Octávio Machado
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Octávio Joaquim Coelho Machado | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Palmela, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1963–1968 | Palmelense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1975 | Vitória Setúbal | 146 | (16) |
| 1975–1980 | Porto | 84 | (8) |
| 1980–1983 | Vitória Setúbal | 77 | (1) |
| Total | 307 | (25) | |
| National team | |||
| 1971–1977 | Portugal | 19 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1983–1984 | Salgueiros | ||
| 1984–1992 | Porto (assistant) | ||
| 1996–1997 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2001–2002 | Porto | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Octávio Joaquim Coelho Machado (born 6 May 1949) is a Portuguese retired football defensive midfielder and coach.
Club career
Born in Palmela, Setúbal District, Machado was a leading player for Vitória de Setúbal and FC Porto during the 1970s, winning two Primeira Liga titles with the latter even though he missed the entire 1978–79 due to injury. Over the course of 15 top division seasons, he amassed totals of 307 games and 25 goals; with the latter side, he was also involved in an internal dispute which resulted in the departure of 15 players, along with manager José Maria Pedroto and director of football Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa.[1]
After retiring at the age of 35 with his first club, Machado went on to become an assistant manager to Artur Jorge, joining his Porto staff in the 1984–85 campaign. There, he won two leagues in a row and the 1987 European Cup, remaining alongside Jorge into the 1990s when he finally became a head coach, managing both Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal.
International career
Machado gained 19 caps for the Portuguese national team, scoring once. His first appearance was on 21 November 1971, a 1–1 against Belgium for the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers.
Machado's last international was against Poland on 29 October 1977 in the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, a 1–1 draw.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 October 1977 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1978 World Cup qualification |
Post-retirement
After his long experience in professional football, Machado started a private business activity in agriculture, and was involved in local politics in his hometown of Palmela.[2]
Honours
Player
- Primeira Liga: 1977–78, 1978–79
- Taça de Portugal: 1976–77; Runner-up 1972–73, 1977–78, 1979–80
Manager
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1995, 2001
- Taça de Portugal: Runner-up 1995–96
References
- ↑ FC Porto. O Verão quente de 1980, que esfriou a relação no futebol (FC Porto. 1980's hot summer, when football relations turned cold); IOnline, 6 August 2010 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Octávio Machado: “Sporting pediu-me para pensar se queria integrar a estrutura” (Octávio Machado: “Sporting asked me to think if I wanted to be part of the organigram”); Observador, 1 July 2015 (Portuguese)
External links
- Octávio Machado at thefinalball.com
- Octávio Machado profile at ForaDeJogo
- Octávio Machado manager stats at ForaDeJogo
- Octávio Machado at National-Football-Teams.com
- Portugal stats at Eu-Football