Lito Vidigal

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Lito Vidigal
Personal information
Full name José Carlos Fernandes Vidigal
Date of birth (1969-07-11) 11 July 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Arouca (coach)
Youth career
1983–1987 O Elvas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Fronteirense
1988–1989 O Elvas
1989–1991 Estrela Portalegre
1991–1995 Campomaiorense 62 (3)
1995–2002 Belenenses 144 (3)
2002–2003 Santa Clara 6 (0)
2003–2004 O Elvas
International career
1996–2001 Angola 16 (0)
Managerial career
2004–2007 Pontassolense
2007–2008 Ribeirão
2008 Estrela Amadora
2009 Portimonense
2009–2010 União Leiria
2011–2012 Angola
2013 AEL Limassol
2014–2015 Belenenses
2015– Arouca
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Carlos Fernandes Vidigal (born 11 July 1969), commonly known as Lito, is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a defender, and the current coach of F.C. Arouca.

Playing career

Born in Luanda, Vidigal spent his entire career in Portugal, representing at the professional level O Elvas CAD, S.C. Campomaiorense, C.F. Os Belenenses and C.D. Santa Clara and retiring in 2003 at the age of 34, playing 212 matches the first and second divisions combined.

Internationally, Vidigal appeared for Angola at the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, gaining a total of 16 caps.

Coaching career

Immediately after retiring in 2004, Vidigal took up coaching, starting with lowly A.D. Pontassolense and G.D. Ribeirão. In 2008 he moved to C.F. Estrela da Amadora – coaching his younger brother Luís after he returned from a lengthy spell in Italy – and joined second level's Portimonense SC.

In late October 2009, as Manuel Fernandes bought out his contract at U.D. Leiria to return to his favorite club Vitória de Setúbal, Vidigal was named his successor.[1] On 8 January 2011, he was appointed coach of the Angolan national team.[2]

Vidigal returned to Belenenses late into 2013–14, replacing Marco Paulo at the helm of the bottom-placed club and becoming its third coach of the season.[3]

Personal life

Vidigal has eleven brothers and sisters, four of his male siblings being footballers: Beto, Luís (who played for Sporting Clube de Portugal and in the Serie A, represented Portugal and was coached in the 2008–09 campaign by Lito), Toni and Jorge.[4][5]

References

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