Diamantino Miranda

Diamantino

Personal information
Full name	Diamantino Manuel Fernandes Miranda
Date of birth	(1959-08-03) 3 August 1959
Place of birth	Moita, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1973–1976	Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1977	Vitória Setúbal	26	(0)
1977–1981	Benfica	67	(12)
1980–1981	→ Amora (loan)	29	(0)
1981–1982	Boavista	28	(8)
1982–1990	Benfica	203	(50)
1990–1993	Vitória Setúbal	69	(11)
Total		422	(81)
International career
1981–1986	Portugal	22	(5)
Managerial career
1994–1995	Vitória Setúbal
1995–1996	Campomaiorense
1996	Desportivo Beja
1996–1997	Campomaiorense
1997–1998	Gil Vicente
1998–2000	Felgueiras
2003–2005	Felgueiras
2005–2007	Portimonense
2007–2008	Varzim
2008	Olhanense
2008–2010	Benfica (assistant)
2010	Fátima
2012–2013	Costa Sol
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diamantino Manuel Fernandes Miranda (born 3 August 1959), known simply as Diamantino in his playing days, is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach.

Diamantino most notably played for Benfica (11 seasons in two separate spells), appearing in more than 300 official games and winning 11 major titles. After retiring, he embarked in a lengthy managerial career.

An international in the early 80's, Diamantino represented Portugal at one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Born in Moita, Setúbal District, Diamantino was one of Sport Lisboa e Benfica's key players during the 1980s, winning several national champion and domestic cup titles. He also played in the UEFA Cup final in 1983, lost to R.S.C. Anderlecht (0–1 and 1–1), missing the European Cup final in 1988 due to an injury, in another defeat, this time to PSV Eindhoven on penalties.

Diamantino left Benfica at the end of the 1989–90 season, after appearing in just 15 league matches as the Eagles won the Portuguese Supercup. He was also an unused substitute in the club's second European Cup loss in three years, against A.C. Milan, moving in the subsequent offseason to first professional club Vitória de Setúbal where he played three more years, retiring at almost 34.

A manager since 1994 – starting at Setubal – Diamantino was appointed second division S.C. Olhanense's manager midway through the 2007–08 campaign, after having started the season at fellow league team Varzim SC. In May 2008 he was appointed assistant manager at Benfica, under new boss Quique Flores; both left the post at the end of the season, after which he moved to Benfica's youth sides.

In the 2010 summer Diamantino signed for C.D. Fátima in the second level, being fired in late November.

International career

Diamantino gained 22 caps with five goals for the Portuguese national team, his debut coming on 18 November 1981 in a 2–1 win against Scotland for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Diamantino represented the nation at both UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 World Cup. In the latter, on 11 July, in a 1–3 group stage loss to Morocco, he played his last match and scored his last goal.

Honours

Benfica

• Primeira Divisão (4): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89
• Taça de Portugal (5): 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87; Runner-up 1988–89
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1985, 1989; Runner-up 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
• European Cup: Runner-up 1987–88, 1989–90
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1982–83

External links

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