- José Couceiro
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playername = José Couceiro
fullname = José Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1962|10|4
cityofbirth =Lisbon
countryofbirth =Portugal
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manageryears = 2002-2004
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managerclubs = AlvercaVitória Setúbal FC Porto Belenenses
Portugal U21FBK Kaunas
LithuaniaJosé Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro, known simply as José Couceiro (born
4 October 1962 inLisbon ,Portugal ) is a football manager, that despite his young age already served as president for the SJPF (Portuguese Football Players' Union) and manager in the SportingPublic company . He is a known fan of the Lisbon side, and related to club legend and member of "The Five Violins"Fernando Peyroteo .Football
As a manager, Couceiro's career is marked with the relegation of
F.C. Alverca in the 2003-04 season. He bounced back with a very good run with Vitória de Setúbal, and won the best portuguese coach prize. Then José Couceiro signed forF.C. Porto on1 February 2005 . Couceiro then managed Belenenses ofLisbon during the 2005-06 season. In August 2006 he was appointed manager of thePortugal national under-21 football team , reaching good results in the UEFA championship.He was then appointed the
head coach ofFBK Kaunas , theLithuania nA Lyga club controlled byVladimir Romanov , in July 2008. On the 5th of August, 2008 FBK Kaunas, playing in a Champions League play-off match, beat 2007UEFA Cup finalistsRangers FC of Scotland 2-1 on aggregate to qualify for the third round for the first time in their history [McMillan, Martin. [http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/football/display.var.2403369.0.Kaunas_replace_manager.php Kaunas replace manager] , "The Herald (Glasgow) ",July 19 2008 . ]He became a head coach of
Lithuania national football team inAugust 14 ,2008 . In his first competitive match as manager, Lithuania defeated Romania 3-0 inCluj-Napoca for a2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier. [citenews|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/fixturesresults/round=15218/match=301833/report=rp.html |title=Lithuania run rings around Romania|publisher=UEFA|date=2008-08-06|accessdate=2008-08-06]Family
Fernando Peyroteo , former football player, is Couceiro's grand-uncle. António César de Vasconcelos Correia, 1st Viscount and 1st Count deTorres Novas and 93rd Governor of India, was his great-great-great-uncle.Augusto de Vasconcelos was his second cousin three times removed.His father, an
engineer also named José Martins Couceiro, born inAngola in 1928 and deceased onSeptember 30 ,2005 , was the first chairman of the formerClube Académico de Coimbra in 1974. Married to Clara, he is the father of three daughters, Catarina (b. 1991), Sofia (b. 1994) and Beatriz (b. 1996).References
External links
* [http://www.geneall.net/P/per_page.php?id=575582 José Couceiro's genealogy in a Portuguese genealogical site]
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