José Couceiro

{{Infobox football biography

|name = José Couceiro

|image = Jose Couceiro 2011 (cropped).jpg

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|caption = Couceiro as Lokomotiv Moscow coach in 2011

|fullname = José Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|10|4|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

|position = Defender

|currentclub =

|years1 = 1981–1982 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = Montijo

|years2 = 1982–1985 | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs2 = Barreirense

|years3 = 1985–1986 | caps3 = | goals3 = | clubs3 = Atlético CP

|years4 = 1986–1988 | caps4 = | goals4 = | clubs4 = Torreense

|years5 = 1988–1989 | caps5 = | goals5 = | clubs5 = Oriental

|years6 = 1989–1991 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs6 = Torreense

|years7 = 1991–1992 | caps7 = | goals7 = | clubs7 = Estrela da Amadora

|manageryears1 = 2002–2004 | managerclubs1 = Alverca

|manageryears2 = 2004–2005 | managerclubs2 = Vitória de Setúbal

|manageryears3 = 2005 | managerclubs3 = Porto

|manageryears4 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs4 = Belenenses

|manageryears5 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs5 = Portugal U-21

|manageryears6 = 2008 | managerclubs6 = Kaunas

|manageryears7 = 2008–2010 | managerclubs7 = Lithuania

|manageryears8 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs8 = Gaziantepspor

|manageryears9 = 2011 | managerclubs9 = Sporting CP (caretaker)

|manageryears10 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs10 = Lokomotiv Moscow

|manageryears11 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs11 = Vitória de Setubal

|manageryears12 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs12 = Estoril

|manageryears13 = 2016–2018 |managerclubs13 = Vitória de Setúbal

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José Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro (born 4 October 1962){{Cite web|url=http://www.lpfp.pt/liga_sagres/pages/pessoa.aspx?epoca=20052006&clube=belenenses&treinador=1072|title = Liga Portugal}} is a Portuguese football manager, currently the national technical director of the Portuguese Football Federation.

Managerial career

As a manager, Couceiro's career is marked with the relegation of Alverca in the 2003–04 season. He bounced back with a good run with Vitória de Setúbal, and won the best Portuguese coach prize. He then signed for Porto on 1 February 2005, going on to Belenenses during the 2005–06 season. In August 2006, he was appointed manager of the Portugal under-21 national team, reaching positive results in the UEFA Championships.

In July 2008, Couceiro was then appointed the head coach of Kaunas, the Lithuanian A Lyga club controlled by Vladimir Romanov. On 5 August 2008, Kaunas, playing in a UEFA Champions League play-off match, defeated 2007–08 UEFA Cup finalists Rangers 2–1 on aggregate to qualify for the third round for the first time in club history. He was then named head coach of the Lithuania national team on 14 August 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/heartofmidlothianfc/Hearts-youngster-Novikovas-to-be.5310525.jp|title = Sport | the Scotsman}} In his first competitive match as manager, Lithuania defeated Romania 3–0 in Cluj-Napoca for a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier. After that, they defeated Austria 2–0 at home, and the Faroe Islands 1–0. However, they did not qualify for the World Cup tournament proper, held in South Africa.

In April 2009, Couceiro signed as a manager with Turkish side Gaziantepspor.{{Cite web|url=http://fra.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/jose-couceiro/|title = José Couceiro}}

On 26 February 2011, following the dismissal of Paulo Sérgio, Couceiro was named caretaker manager of Sporting CP for the remainder of the 2010–11 season. He then moved to Lokomotiv Moscow in July 2011,{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2011-07-01-3029568758_x.htm | title=Lokomotiv Moscow names Jose Couceiro new coach | publisher=USA Today | date=1 July 2011 | access-date=6 June 2012}} however left the club in May 2012 after his contract was not renewed.{{cite web|publisher=FC Lokomotiv Moscow|url=http://www.fclm.ru/ru/info/news/index.php?id_4=16651|script-title=ru:Славен Билич – новый главный тренер "Локомотива"|date=14 May 2012|language=ru|access-date=6 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515021930/http://www.fclm.ru/ru/info/news/index.php?id_4=16651|archive-date=15 May 2013|url-status=dead}}

After being appointed as manager of Vitória de Setubal in 2013, he was sacked on 15 May 2014.{{cite web|title=José Couceiro não continua no Vitória FC|url=http://vfc.pt/noticias/futebol/2014/05/15/jose-couceiro-nao-continua-no-vitoria-fc/|publisher=Vfc|access-date=16 May 2014}} He then managed Estoril, leaving in March 2015.{{Cite web | title = OFICIAL: José Couceiro é o novo treinador do V Setúbal | first = David | last = Marques | work = Maisfutebol | date = 25 May 2016 | access-date = 20 August 2018 | url = http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/vitoria-setubal/liga/oficial-jose-couceiro-e-o-novo-treinador-do-v-setubal | language = pt}} In May 2016, Couceiro was appointed manager of Vitória de Setubal for a third time. He left the role in May 2018.{{Cite web | title = José Couceiro: "Não tenho condições para continuar" | work = Record | date = 13 May 2018 | access-date = 20 August 2018 | url = https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/v--setubal/detalhe/jose-couceiro-nao-tenho-condicoes-para-continuar}}

In July 2018, he was appointed national technical director of the Portuguese Football Federation.{{Cite web | title = FPF oficializa contratação de José Couceiro para diretor técnico nacional | work = Record | date = 5 July 2018 | access-date = 20 August 2018 | url = https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/detalhe/fpf-oficializa-contratacao-de-jose-couceiro-para-diretor-tecnico-nacional | language = pt}}

Personal life

Fernando Peyroteo (1918-1978), a former star player of Sporting CP, was his great-uncle.{{Cite web |date=3 February 2018 |title=Couceiro, rosto maior da herança desportiva |url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/sporting/couceiro-rosto-maior-da-heranca-desportiva-9094364.html |access-date=24 November 2023 |website=www.dn.pt |language=pt-PT}}