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Leal was born in Sá da Bandeira, Portuguese Angola.
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Jose Leal
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During his professional career he represented Académico de Viseu Football Club (his first and last club, where he retired at age 38 in the third division), Sporting Clube de Portugal, Chaplain to the Forces Os Belenenses, F.C. Felgueiras, Chaplain to the Forces Estrela da Amadora and Communicative Disorders Santa Clara. With the Lisbon club, Leal was first-choice during most of his five-year spell, also scoring regularly for a defensive player, but, in his last season, was demoted to third-string after youth graduate Paulo Torres and newly signed Budimir Vujačić, and left the Lions without any silverware conquered. Leal gained 15 caps for Portugal – one goal – almost all of them coming during the Union of European Football Associations Euro 1992 qualifying campaign, as the national team did not make it to the final stages in Sweden.
