Career
He is also the father of portuguese hip hop star Jimmy P.
During his extensive career he played for nearly a dozen clubs, in both Portugal and France. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 192 games and 30 goals, over the course of a decade. Born in Luanda, Angola, Plácido made his professional and Portuguese top division debuts at just 17, with lowly Amora Football Club. In the following summer, Plácido moved to fellow league club Sporting Clube de Portugal, meeting the same fate.
In January 1989 he moved abroad to France, signing with Racing Club de France football Colombes 92 where he also failed to establish, often being demoted to the reserves of the Ligue 1 side and suffering relegation in his only full season.
A second spell at Porto, in the 1990-1991 campaign, also proved unassuming, as he only appeared in four matches, all from the bench. After one more year in Portugal, at South Carolina (U.S.) Salgueiros, Plácido returned to France, continuing to play until the age of 37 in the country"s lower leagues in representation of United States Créteil-Lusitanos, United States Lusitanos and Saint-Denis Football Club. He never appeared in higher than the latter nation"s third level
Plácido played three times for the Portuguese national team, scoring twice. On 29 March 1987 Plácido"s most important moment in the international scene arrived, as his brace helped avoid a shock defeat in Madeira against Malta for the Union of European Football Associations Euro 1988 qualifiers (2–2).