Diamantino
Personal information
Full name Diamantino Manuel Fernandes Miranda[1]
Date of birth (1959-08-03) 3 August 1959 (age 64)[1]
Place of birth Moita, Portugal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Liga Desportiva (manager)
Youth career
1973–1976 Vitória Setúbal
1977–1978 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 Vitória Setúbal 14 (1)
1977–1981 Benfica 9 (2)
1980–1981 → Amora (loan) 20 (3)
1981–1982 Boavista 28 (8)
1982–1990 Benfica 204 (52)
1990–1993 Vitória Setúbal 69 (11)
Total 344 (77)
International career
1976 Portugal U16 3 (0)
1976–1978 Portugal U18 21 (7)
1979 Portugal U20 6 (1)
1981 Portugal U21 4 (0)
1982 Portugal B 1 (0)
1981–1986 Portugal 22 (5)
Managerial career
1994 Vitória Setúbal
1995 Desportivo Beja
1995–1997 Campomaiorense
1998 Gil Vicente
1998–2000 Felgueiras
2001 Campomaiorense
2003 Vitória Setúbal
2003–2005 Felgueiras
2005–2006 Portimonense
2007 Varzim
2007–2008 Olhanense
2008–2009 Benfica (assistant)
2009–2010 Benfica U19
2010 Fátima
2012–2013 Costa Sol
2019– Liga Desportiva
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diamantino Manuel Fernandes Miranda (born 3 August 1959), known simply as Diamantino in his playing days, is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Mozambican club Liga Desportiva de Maputo.

He most notably played for Benfica (11 seasons in two separate spells), appearing in more than 300 official matches and winning 11 major titles. After retiring, he embarked in a lengthy managerial career.

An international for five years, Diamantino represented Portugal at the 1986 World Cup and Euro 1984.

Club career

Born in Moita, Setúbal District, Diamantino was one of S.L. Benfica's key players during the 1980s, winning several Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal titles.[2] He also played in the UEFA Cup final in 1983, lost to R.S.C. Anderlecht (0–1 and 1–1), missing the European Cup final in 1988 due to injury, in another defeat, this time to PSV Eindhoven on penalties.[3][4]

Diamantino left Benfica at the end of the 1989–90 season, after appearing in just 15 league matches as the team won the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. He was also an unused substitute in their second European Cup loss in three years, against AC Milan, moving in the subsequent off-season to his first professional club Vitória F.C. where he played three more years, retiring at 33.

International career

At youth level, Diamantino represented Portugal in two competitions: the 1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship in Poland and the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan, playing three games in each tournament.[5] He earned 22 caps with five goals for the full side,[6] his debut coming on 18 November 1981 in a 2–1 win against Scotland for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He represented the nation at both UEFA Euro 1984[7] and the 1986 World Cup; in the latter tournament, in a 3–1 group stage loss to Morocco on 11 July, he appeared in his last match and scored his last goal.[8]

Coaching career

A manager since 1994, starting at Setúbal, Diamantino managed that club for a handful of games in two top-flight spells, nearly a decade apart.[9][10] Additionally at that level, he had two stints in charge of S.C. Campomaiorense.[11]

Diamantino was appointed Segunda Liga side S.C. Olhanense's manager midway through 2007–08, having started the campaign at Varzim S.C. in the same league.[12] In May 2008 he joined Benfica as an assistant coach, under new boss Quique Sánchez Flores;[13] both left the post at the end of the season, after which he moved to the youth academy.

In summer 2010, Diamantino signed for second-tier C.D. Fátima, being fired in late November.[14] He moved abroad for the first time in his career to manage CD Costa do Sol in Mozambique, but his spell at the club ended in October 2013 when Minister of Labour Maria Helena Taipo expelled him from the southern African country for having called its people "thieves" in protest at a refereeing decision;[15] he returned to the Moçambola in January 2019, when he was hired at Liga Desportiva de Maputo.[16]

Honours

Player

Benfica

Manager

Campomaiorense

References

  1. ^ a b c Diamantino Miranda at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "100 anos: Diamantino" [100 years: Diamantino]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 July 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. ^ "PSV-Benfica, 0–0 (6–5 g.p.): Penáltis da desgraça" [PSV-Benfica, 0–0 (6–5 p.k.): Penalties of doom]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 May 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. ^ Tovar, Rui Miguel (14 May 2017). "Benfica. 36 títulos, os melhores 36 jogadores" [Benfica. 36 titles, the 36 best players]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. ^ Roseiro, Bruno (20 May 2017). "Portugal no Mundial Sub-20: quem, quando e onde? Um guia para a competição" [Portugal at the Under-20 World Cup: who, when and where? A guide for the competition]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Platini faz a diferença em meia-final de sonho" [Platini makes the difference in dream semi-final] (in Portuguese). UEFA. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  8. ^ Pereira, Sérgio (18 June 2018). "A história de um golo que não deu vontade de celebrar" [The story of a goal you did not want to celebrate] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Setúbal reclaim Diamantino". UEFA. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  10. ^ Pedrosa, Paulo (8 April 2003). "V. Setúbal: "Tomei a melhor decisão", diz Diamantino Miranda" [V. Setúbal: "I took the best decision", says Diamantino Miranda] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  11. ^ Caetano, Filipe (7 November 2000). "Diamantino regressa ao Campomaiorense" [Diamantino returns to Campomaiorense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  12. ^ Tadeia, António (8 March 2008). "Profissionalismo vence sentimento" [Professionalism beats feeling]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  13. ^ Melo, Rui Miguel; Antunes, Luís (9 July 2008). "Quatro caras novas no arranque do Benfica" [Four new faces as Benfica get underway]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  14. ^ "João Sousa substitui Diamantino como treinador do Fátima" [João Sousa replaces Diamantino as manager of Fátima]. Público (in Portuguese). 20 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Mozambique expels Portuguese coach Miranda over insult". BBC News. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  16. ^ Pires, Sérgio (28 January 2019). "Diamantino Miranda vai treinar a Liga Desportiva de Maputo" [Diamantino Miranda will manage Liga Desportiva de Maputo] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa. April–June 2017. p. 90. ISSN 3846-0823.
  18. ^ a b "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa. May 2015. p. 56. ISSN 0872-3540.
  19. ^ Tovar, Rui Miguel. "O clube que galgou até ao Jamor" [The club that galloped all the way to the Jamor] (in Portuguese). D de Delta. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

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