- Humberto Coelho
Infobox Football biography
playername = Humberto Coelho
fullname = Humberto Manuel Jesus Coelho
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1950|4|20
cityofbirth =Cedofeita
countryofbirth =Portugal
position = Defender
currentclub =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1968–1975
1975–1977
1977–1984
clubs = BenficaParis Saint-Germain
Benfica
Total
caps(goals) = 189 (24)
042 0(7)
167 (38)
398 (69)
managerclubs =Sporting Braga SC Salgueiros
Portugal
Morocco
South Korea
Tunisia
manageryears =
1997–2000
2000–2002
2003–2004
2008–
nationalyears = 1968–1983
nationalteam = Portugal
nationalcaps(goals) = 064 0(3)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Humberto Manuel de Jesus Coelho (born
20 April ,1950 ,Cedofeita ,Portugal ) is a Portuguese former professional footballer and manager, who is currently the head coach of the Tunisian national team. He made over 300 league appearance for as a defender for Benfica and played internationally for Portugal 64 times during his career.Playing career
As a player, he was one of the best ever central defenders of Portuguese football, representing
SL Benfica , from 1968 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1984. He also played forParis Saint-Germain for the seasons of 1975 to 1977 where he failed to impress. His first appearance for the Portuguese national team was at only 18, in a 3-0 win over Romania on 27 October,1968 inLisbon the first game of the World Cup 1970 qualifying stage. He represented the national team 64 times, 61 for Benfica and 3 for Paris Saint-Germain, scoring 6 goals, but failed to ever appear in a major tournament. He played at the Independence Cup in Brazil in 1972, where Portugal lost the final to Brazil 1-0. His last cap for the national team was during the Euro 1984 qualifying stages, in the only defeat that Portugal suffered, on 27 April,1983 beaten 0-5 by USSR inMoscow . An injury prevented him from representing the national team for the rest of the qualifying games or in the Euro Cup finals.Managerial career
After spells with
Sporting Braga andSC Salgueiros , he led Portugal to the semi-finals ofEuro 2000 before taking charge of Morocco and South Korea. He was named Tunisia coach in June 2008.Honours
*
Portuguese Liga 1969,1971,1972,1973,1975,1981,1983,1984
*Portuguese Cup 1969,1970,1972,1980,1981,1983,1985
*Portuguese SuperCup 1980
*Portuguese Footballer of the Year 1974
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