- Manuel da Luz Afonso
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Manuel da Luz Afonso (Loulé, 31 January 1917 - 15 October 2000) was a Portuguese football manager.
He was the Head of the Football Departament of Benfica, during their 1960s Golden Era, until 1964 when he was called to work for the Portugal national football team as seleccionador ("the selector"), with Otto Glória as the coach. That meant that Afonso would be choosing the players but would not be the coach in charge of the squad.
They took over on 15 November 1964, with a 2–1 win over Spain, in a friendly match. It was a promising start to the successful campaign Portugal had in the lead up to the 1966 World Cup finals, in England. Portugal qualified for the first time, eliminating the world vice-champions Czechoslovakia. Portugal went on to reach the third place at the World Cup finals.
Manuel da Luz Afonso left the National Team following the 1–2 loss to Sweden, on 13 November 1966, in a European Championship qualifier. He left the Portuguese squad after 20 matches, with 15 wins, 2 ties and 3 defeats, still the best record ever for his country.
External links
Portugal national football team – managers Selection Committee (Carlos Vilar/Pedro Del Negro/Reis Gonçalves/Virgílio Paula/Piocido Duro/Júlio Araújo/Pereira Júnior/Narciso Freire/Guilherme Sousa/Raul Nunes/
Ribeiro dos Reis) (1921–1923) · Ribeiro dos Reis (1925–1926) · Cândido de Oliveira/Ricardo Ornelas/João Brito (1926–1929) · Maia Loureiro (1929) · Laurindo Grijó/Augusto Pedrosa (1930) · Tavares/Augusto Pedrosa (1931) · Salvador do Carmo/Armando Sampaio/Salviano Perfeito (1932–1933) · Cândido de Oliveira (1935–1945) · Tavares (1945–1947) · Virgílio Paula/Martinho Oliveira/João Brito (1947–1948) · Armando Sampaio (1949) · Salvador do Campo/João Brito/Amadeu Rodrigues (1950) · Tavares (1951) · Cândido de Oliveira (1952) · Salvador do Carmo (1953–1954) · Fernando Vaz (1954) · Tavares (1955–1957) · Maria Antunes (1957–1960) · Ferreira (1961) · Peyroteo (1961) · Ferreira (1962) · Maria Antunes (1962–1964) · Luz Afonso/Glória (1964–1966) · Gomes (1967) · Maria Antunes (1968–1969) · Gomes (1970–1971) · José Augusto (1972–1973) · Pedroto (1974–1977) · Juca (1977–1978) · Wilson (1978–1980) · Juca (1980–1982) · Glória (1982–1983) · Cabrita (1983–1984) · Torres (1984–1986) · Seabra (1986–1987) · Juca (1987–1989) · Artur Jorge (1989–1991) · Queiroz (1991–1993) · Vingada (1993–1994) · António Oliveira (1994–1996) · Artur Jorge (1996–97) · Coelho (1997–2000) · António Oliveira (2000–2002) · Agostinho Oliveira (2002) · Scolari (2003–2008) · Queiroz (2008–2010) · Bento (2010–)Categories:- 1917 births
- 2000 deaths
- Portuguese football managers
- Portugal national football team managers
- Portuguese football biography stubs
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