The outstanding Portuguese coach coached six national teams (Portugal, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran, Colombia and Egypt) for (in total) 236 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 1- 3-1953 Country: Mozambique (Portuguese citizen) Matches as Coach: 236 (W129-D65-L42 – GF368-GA177 – %68.43) Matches as Coach for Portugal: 49 (W 26-D16-L 7 – GF 76-GA 26 – %69.39) Matches as Coach for UA Emirates: 19 (W 10-D 2-L 7 – GF 31-GA 37 – %57.89) Matches as Coach for South Africa: 24 (W 10-D 8-L 6 – GF 24-GA 19 – %58.33) Matches as Coach for Iran: 107 (W 64-D28-L15 – GF192-GA 69 – %72.90) Matches as Coach for Colombia: 18 (W 9-D 5-L 4 – GF 22-GA 17 – %63.88) Matches as Coach for Egypt: 19 (W 10-D 6-L 3 – GF 23-GA 9 – %68.42) Age First Match: 38 yr 187 d 4- 9-1991 vs. Austria 1-1 Age Last Match: 69 yr 273 d 29-11-2022 vs. United States 0-1 National Team Career: 31 yr 86 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
Coach for Portugal
first tenure
1 4- 9-91 Oporto Austria 1-1
2 11- 9-91 Oporto Finland 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
3 12-10-91 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-1
4 16-10-91 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
5 20-11-91 Lisboa Greece 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
6 15- 1-92 Torres Novas Spain 0-0
7 12- 2-92 Faro Netherlands 2-0
8 31- 5-92 New Haven Italy 0-0 US Cup
9 3- 6-92 Chicago United States 1-0 US Cup
10 7- 6-92 Foxborough Ireland 0-2 US Cup
11 2- 9-92 Linz Austria 1-1
12 14-10-92 Glasgow Scotland 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 11-11-92 Saint-Ouen Bulgaria 2-1
14 24- 1-93 La Valletta Malta 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 10- 2-93 Faro Norway 1-1
16 24- 2-93 Oporto Italy 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
17 31- 3-93 Bern Switzerland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
18 28- 4-93 Lisboa Scotland 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 19- 6-93 Oporto Malta 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 5- 9-93 Tallinn Estonia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
21 13-10-93 Oporto Switzerland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
22 10-11-93 Lisboa Estonia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
23 17-11-93 Milano Italy 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
second tenure
24 20- 8-08 Aveiro Faroe Islands 5-0
25 6- 9-08 La Valletta Malta 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
26 10- 9-08 Lisboa Denmark 2-3 World Cup Qualifier
27 11-10-08 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
28 15-10-08 Braga Albania 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 19-11-08 Brasília Brazil 2-6
30 11- 2-09 Faro-Loulé Finland 1-0
31 28- 3-09 Oporto Sweden 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 31- 3-09 Lausanne South Africa 2-0
33 6- 6-09 Tiranë Albania 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
34 10- 6-09 Tallinn Estonia 0-0
35 12- 8-09 Vaduz Liechtenstein 3-0
36 5- 9-09 København Denmark 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
37 9- 9-09 Budapest Hungary 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
38 10-10-09 Lisboa Hungary 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
39 14-10-09 Guimarães Malta 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
40 14-11-09 Lisboa Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
41 18-11-09 Zenica Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
42 3- 3-10 Coimbra China 2-0
43 24- 5-10 Covilhã Cape Verde Isl. 0-0
44 1- 6-10 Covilhã Cameroon 3-1
45 8- 6-10 Johannesburg Mozambique 3-0
46 15- 6-10 Port Elizabeth Ivory Coast 0-0 World Cup
47 21- 6-10 Cape Town North Korea 7-0 World Cup
48 25- 6-10 Durban Brazil 0-0 World Cup
49 29- 6-10 Cape Town Spain 0-1 World Cup
Coach for United Arab Emirates
1 16- 9-98 Dubai Libya 5-1
2 27- 9-98 Doha Sudan 4-1 Arab Cup
3 29- 9-98 Doha Qatar 1-2 Arab Cup
4 1-10-98 Doha Kuwait 1-4 Arab Cup
5 17-10-98 Abu Dhabi Sudan 2-1 International Tourn.
6 19-10-98 Abu Dhabi Syria 1-0 International Tourn.
7 21-10-98 Abu Dhabi Lebanon 1-0 International Tourn.
8 30-10-98 Manama Bahrain 1-0 Gulf Cup
9 3-11-98 Manama Oman 3-2 Gulf Cup
10 5-11-98 Manama Qatar 0-0 Gulf Cup
11 8-11-98 Manama Saudi Arabia 0-1 Gulf Cup
12 12-11-98 Manama Kuwait 1-4 Gulf Cup
13 25-11-98 Singapore Singapore 4-0
14 2-12-98 Songkhla North Korea 3-3 [1] Asian Games
15 7-12-98 Bangkok Kuwait 0-5 Asian Games
16 9-12-98 Bangkok South Korea 1-2 Asian Games
17 11-12-98 Bangkok Japan U-21 1-0 [*] Asian Games
18 20- 8-99 Amman Lebanon 2-0 Pan Arab Games
19 23- 8-99 Al Quaisma Palestine 0-1 Pan Arab Games
[1] UA Emirates won 4-1 on penalty kicks.
[*] Not full A for FIFA.
Coach for South Africa
1 7-10-00 Johannesburg France 0-0 N. Mandela Cup
2 16-12-00 Johannesburg Liberia 2-1 African Cup Qual.
3 25- 4-01 Perugia Italy 0-1
4 13- 1-01 Bellevue-Harel Mauritius 1-1 African Cup Qual.
5 27- 1-01 Rustenburg Burkina Faso 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
6 25- 2-01 Blantyre Malawi 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
7 24- 3-01 Port Elizabeth Mauritius 3-0 African Cup Qual.
8 29- 4-01 Maputo Mozambique 3-0 COSAFA Cup
9 5- 5-01 Johannesburg Zimbabwe 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
10 3- 6-01 Monrovia Liberia 1-1 African Cup Qual.
11 17- 6-01 Durban Congo-Brazz. 0-0 African Cup Qual.
12 1- 7-01 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
13 14- 7-01 Durban Malawi 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
14 21- 7-01 Blantyre Malawi 0-1 COSAFA Cup
15 15- 8-01 Stockholm Sweden 0-3
16 10-11-01 Johannesburg Egypt 1-0
17 15- 1-02 Mmabatho Angola 1-0
18 20- 1-02 Ségou Burkina Faso 0-0 African Nations Cup
19 24- 1-02 Ségou Ghana 0-0 African Nations Cup
20 30- 1-02 Ségou Morocco 3-1 African Nations Cup
21 3- 2-02 Kayès Mali 0-2 African Nations Cup
22 20- 3-02 Pistoia Saudi Arabia 0-1
23 27- 3-02 Radès Georgia 1-4
24 30- 3-02 Gaborone Botswana 0-0 [1] COSAFA Cup
[1] South Africa won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Iran
first tenure
1 17- 7-11 Tehran Madagascar 1-0
2 23- 7-11 Tehran Maldives 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 28- 7-11 Malé Maldives 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
4 2- 9-11 Tehran Indonesia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
5 6- 9-11 Doha Qatar 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
6 5-10-11 Tehran Palestine 7-0
7 11-10-11 Tehran Bahrain 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
8 11-11-11 Manama Bahrain 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
9 15-11-11 Jakarta Indonesia 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
10 23- 2-12 Dubai Jordan 2-2
11 29- 2-12 Tehran Qatar 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
12 18- 4-12 Tehran Mauritania 2-0
13 2- 5-12 Tehran Mozambique 3-0
14 27- 5-12 Istanbul Albania 0-1
15 3- 6-12 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 12- 6-12 Tehran Qatar 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 15- 8-12 Kecskemét Tunisia 2-2
18 5- 9-12 Amman Jordan 0-0
19 11- 9-12 Beirut Lebanon 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
20 16-10-12 Tehran South Korea 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
21 6-11-12 Tehran Tajikistan 6-1
22 14-11-12 Tehran Uzbekistan 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
23 9-12-12 Kuwait City Saudi Arabia 0-0 WAFF Tournament
24 12-12-12 Kuwait City Bahrain 0-0 WAFF Tournament
25 15-12-12 Kuwait City Yemen 2-1 WAFF Tournament
26 6- 2-13 Tehran Lebanon 5-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
27 26- 3-13 Kuwait City Kuwait 1-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
28 22- 5-13 Muscat Oman 1-3
29 4- 6-13 Doha Qatar 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
30 11- 6-13 Tehran Lebanon 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
31 18- 6-13 Ulsan South Korea 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 15-10-13 Tehran Thailand 2-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
33 15-11-13 Bangkok Thailand 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
34 19-11-13 Beirut Lebanon 4-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
35 3- 3-14 Tehran Kuwait 3-2 Asian Cup Qualifier
36 5- 3-14 Tehran Guinea 1-2
37 18- 5-14 Kapfenberg Belarus 0-0
38 26- 5-14 Hartberg Montenegro 0-0
39 30- 5-14 Hartberg Angola 1-1
40 8- 6-14 São Paulo Trinidad/Tobago 2-0
41 16- 5-14 Curitiba Nigeria 0-0 World Cup
42 21- 6-14 Belo Horizonte Argentina 0-1 World Cup
43 25- 6-14 Salvador Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-3 World Cup
44 18-11-14 Tehran South Korea 1-0
45 4- 1-15 Wollongong Iraq 1-0
46 11- 1-15 Melbourne Bahrain 2-0 Asian Nations Cup
47 15- 1-15 Sydney Qatar 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
48 19- 1-15 Brisbane UA Emirates 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
49 23- 1-15 Canberra Iraq 3-3 [1] Asian Nations Cup
50 26- 3-15 St. Pölten Chile 2-0
51 31- 3-15 Stockholm Sweden 1-3
52 11- 6-15 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-0
53 16- 6-15 Dashoguz Turkmenistan 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
54 3- 9-15 Tehran Guam 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
55 8- 9-15 Bangalore India 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
56 8-10-15 Muscat Oman 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
57 13-10-15 Tehran Japan 1-1
58 12-11-15 Tehran Turkmenistan 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
59 17-11-15 Dededo Guam 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
60 24- 3-16 Tehran India 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
61 29- 3-16 Tehran Oman 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
62 2- 6-16 Skopje Macedonia 3-1
63 7- 6-16 Tehran Kyrgyzstan 6-0
64 1- 9-16 Tehran Qatar 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
65 6- 9-16 Shenyang China 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
66 6-10-16 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
67 11-10-16 Tehran South Korea 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
68 10-11-16 Shah Alam Papua N. Guinea 8-1
69 15-11-16 Paroi Syria 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
70 23- 3-17 Doha Qatar 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
71 28- 3-17 Tehran China 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
72 4- 6-17 Podgorica Montenegro 2-1
73 12- 6-17 Tehran Uzbekistan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
74 31- 8-17 Seoul South Korea 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
75 5- 9-17 Tehran Syria 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
76 5-10-17 Tehran Togo 2-0
77 10-10-17 Kazan Russia 1-1
78 9-11-17 Graz Panama 2-1
79 13-11-17 Nijmegen Venezuela 1-0
80 17- 3-18 Tehran Sierra Leone 4-0
81 23- 3-18 Radès Tunisia 0-1
82 27- 3-18 Graz Algeria 2-1
83 18- 5-18 Tehran Uzbekistan 1-0
84 28- 5-18 Istanbul Turkey 1-2
85 8- 6-18 Moskva Lithuania 1-0
86 15- 6-18 St. Peterburg Morocco 1-0 World Cup
87 20- 6-18 Kazan Spain 0-1 World Cup
88 25- 6-18 Saransk Portugal 1-1 World Cup
89 10- 9-18 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-0
90 16-10-18 Tehran Bolivia 2-1
91 15-11-18 Tehran Trinidad/Tobago 1-0
92 20-11-18 Doha Venezuela 1-1
93 24-12-18 Doha Palestine 1-1
94 31-12-18 Doha Qatar 2-1
95 7- 1-19 Abu Dhabi Yemen 5-0 Asian Nations Cup
96 12- 1-19 Abu Dhabi Vietnam 2-0 Asian Nations Cup
97 16- 1-19 Dubai Iraq 0-0 Asian Nations Cup
98 20- 1-19 Abu Dhabi Oman 2-0 Asian Nations Cup
99 24- 1-19 Abu Dhabi China 3-0 Asian Nations Cup
100 28- 1-19 Al-Ain Japan 0-3 Asian Nations Cup
second tenure
101 23- 9-22 St. Pölten Uruguay 1-0
102 27- 9-22 Maria Enzersdf. Senegal 1-1
103 10-11-22 Tehran Nicaragua 1-0
104 16-11-22 Al-Rayyan Tunisia 0-2
105 21-11-22 Doha England 2-6 World Cup
106 25-11-22 Al-Rayyan Wales 2-0 World Cup
107 29-11-22 Doha United States 0-1 World Cup
[1] Iran lost 6-7 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Colombia
1 22- 3-19 Yokohama Japan 1-0 Kirin Cup
2 26- 3-19 Seoul South Korea 1-2
3 3- 6-19 Bogotá Panama 3-0
4 9- 6-19 Lima Peru 3-0
5 15- 6-19 Salvador Argentina 2-0 Copa América
6 19- 6-19 São Paulo Qatar 1-0 Copa América
7 23- 6-19 Salvador Paraguay 1-0 Copa América
8 28- 6-19 São Paulo Chile 0-0 [1] Copa América
9 6- 9-19 Miami Brazil 2-2
10 10- 9-19 Tampa Venezuela 0-0
11 12-10-19 Alicante Chile 0-0
12 15-10-19 Lille Algeria 0-3
13 15-11-19 Miami Peru 1-0
14 19-11-19 Harrison Ecuador 1-0
15 9-10-20 Barranquilla Venezuela 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 13-10-20 Santiago Chile 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
17 13-11-20 Barranquilla Uruguay 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
18 17-11-20 Quito Ecuador 1-5 World Cup Qualifier
[1] Colombia lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Egypt
1 8-10-21 Borg El-Arab Libya 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
2 11-10-21 Benghazi Libya 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 12-11-21 Luanda Angola 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
4 16-11-21 Borg El-Arab Gabon 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
5 1-12-21 Doha Lebanon 1-0 Arab Cup
6 4-12-21 Doha Sudan 5-0 Arab Cup
7 7-12-21 Al Wakrah Algeria 1-1 Arab Cup
8 11-12-21 Al Wakrah Jordan 3-1 Arab Cup
9 15-12-21 Doha Tunisia 0-1 Arab Cup
10 18-12-21 Doha Qatar 0-0 [1] Arab Cup
11 11- 1-22 Garoua Nigeria 0-1 African Nations Cup
12 15- 1-22 Garoua Guinea Bissau 1-0 African Nations Cup
13 19- 1-22 Yaoundé Sudan 1-0 African Nations Cup
14 26- 1-22 Douala Ivory Coast 0-0 [2] African Nations Cup
15 30- 1-22 Yaoundé Morocco 2-1 African Nations Cup
16 3- 2-22 Yaoundé Cameroon 0-0 [3] African Nations Cup
17 6- 2-22 Yaoundé Senegal 0-0 [4] African Nations Cup
18 25- 3-22 Cairo Senegal 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 29- 3-22 Dakar Senegal 0-1 [5] World Cup Qualifier
[1] Egypt lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Egypt won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[3] Egypt won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Egypt lost 3-1 on penalty kicks.
[5] Egypt lost 1-3 on penalty kicks.
NB: the match against Liberia (2-0, 30- 9-21 in Alexandria) was not full A and
is therefore not included here; Egypt made 10 substitutions.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
236 129 65 42 368- 177 323 68.43
Types of Matches
Friendlies 79
World Cup Qualifier 71
World Cup 13
African Nations Cup 11
Asian Nations Cup 10
Arab Cup 9
Asian Cup Qualifier 6
African Cup Qualifier 5
Gulf Cup 5
Asian Games 4
Copa América 4
COSAFA Cup 3
European Ch. Qualifier 3
WAFF Tournament 3
Pan Arab Games 2
Other Tournaments 8
Total matches: 236
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