Vítor Manuel
Portuguese footballer (born 1970)
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Vítor Manuel Sousa Ferreira (born 9 September 1970), known as Vítor Manuel, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played 188 Primeira Liga games for Belenenses, Campomaiorense, Farense, Varzim and Aves, scoring 11 goals. With Campomaiorense, he won the second-tier title in 1997 and played in the Taça de Portugal final in 1999.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vítor Manuel Sousa Ferreira | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Aves, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1988 | Aves | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1993 | Aves | 107 | (19) |
| 1993–1995 | Belenenses | 31 | (3) |
| 1995–1999 | Campomaiorense | 108 | (12) |
| 1999–2001 | Farense | 55 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Varzim | 15 | (0) |
| 2002–2007 | Aves | 124 | (19) |
| Total | 440 | (53) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Aves in Santo Tirso, Vítor Manuel was a youth player at local C.D. Aves, where he made his senior debut in 1988 in the Segunda Divisão.[1] In 1993, he transferred to his first Primeira Liga club, C.F. Os Belenenses.[1]
In 1995, Vítor Manuel was loaned to S.C. Campomaiorense. He played 25 games in his first season and scored once in a 3–1 loss away to Belenenses on 8 February as his team ended the campaign with relegation.[1][2] The team achieved instant promotion back as champions in 1996–97 and over the next two top-flight seasons he scored six times in 49 games; he ranked fifth for first-division appearances for the club from the Alentejo.[1][2] He helped them to the Taça de Portugal final in 1999, and came on as a 62nd-minute substitute for Basílio Marques in the 1–0 loss to S.C. Beira-Mar.[3]
Campomaiorense's cup run led to interest in Vítor Manuel from UD Salamanca of Spain,[4] but he instead joined S.C. Farense in 1999, where he stayed for two seasons.[5] In July 2001, the 30-year-old joined Varzim S.C. due to his desire to return to his native northern Portugal for the first time in eight years, and first time with a top-flight club.[6] After a year there, he returned to Aves for the remainder of his career, playing his last year of 2006–07 in a season that ended with relegation from the top league.[1]
Personal life
Vítor Manuel's son of the same first name, known as Vitinha, also became a professional footballer. He represented clubs including FC Porto, Paris Saint-Germain FC, and the Portugal national team.[1]
Honours
Campomaiorense