with Louletano D.C. and F.C. Penafiel respectively.

Aged 30, Lázaro returned to the top flight with C.F. Estrela da Amadora, also in the Portuguese capital. He would be regularly played during five of his seven years with the team, retiring in 2004 with competition totals of 148 games and seven goals (plus 178/22 in the second level).

International goals

Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.[1]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 February 1998Omnisports, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Namibia1–13–31998 Africa Cup of Nations

Managerial career

Lázaro took up coaching immediately after retiring, spending four years as an assistant at Estrela always in the top tier. Early into the 2008–09 season he replaced countryman Lito Vidigal as head coach, leading the team into safety only to suffer relegation due to financial irregularities.

In the 2009 summer, Lázaro joined another former club, Penafiel in the second division. He was sacked midway through his second year,[2] joining another club in that level, Portimonense SC, on 18 January 2012.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "African Nations Cup 1998 – Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rescisão com Lázaro Oliveira confirmada" [Rescision with Lázaro Oliveira confirmed]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 17 January 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Lázaro Oliveira é o novo treinador" [Lázaro Oliveira is new coach]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
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