Carlos Manuel

Football player infobox2 | playername= Carlos Manuel


fullname = Carlos Manuel Correia Dos Santos
nickname = Carlão de Estugarda
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1958|1|15|mf=y
cityofbirth = Moita
countryofbirth = Portugal
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currentclub =
position = Midfielder (Retired)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1975-1978
1978-1979
1979-1988
1987-1988
1988-1990
1990-1992
1992-1994
clubs = CUF
FC Barreirense
SL Benfica
FC Sion
Sporting
Boavista FC
Estoril
caps(goals) = 2 (0)
30 (2)
320 (58)
12 (6)
62 (6)
17 (0)
45 (3)
managerclubs = Estoril
Salgueiros
Sporting
SC Braga
Campomaiorense
Santa Clara
Salgueiros
Santa Clara
Salgueiros
Olivais Moscavide
Atlético
manageryears = 1993-1996
1996-1998
1998-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2001-2002
2002-2003
2004-2005
2007-
nationalyears = 1980-1986
nationalteam = Portugal
nationalcaps(goals) = 42 (8)
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Carlos Manuel Correia dos Santos (born Moita, 15 January, 1958) commonly known by Carlos Manuel, was a Portuguese football player and is a current football manager. He was one of the best Portuguese offensive midfielders of the 1980s, being a key figure both for SL Benfica and the Portuguese national team, participating in the Euro 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals. He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper "Record" as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever.

Club career

He first attracted attention while playing for CUF and for FC Barreirense and moved to Benfica in 1979/80. Here he won three championships, Primeira Divisão, in the 1982-83, 1983-84 and 1986-87 seasons, as well as three Cups of Portugal, in 1985, 1986, and 1987. He also played at the UEFA Cup finals, in 1983, lost to Anderlecht. During his time at Benfica.He quit the national team after the "Saltillo Affair" and played for Benfica until the 1987-88 season, during which he moved to FC Sion in Switzerland. He later returned to Portugal, playing for Sporting Lisbon for the 1988/89 and 1989/90 seasons, before moving to Boavista FC, where he stayed until 1991/92. He played the last two seasons of his career at GD Estoril-Praia. He finished his playing career in middle of the 1993-94 season, to become a football manager.The biggest club he coached was Sporting Lisbon, where he was relatively unsuccessful.

International career

For the Portuguese national team, the "Selecção Nacional", he played 42 caps and scored 8 goals.Carlos Manuel debuted for the national team on March 26 1980, in a 1-4 1982 World Cup qualifying defeat to Scotland. Three of them were particularly memorable: the goal in the 1-0 win over Poland in Wrocław on October 28, 1983, which helped Portugal to qualify for Euro 84; the shot in the historic 1-0 victory over Germany in Stuttgart on 16 October 1985, which secured qualification for the 1986 World Cup, and the goal in the 1-0 win over England in the first game of the finals in Mexico. However, the 1-3 loss to Morocco on 11 July 1986 meant the elimination of Portugal from the tournament and turned out to be Carlos Manuel's last cap for his country, at the age of just 28.

Honours

*Portuguese National Championship 1981,1983,1984,1987
*Cup of Portugal 1981,1983,1985,1986,1987,1992
*SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira 1980,1985
*Portuguese Footballer of the Year 1985