| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Guilherme Granja Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-09-05)5 September 1965 (age 60) | ||
| Place of birth | Arcozelo (Vila Nova de Gaia), Portugal | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1997 | Esmoriz | ||
| 2003–2008 | Porto youth | ||
| 2011 | Académica | ||
| 2011–2012 | Padroense U17 | ||
| 2012–2014 | Porto U17 | ||
| 2014 | Porto B | ||
| 2015–2016 | Portugal U16 | ||
| 2016–2017 | Portugal U17 | ||
| 2017–2018 | Portugal U20 | ||
| 2018–2019 | Portugal U16 | ||
| 2019–2020 | Portugal U17 | ||
| 2020–2021 | Portugal U18 | ||
José Guilherme Granja Oliveira (born 5 September 1965), known asJosé Guilherme, is a Portuguesefootball coach. He spent most of his career with Portugal's youth international teams, and also had brief spells in charge ofAcadémica Coimbra in thePrimeira Liga andPorto B in thesecond tier.
José Guilherme began his coaching career atS.C. Esmoriz before joining the youth teams ofFC Porto, where he was a national champion four times. He was also part of thesenior national team coaching staff led byCarlos Queiroz (2008–2010).[1]
On 26 December 2010, José Guilherme was appointed as manager ofPrimeira Liga clubAcadémica de Coimbra on a deal until the end of theseason, with the option of one more year. He succeededJorge Costa, and was assisted byJosé Costa, a former Académica player and manager.[1] He resigned the following 20 February, having drawn two and lost four of his league games; in theTaça de Portugal, he took them through two rounds into the semi-finals.[2]
José Guilherme returned to Porto as under-17 manager. On 6 March 2014, with his team leading their league, he was promoted to manager of theB-team in first place in thesecond tier, asLuís Castro moved to the first team.[3]
José Guilherme was manager of thePortugal under-17 team that were defending champions of Europe, but missed out on qualification for the2017 UEFA European Championship after a 2–0 loss toSpain.[4] In November 2019, he led them to theElite Round of qualification, before it and the finals in Estonia were cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[5]
In 2021, José Guilherme was appointed assistant technical director of thePortuguese Football Federation.[6]