Manuel José
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel José de Jesus Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 9 April 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962–1964 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1965 | Benfica B | ||
| 1965–1969 | Benfica | 1 | (0) |
| 1965–1966 | → Sporting Covilhã (loan) | ||
| 1966–1967 | → Varzim (loan) | ||
| 1967–1968 | → Belenenses (loan) | ||
| 1969–1973 | União Tomar | 111 | (12) |
| 1973–1976 | Farense | 82 | (6) |
| 1976–1977 | Beira-Mar | 28 | (1) |
| 1977–1979 | Sporting Espinho | 27 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978–1982 | Sporting Espinho | ||
| 1982–1983 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| 1983–1985 | Portimonense | ||
| 1985–1986 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1987–1989 | Braga | ||
| 1990 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1990–1991 | Sporting Espinho | ||
| 1991–1996 | Boavista | ||
| 1996 | Marítimo | ||
| 1997 | Benfica | ||
| 1999–2001 | União Leiria | ||
| 2001–2002 | Al Ahly | ||
| 2002–2003 | Belenenses | ||
| 2003–2009 | Al Ahly | ||
| 2009–2010 | Angola | ||
| 2010 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2011–2012 | Al Ahly | ||
| 2012 | Persepolis | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Manuel José de Jesus Silva ComM (born 9 April 1946), simply known as Manuel José (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛl ʒuˈzɛ]), is a Portuguese football manager.
Some of the teams he has coached include Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting CP, Sporting de Braga, Boavista, Benfica, Al Ahly, Belenenses, and the Angola national team. He is the living coach with most games in the Primeira Liga.
He is regarded as one of the most successful club coaches in CAF competitions, having won the main African club tournament, the CAF Champions League, a record of four times and guiding his team to four consecutive CAF Champions League finals between 2005 and 2008, winning three of those finals. He has also won the CAF Super Cup in 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2009 and was the first manager to take an African team to the medal positions in the FIFA Club World Cup in 2006.