Carlos Manuel

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Correia and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Carlos Manuel

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Manuel Correia dos Santos
Date of birth	(1958-01-15) 15 January 1958
Place of birth	Moita, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sanat Naft (coach)
Youth career
	CUF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1978	CUF	2	(0)
1978–1979	Barreirense	30	(2)
1979–1987	Benfica	215	(40)
1988	Sion	13	(10)
1988–1990	Sporting CP	48	(4)
1990–1992	Boavista	17	(0)
1992–1994	Estoril	45	(3)
International career
1980–1986	Portugal	42	(8)
Managerial career
1993–1996	Estoril
1996–1998	Salgueiros
1998	Sporting CP
1998	Braga
1999–2000	Campomaiorense
2000–2001	Santa Clara
2001–2002	Salgueiros
2002	Santa Clara
2002–2003	Salgueiros
2004–2005	Olivais Moscavide
2007–2009	Atlético
2009–2011	Oriental
2011–2012	1º Agosto
2012–2014	Guinea-Bissau
2014–	Sanat Naft
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Manuel Correia dos Santos (pronounced: [ˈkaɾluʃ mɐnuˈɛɫ]; born 15 January 1958), known as Carlos Manuel, is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, and the current manager of Iranian club Sanat Naft FC.

Best known for his spell at Benfica, for which he appeared in 318 official games over the course of eight-and-a-half seasons, scoring 58 goals. He was also a leading figure for the national team during the better part of the 1980s and, after retiring, he embarked on a lengthy spell as coach.

Having won more than 40 caps for Portugal in six years, Manuel represented the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Born in Moita, Setúbal District, Carlos Manuel made his football debuts with G.D. CUF, moving in 1978 to F.C. Barreirense. He reached the Portuguese top level as he signed with S.L. Benfica, still in Lisbon, going on to be an influential member of a side that won four leagues and six cups in the 80's, as well as finishing runner-up to R.S.C. Anderlecht in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup.

After falling out of favour with the club's management, Manuel moved in January 1988 to Switzerland with FC Sion. Only five months later, he returned to the Portuguese capital after signing with Sporting Clube de Portugal. After a solid first season his career began winding down, and he finally retired midway through the 1993–94 campaign, whilst at G.D. Estoril Praia – he had previously represented Boavista Futebol Clube for two years; he was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever.

After retiring at 36, Carlos Manuel took on coaching, having managed with little success a host of clubs, mainly in the Lisbon area. Midway through 1997–98, he bought out his contract at S.C. Salgueiros and joined Sporting, but the Lions could only finish fourth and he was sacked, a fate he met mere months after at S.C. Braga.

International career

For the Portuguese national team, Carlos Manuel was capped on 42 occasions, scoring eight goals. His debut came on 26 March 1980 in a 1–4 away loss against Scotland for the UEFA Euro 1980 qualifiers.

Three of those goals were memorable: the win over Poland in Wrocław on 28 October 1983, which helped Portugal qualify for Euro 1984; the historic victory in West Germany on 16 October 1985, which secured qualification for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and in the latter competition's final stages, the win over England in the group opener (all three matches finished 1–0 for Portugal).

After the 1986 World Cup loss to Morocco, with the national side being ousted in the group stages – the competition was also stained by the Portuguese players' involvement in the Saltillo Affair – Manuel retired from the international scene, at only 28.

Carlos Manuel: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 October 1980	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal	United States	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	21 September 1983	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Finland	2–0	5–0	Euro 1984 qualifying
3	28 October 1983	Olympic Stadium (Wrocław), Wroclaw, Poland	Poland	0–1	0–1	Euro 1984 qualifying
4	14 October 1984	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Czechoslovakia	2–1	2–1	1986 World Cup qualification
5	30 January 1985	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Romania	2–0	2–3	Friendly
6	10 February 1985	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	0–1	1–3	1986 World Cup qualification
7	16 October 1985	Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stuttgart), Stuttgart, West Germany	West Germany	0–1	0–1	1986 World Cup qualification
8	3 June 1986	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico	England	1–0	1–0	1986 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Club

Benfica

• Primeira Liga (4): 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87
• Taça de Portugal (6): 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1991–92
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1979, 1984
• Taça de Honra (2)
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1982–83

Individual

• Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1985

External links

• Carlos Manuel at footballzz.co.uk
• Carlos Manuel profile at ForaDeJogo
• Carlos Manuel manager stats at ForaDeJogo
• Carlos Manuel at National-Football-Teams.com
• Carlos Manuel – FIFA competition record
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football