Vítor Pontes

Vítor Pontes

Personal information
Full name	Vítor Manuel Pereira Pontes
Date of birth	(1958-08-16) 16 August 1958
Place of birth	Leiria, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Sichuan Longfor
Youth career
1972–1976	União Leiria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1985	União Leiria
1977–1978	→ Vieirense (loan)
1985–1987	Vitória Guimarães	0	(0)
1987–1988	O Elvas	5	(0)
1988–1989	Louletano
1989–1992	Nacional	3	(0)
1992–1993	Tirsense	0	(0)
1993–1994	Guarda	14	(0)
Managerial career
2002	União Leiria
2003–2005	União Leiria
2005–2006	Vitória Guimarães
2007–2009	Portimonense
2011	União Leiria
2012–2013	Chibuto
2014	Ferroviário Maputo
2016–	Sichuan Longfor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vítor Manuel Pereira Pontes (born 16 August 1958) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and a current manager.

Football career

Born in Leiria, Pontes started his professional career with local União Desportiva. However, during his 18 years as a senior, he played almost exclusively as a backup, only appearing in seven first division games during his career: five for O Elvas C.A.D. in the 1987–88 season, and two for C.D. Nacional in two years combined.

After retiring in 1994 at age 36 with lowly A.D. Guarda (third level), Pontes began immediately working as a goalkeeper coach with his first club, also going to serve there as an assistant manager.

He then coached Leiria's first team for two full seasons after a brief interim spell in 2002, subsequently signing with Vitória de Guimarães for the 2005–06 campaign and being one of two managers in a season which ended in top division relegation – the other was Jaime Pacheco.

In 2007 Pontes signed with second level side Portimonense SC, and remained there two seasons. On 8 September 2011, after two years out of the managerial scene, he returned to active and União de Leiria, replacing fired Pedro Caixinha. His first game in charge was a 1–0 away win against S.C. Beira-Mar, but he left his post after only one more match, however.

In September 2012, Pontes took over at FC Chibuto in Mozambique.

Other ventures

After leaving Portimonense, Pontes worked as a football pundit for Sport TV, in the channel's domestic and UEFA Champions League coverage.

External links

• Vítor Pontes at footballzz.co.uk
• Vítor Pontes profile at ForaDeJogo
• Vítor Pontes manager stats at ForaDeJogo