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Litos (footballer, born 1967)

Litos (footballer, born 1967)

Portuguese footballer

Luís Filipe Vieira Carvalha (born 6 January 1967), known as Litos, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder, working afterwards as a manager for several football teams and also as a sports commentator for Sporting TV.

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Playing career

Litos was born in São João da Madeira, Aveiro District. As Sporting CP was coached by John Toshack, he made his first-team debut at the age of 17.[1] His best individual season would be precisely his first – 28 matches, six goals,[2] even reaching the Portugal national team[3]– and he remained an important member of the main squad the following years.

Litos left the Lions in 1992, and represented, without much success at least in his country's Primeira Liga, Boavista FC, S.C. Braga, G.D. Estoril Praia, US Lusitanos Saint-Maur (third division, in France) and Atlético Clube de Portugal. He retired from the game in 1999, aged 32.

Coaching career

Litos began working as a manager in 2004, starting with former club Estoril and not being able to prevent relegation from the top flight. In the 2009–10 campaign, he led Portimonense S.C. back to the same league after a two-decade absence.[4]

Litos was fired by Portimonense in late December 2010, as the Algarve side ranked second-bottom.[5] Shortly after, he signed for Leixões S.C. of the second tier, leaving the club on 14 February 2012.[6]

Starting in 2012, Litos went on to spend several seasons in the Moçambola with Liga Desportiva de Maputo.[7] In February 2016, he returned to his country and its second division, leaving Clube Oriental de Lisboa's bench after less than one month alleging personal reasons.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Adrien é a estrela da 1.ª Liga" [Adrien is the 1st League's star]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 January 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Época 1984/85: Primeira Divisão" [1984/85 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 24 June 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Portimonense regressa vinte anos depois" [Portimonense return twenty years later]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 8 May 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Litos deixou o Portimonense" [Litos left Portimonense] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Litos: "Não desistam"" [Litos: "Don't give up"]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 February 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. [7]
    Aleixo, Mário (9 November 2015). "Litos ganha em Moçambique e aplaude vitória do Sporting" [Litos wins in Mozambique and applauds Sporting win] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  8. [8]
    Marques, Valter (16 March 2016). "Litos deixa o comando técnico" [Litos no longer in charge]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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