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Francisco Vital
Portuguese football coach and former player
Francisco António Lucas Vital (born 27 June 1954) is a Portuguese former football forward and manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco António Lucas Vital | ||
| Date of birth | (1954-06-27) 27 June 1954 (age 69) | ||
| Place of birth | Braga, Portugal | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1970 | Caldas | ||
| 1970–1972 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1973 | Famalicão | ||
| 1973–1974 | Marinhense | ||
| 1974–1977 | Riopele | ||
| 1977–1980 | Porto | 42 | (11) |
| 1980 | Betis | 13 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Benfica | 15 | (1) |
| 1981–1982 | Boavista | 21 | (2) |
| 1982–1983 | Farense | ||
| 1983–1984 | Belenenses | ||
| 1984–1985 | Tirsense | ||
| 1985–1987 | Vizela | 57 | (17) |
| Total | 148 | (31) | |
| International career | |||
| 1971 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 1975–1979 | Portugal U21 | 6 | (2) |
| 1977 | Portugal | 1 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1989 | Vizela | ||
| 1990–1991 | Joane | ||
| 1991–1992 | Marco | ||
| 1992–1994 | Caldas | ||
| 1994–1995 | Famalicão | ||
| 1996–1997 | Famalicão | ||
| 1997 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||
| 1997 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1998–1999 | Penafiel | ||
| 1999–2000 | Naval | ||
| 2000 | Chaves | ||
| 2000–2001 | Fafe | ||
| 2001–2002 | Famalicão | ||
| 2002–2003 | Ribeirão | ||
| 2004 | Dong A Bank | ||
| 2004–2005 | Estarreja | ||
| 2008–2009 | Binh Duong | ||
| 2012–2013 | Dong Tam Long An | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Braga, Vital spent all of his early career in the second division, mainly with G.D. Riopele. In 1977 he signed with FC Porto, going on to be irregularly played by the Primeira Liga club during his two-and-a-half-season spell and winning two national championships, contributing with a career-best 21 games and five goals in the 1978–79 edition.[1]
In January 1980, Vital moved to La Liga with Real Betis – his only abroad experience – returning to his country in the summer to join S.L. Benfica, with whom he won another league as well as one Portuguese Cup and one domestic Supercup. After spending the 1981–82 campaign with Boavista F.C. he returned to the second level, where he remained until his retirement at the age of 33, mostly with F.C. Vizela.
As a Porto player, Vital appeared once for Portugal, featuring 45 minutes in a 4–0 home win against Cyprus for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and scoring the third.[2]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 November 1977 | Estádio de São Luís, Faro, Portugal |  Cyprus | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1978 World Cup qualification |
Vital worked almost exclusively in the Portuguese lower leagues, his first stint being precisely with his last club Vizela.[3] In 1997–98, his only season in the top tier, he was one of four managers for Sporting CP – having started as an assistant with the team – winning one match, drawing two and losing one as the Lions went on to finish in fourth position.[4]
In the second part of the 2000s, Vital coached mainly in Vietnam, helping Đồng Tâm Long An F.C. return to the V-League in 2012.[5]
- Época 1978/79: Primeira Divisão (1978/79 Season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 15 March 2007 (in Portuguese)
- Treinadores do Futebol Clube de Vizela (Futebol Clube de Vizela managers); Digital de Vizela, 11 January 2018 (in Portuguese)
- Treinadores no futebol e títulos conquistados (Coaches in football and titles won) Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Diário de Notícias, 26 August 2008 (in Portuguese)
- Sports news in brief – April 23 Archived 3 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Baomoi, 23 April 2012
- Francisco Vital at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Francisco Vital manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Francisco Vital national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Francisco Vital at National-Football-Teams.com
- Francisco Vital at EU-Football.info
