Alberto Bastos Lopes

{{short description|Portuguese football manager and former player}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alberto Bastos Lopes

| image =

| fullname = Alberto Carlos Bastos Lopes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|10|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Centre back / Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1973–1978

| youthclubs1 = Benfica

| years1 = 1978–1985

| clubs1 = Benfica

| caps1 = 26

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1979–1980

| clubs2 = → Estoril (loan)

| caps2 = 29

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1984–1985

| clubs3 = → Belenenses (loan)

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1985–1986

| clubs4 = Penafiel

| caps4 = 25

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1986–1988

| clubs5 = Braga

| caps5 = 29

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 1988–1989

| clubs6 = Fafe

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 130

| totalgoals = 7

| nationalyears1 = 1977–1978

| nationalteam1 = Portugal U18

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 1979

| nationalteam2 = Portugal U20

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1979–1983

| nationalteam3 = Portugal U21

| nationalcaps3 = 15

| nationalgoals3 = 3

| manageryears1 = 1991–1995

| managerclubs1 = Odivelas

| manageryears2 = 1995–1997

| managerclubs2 = Atlético Malveira

| manageryears3 = 1997–1998

| managerclubs3 = Vilafranquense

| manageryears4 = 1998–2000

| managerclubs4 = Sintrense

| manageryears5 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs5 = Atlético

| manageryears6 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs6 = Beneditense

| manageryears7 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs7 = Benfica (youth)

| manageryears8 = 2004–2006

| managerclubs8 = Sintrense

| manageryears9 = 2007–2009

| managerclubs9 = Peniche

| manageryears10 = 2009–2012

| managerclubs10 = 1º Dezembro

| manageryears11 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs11 = Lourinhanense

| manageryears12 = 2016

| managerclubs12 = Atlético Malveira

}}

Alberto Carlos Bastos Lopes (born 22 October 1959) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a central defender but also as a defensive midfielder, and is a manager.

Over ten seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 130 matches and seven goals.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Bastos Lopes progressed through S.L. Benfica's youth system, arriving in the first team after a loan spell at neighbouring G.D. Estoril Praia. However, due to stiff competition from Humberto Coelho and António Oliveira in defense and Shéu and Glenn Strömberg in midfield, he appeared only as a substitute on most occasions;{{cite book|last=Tovar|first=Rui Miguel|title=Almanaque do Benfica|publisher=Lua de Papel|location=Portugal|year=2012|isbn=978-989-23-2087-8|page=681}} additionally, he was loaned to G.D. Estoril-Praia for the 1979–80 season,{{cite journal|title=Estoril apetrecha-se|journal=Diário de Lisboa|date=13 July 1979|issue=20004|page=17|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06831.181.28492#!17|accessdate=6 April 2017|trans-title=Estoril add pieces|language=Portuguese}} and to C.F. Os Belenenses for 1984–85.{{cite journal|title=Alberto Bastos Lopes ingressa no Belenenses|journal=Diário de Lisboa|date=31 July 1984|issue=21521|page=16|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06843.193.30006#!16|accessdate=15 March 2017|trans-title=Alberto Bastos Lopes joins Belenenses|language=Portuguese}}

After leaving in the summer of 1985, Bastos Lopes continued competing always in the Primeira Liga in the following campaigns, with F.C. Penafiel and S.C. Braga.{{cite journal|title=Benfica dispensa Bastos Lopes II|journal=Diário de Lisboa|date=21 August 1985|issue=21839|page=17|url=http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06845.195.30322#!17|accessdate=13 March 2017|trans-title=Benfica release Bastos Lopes II|language=Portuguese}} He nearly signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in 1988, but did not pass his medical.{{cite web|url=http://www.canaldeportivo.com/servlet/es.iris.servlets.Noticias?accion=4&ver=1&nid=1914|title=Bastos Lopes puede firmar la próxima semana|trans-title=Bastos Lopes may sign next week|publisher=Deportivo La Coruña|language=Spanish|date=27 August 1988|accessdate=6 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.canaldeportivo.com/servlet/es.iris.servlets.Noticias?accion=4&ver=1&nid=1986|title=Bastos Lopes no superó el examen médico|trans-title=Bastos Lopes did not pass medical|publisher=Deportivo La Coruña|language=Spanish|date=8 September 1988|accessdate=6 April 2015}}

Bastos Lopes retired in 1989, at the age of only 29. He subsequently started a lengthy managerial career, never in higher than the third division.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/o-campeao-pelo-benfica-que-agora-anda-a-procura-de-talentos-8910887.html|title=O campeão pelo Benfica que agora anda à procura de talentos|trans-title=The champion for Benfica who is now on the look for talents|newspaper=Diário de Notícias|first=Isaura|last=Almeida|language=Portuguese|date=12 November 2017|accessdate=27 December 2018}} In 2004, he led Benfica's juniors to the national championship.{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Benfica/interior.aspx?content_id=200311|title=Encarnados chegam ao título de juniores com Baião no coração|trans-title=Reds reach juniors title with Baião in their heart|newspaper=Record|language=Portuguese|date=11 June 2004|accessdate=26 May 2015}}

International career

Bastos Lopes represented Portugal at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, helping the nation to the quarter-finals.{{FIFA player|192382}}

Personal life

Bastos Lopes' older brother, António, was also a footballer and a defender. He too represented Benfica, with more success.{{cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/irmaos-no-futebol-um-antigo-debate-no-benfica|title=Irmãos no futebol: um antigo "debate" no Benfica|trans-title=Brothers in football: an ancient «debate» in Benfica|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=Portuguese|date=11 June 2013|accessdate=6 April 2015}}

Honours

Benfica

Primeira Liga (7):{{cite magazine|date=May 2015|title=Bicampeões para a história|trans-title=Back-to-back champions for the ages|language=pt|magazine=Visão|location=Portugal|publisher=Impresa Publishing|page=54|issn=0872-3540}} 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84
Taça de Portugal (5): 1980–81, 1982–83
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (2); Runner-up 1981
Taça de Honra (7)
UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1983–84