António José Conceição Oliveira

Infobox Football biography


playername = Toni
fullname = António José Conceição Oliveira
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1946|10|14
cityofbirth = Anadia
countryofbirth = Portugal
height =
nickname = Toni
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1964-1968 1968-1981
clubs = Académica de Coimbra SL Benfica
caps(goals) = 391 (23)
nationalyears = 1969-1978
nationalteam = Portugal
nationalcaps(goals) = 33 (0)
manageryears =
managerclubs = SL Benfica Girondins de Bordeaux Sevilla FC SL Benfica
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António José Conceição Oliveira (born October 14 1946), known as Toni, is a coach, and a former Portuguese football player, born in Anadia.

Player

He started playing football at an early age for Salesianos de Mogofores (in Anadia municipality), then he went to Anadia, a bigger team, and when he was 17 years old he joined Académica de Coimbra (Académica) for the hand of Mário Wilson who was Académica's manager at the time. In Coimbra he made part of the team which achieved the final of Portuguese Football Cup in 1967, losing the match for Vitória de Setúbal after an extra-time. In June 9 1968 he signed for Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Benfica), for a transfer fee of 1 305 000 PTE (about 6,500 euros today without inflation). There he became one of the most renowned players of Benfica's history. Portuguese Footballer of the Year in 1972.

He had 33 caps for Portugal national football team, from 12 October 1969, in a 0-1 defeat with Romania, during the World Cup qualifyings, to 8 March 1978, in a 0-2 defeat with France, in a friendly match.

He also played at the Independence Brazil Cup in 1972, were Portugal lost the final to Brazil. He finished his career in Benfica, in 1980/81.

Coach

As a coach, Toni worked for Benfica, where he reached the European Champions Cup final in 1988 and won the Portuguese Football Championship in 1994, Girondins de Bordeaux, Sevilla FC, Shenyang Ginde and Al-Ahli (Dubai).

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=19221 national-football-teams.com]