Dimas Teixeira

Dimas

Personal information
Full name	Dimas Manuel Marques Teixeira
Date of birth	February 16, 1969 (1969-02-16) (age 42)
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
	Jeppe
1985–1987	Académica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987–1990	Académica	56	(8)
1990–1992	Estrela Amadora	32	(2)
1992–1994	Vitória Guimarães	60	(2)
1994–1996	Benfica	68	(3)
1996–1998	Juventus	39	(0)
1998–1999	Fenerbahçe	24	(4)
2000	Standard Liège	13	(0)
2000–2002	Sporting CP	10	(2)
2002	→ Marseille (loan)	4	(0)
National team
1995–2002	Portugal	44	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dimas Manuel Marques Teixeira (born 16 February 1969), simply Dimas, is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a left defender.

In a 15-year senior career, he represented both Sporting and Benfica in his country, also having stints in four other nations, most notably with Juventus in Italy.

Having won nearly 50 caps for Portugal, Dimas represented the nation in two European Championships.

Football career

The son of Portuguese immigrants in South Africa, Dimas was born in Johannesburg, returning to Europe at an early age. He would make his professional debuts in 1987, with Associação Académica de Coimbra, and stayed with the students for three seasons, in spite of its relegation to the second division.

He then joined C.F. Estrela da Amadora, which had just won the Portuguese Cup. Thus, Dimas made his European competition debut, helping the Lisbon side reach the second round of the 1990–91 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, subsequently joining Vitória de Guimarães.

After that, solid defensive performances earned him a move to Sport Lisboa e Benfica in 1994–95, where he continue to develop as a player, which led to a November 1996 transfer to Serie A side Juventus FC. Dimas appeared in 21 matches during his first full season but, only managing one league game in the following, he moved to Turkey on 1 October 1998, joining Fenerbahçe SK.

In another winter transfer window, Dimas left Fenerbahçe in 2000 and played six months at Standard Liège. After a good run at UEFA Euro 2000 with Portugal (he made his first international appearance in 1995, while at Benfica, and was the nation's first choice at that and the previous continental competition, playing four games in each), he proved he could still be of value for a title contending team, and returned home, signing for Sporting Clube de Portugal.

After quickly losing the battle for first-choice with fellow international Rui Jorge, Dimas was deemed surplus to requirements, moving on loan to Olympique de Marseille, although he still helped Sporting in some early matches in his second year, as the capital side conquered the double. He retired at 33, with 44 international caps and over 200 Portuguese top division matches.

Honours

• Juventus:
  • Italian League: 1996–97, 1997–98
  • Italian Supercup: 1997; Runner-up 1998
  • UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 1997–98

• Standard Liège:
  • Belgian Cup: Runner-up 1999–2000

• Sporting:
  • Portuguese League: 2001–02
  • Portuguese Cup: 2001–02

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Dimas Teixeira at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Dimas Teixeira
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Date of birth	16 February 1969
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
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