Álvaro Magalhães

For the writer, see Álvaro Magalhães (writer).

Álvaro

Personal information
Full name	Álvaro Monteiro Magalhães
Date of birth	(1961-01-03) 3 January 1961
Place of birth	Lamego, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1975–1978	Cracks Lamego
1978–1979	Académica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1981	Académica	56	(1)
1981–1990	Benfica	177	(6)
1990–1991	Estrela Amadora	19	(0)
1991–1993	Leixões	41	(0)
Total		293	(7)
International career
1981–1988	Portugal	20	(0)
Managerial career
1994–1997	Lourosa
1997–1998	Santa Clara
1998	Chaves
1998–2000	Gil Vicente
2000–2001	Vitória Guimarães
2001–2002	Estrela Amadora
2002–2003	Naval
2003–2005	Benfica (assistant)
2005–2006	Naval
2006–2008	Olhanense
2008	Feirense
2008	Gloria Buzău
2009–2011	Interclube
2012	Nacional Benguela
2012–2013	Naval
2013–2014	Tondela
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Álvaro Monteiro Magalhães (born 3 January 1961), known simply as Álvaro, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left back, and a current manager.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 224 games and six goals over the course of 11 seasons, mainly with Benfica with which he spent nine years, winning ten major titles.

Álvaro represented Portugal at the 1986 World Cup and Euro 1984.

Club career

Born in Lamego, Álvaro made his top division debuts in 1980 with Académica de Coimbra, moving subsequently to S.L. Benfica. After two seasons he became first-choice, helping the Lisbon club to four leagues and as many domestic cups (three consecutive in the latter competition) while amassing more than 200 official appearances.

In June 1990, after only 13 games in his last two seasons combined – Benfica also appeared in two European Cup finals during that timeframe, but he was only a fringe player – Álvaro left and signed with neighbous C.F. Estrela da Amadora, helping the side to the second round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup; however, the league ended in relegation. He closed out his career at the age of 32 in the second level, with Leixões SC.

One year after retiring, Álvaro began a coaching career, working with several first and second division teams, his first experience in the former category being with G.D. Chaves in 1997–98, narrowly avoiding relegation.

From 2003 to 2005 he was assistant manager at Benfica, under José Antonio Camacho and Giovanni Trapattoni respectively, winning the league title in the second season. In the latter years of the decade, he had spells in Romania and Angola, being league champion in the latter country with G.D. Interclube, the second time in the Luanda club's history.

In November 2009 Magalhães penned a new two-year contract but, on 29 March 2011, he was relieved of his duties. In early February 2012, he was appointed coach of fellow Girabola side Clube Nacional de Benguela; shortly after, however, he returned to his country, signing with Associação Naval 1º de Maio which he had already managed in 2005–06's top flight and 2002–03's division two.

International career

Álvaro was capped 20 times for Portugal, his debut coming on 16 December 1981 in a 2–5 defeat with Bulgaria, a friendly match.

He was picked for the squads present at the UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. After the infamous Saltillo Affair in the latter he was one of the few players that did not defect from the national team, and his last international appearance came on 16 November 1988 in a 1–0 win against Luxembourg for the 1990 World Cup qualifiers, in Porto.

Honours

Player

• Primeira Liga (4): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89
• Taça de Portugal (4): 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87; Runner-up 1988–89
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1985, 1989
• Taça de Honra (1)
• European Cup: Runner-up 1987–88, 1989–90
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1982–83

Manager

• Angolan League: 2009–10

External links

• Álvaro Magalhães at footballzz.co.uk
• Álvaro Magalhães profile at ForaDeJogo
• Álvaro Magalhães manager stats at ForaDeJogo
• Álvaro Magalhães at National-Football-Teams.com
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football