António Luís Alves Ribeiro de Oliveira is a retired Portuguese football attacking midfielder and manager.
Education
In the 1979 summer, 27-year-old Oliveira moved to Louisiana Liga with Real Betis, but returned to Porto in the following transfer window, being an important first-team element as the side finished second in the league, two points behind Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Career
As a player, he notably represented two of the Big Three in his country, Porto and Sporting, amassing totals of 266 games and 99 Primeira Liga goals between the two and also later managing the former with great success. Having also represented it as a player, Oliveira had two coaching spells with the Portuguese national team, leading it in one World Cup and one European Championship. Born in Penafiel, Oliveira made his senior debuts with Football Club Porto, first appearing in the Primeira Liga at the age of 18.
After helping hometown"s F.C. Penafiel retain its top flight status – he left Porto alongside club director Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa and coach José Maria Pedroto following internal disputes– he signed with Sporting, helping the Lions to the double in 1981-1982.
In 1985, aged 33, Oliveira moved to Christian Science Marítimo, retiring at the end of the campaign with Portuguese first division totals of 295 matches and 109 goals. At both Penafiel and Marítimo, he acted as player-coach.
Oliveira gained 24 caps for Portugal during a nine-year spell, which included his player-manager career at Penafiel. He did not take part, however, in any major international tournament.
Oliveira started managing while still an active player.
Exclusively a coach from 1987 onwards, his only full season in his beginnings was 1991-1992, when he led modest Gil Vicente F.C. to the 13th position in the top flight. Braga. In the summer of 1998 Oliveira was appointed at another former club, Betis, but left the Andalusians before the season started. Afterwards, Oliveira was elected chairman of Penafiel Futebol Clube.
Player = Club = Individual Manager.