Manuel José de Jesus Silva, ComM, known simply as Manuel José (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛɫ ʒuˈzɛ]; born 9 April 1946 in Vila Real de Santo António), is a Portuguese football manager, who has recently managed Al-Ahly. Some of the teams he has coached include Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting CP, Sporting de Braga, Boavista, Benfica, Al-Ahly, Belenenses, Angola, amongst others, being the coach with most games in the Primeira Liga.
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Manuel José de Jesus Silva, ComM, known simply as Manuel José (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛɫ ʒuˈzɛ]; born 9 April 1946 in Vila Real de Santo António), is a Portuguese football manager, who has recently managed Al-Ahly. Some of the teams he has coached include Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting CP, Sporting de Braga, Boavista, Benfica, Al-Ahly, Belenenses, Angola, amongst others, being the coach with most games in the Primeira Liga.
He is regarded as one of the most successful club coaches in CAF competitions, having won the main African club tournament, the CAF Champions League, a record of four times and guiding his team to four consecutive CAF Champions League finals between 2005 and 2008, winning three of those finals. He has also won the CAF Super Cup in 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2009 and was the first manager to take an African team to the medal positions in the FIFA Club World Cup in 2006.
Manuel José first started to manage S.C. Espinho in 1978, where he gain promotion to the 1979...
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