Manuel José Vieira
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Manuel José Azevedo Vieira (born 4 February 1981 in Vila Nova de Gaia
, Porto
), known as Manuel José, is a Portuguese
footballer who plays for F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the Portuguese first division.
Mainly a right midfielder
, he can also play as an offensive right back.
After a solid season with Porto's neighbours Boavista FC, José joined Romania
's CFR Cluj
Portuguese contingent in June 2006, for €
300,000. During his first season, he was a first team regular and the team player with the most assists
, accumulating eleven decisive passes. However, with the arrival of Ioan Andone
as head coach during the summer of 2007, he lost his place in the starting eleven and failed to regain that position.
On 6 February 2009, José terminated the contract that bound him with Cluj. In July, he returned to Portugal, signing with F.C. Paços de Ferreira.
Vila Nova de Gaia
Vila Nova de Gaia, or simply Gaia is a city in Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality, Portugal. It is located in the Porto District, south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper has a population of 178,255 and the municipality contains 24 parishes with a total...
, Porto
Porto District
The District of Porto , sometimes Oporto in English, is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country...
), known as Manuel José, is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
footballer who plays for F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the Portuguese first division.
Mainly a right midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
, he can also play as an offensive right back.
Football career
José unsuccessfully graduated from F.C. Porto's academy, going on to serve a number of loans in almost four year, before being released in June 2005. He made his first division debuts with Académica de Coimbra, where he played from January–June 2003.After a solid season with Porto's neighbours Boavista FC, José joined Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
's CFR Cluj
CFR Cluj
CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...
Portuguese contingent in June 2006, for €
Euro
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300,000. During his first season, he was a first team regular and the team player with the most assists
Assist (football)
In association football, an assist is a contribution by a player which helps to score a goal. Statistics for assists made by players may be kept officially by the organisers of a competition, or unofficially by, for example, journalists or organisers of fantasy football competitions...
, accumulating eleven decisive passes. However, with the arrival of Ioan Andone
Ioan Andone
Ioan Andone is a Romanian football coach and former player.-Career:He made his Divizia A debut with Corvinul Hunedoara in 1979. He later went to Dinamo Bucureşti where he helped win the league title in 1984 and 1990 and the cup title in 1984, 1986 and 1990. In 1990 he was bought by Spanish team...
as head coach during the summer of 2007, he lost his place in the starting eleven and failed to regain that position.
On 6 February 2009, José terminated the contract that bound him with Cluj. In July, he returned to Portugal, signing with F.C. Paços de Ferreira.