| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vítor Manuel da Costa Araújo | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-02-16)16 February 1966 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Calendário, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1982 | Famalicão | ||
| 1982–1983 | Riopele | ||
| 1983–1984 | Famalicão | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Famalicão | 56 | (3) |
| 1987–1988 | Vizela | 37 | (13) |
| 1988–1995 | Benfica | 207 | (28) |
| 1995–1999 | Vitória Guimarães | 128 | (15) |
| 1999–2001 | Académica | 44 | (2) |
| Total | 472 | (61) | |
| International career | |||
| 1987 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1988–1996 | Portugal | 44 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Serzedelo | ||
| 2003–2005 | Ribeirão | ||
| 2005 | Moreirense | ||
| 2005–2006 | Marco | ||
| 2007–2008 | Vila Meã | ||
| 2008–2009 | Famalicão | ||
| 2009–2010 | Boavista | ||
| 2010–2011 | Gondomar | ||
| 2011–2013 | Tondela | ||
| 2014–2015 | Varzim | ||
| 2015 | Tondela | ||
| 2023–2025 | Varzim | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vítor Manuel da Costa Araújo (born 16 February 1966), known asVítor Paneira, is a Portuguese former professionalfootballer who played as aright midfielder, currently amanager.
He excelled in the late 80s and early 90s withBenfica,[1] to where he arrived from the lower leagues, going on to amassPrimeira Liga totals of 335 games and 43 goals over 11 seasons (289/44 in official matches with his main club). He also played forVitória de Guimarães in the competition.[2]
APortugal international for eight years, Paneira represented the country atEuro 1996. In a managerial career of over 20 years, he had two spells each atTondela andVarzim, briefly leading the former in the top flight.
Born in Calendário,Vila Nova de Famalicão,Braga District, Paneira started playing professionally with his hometown sideF.C. Famalicão, joiningF.C. Vizela of theSegunda Liga in the 1987–88 season and also receiving his firstunder-21 call-ups during theToulon Tournament.[3][4]
Shortly after, Paneira signed forS.L. Benfica, and remained there until the end of the1994–95 campaign, being an undisputed starter for the vast majority of his spell as he helped theLisbon club to thePrimeira Liga championship three times, adding the 1993Taça de Portugal.[4] He also appeared in the1990 Champions Cup final, with his side losing 1–0 toAC Milan.[5] In the1992–93 UEFA Cup he scored twice in a 2–1 home win againstJuventus FC, coached byGiovanni Trapattoni (albeit in a 4–2 aggregate defeat).[6][7]
Paneira moved toVitória S.C. for1995–96, due to problems with Benfica managerArtur Jorge which was also part of a locker room clean-up – he wasteam captain when this occurred – and spent four seasons there.[8][9] In summer 1999 he joinedAcadémica de Coimbra, and retired at 35 after two years in the second division.[10]
Paneira made his debut forPortugal the same year he signed for Benfica, in a 0–0friendly draw withSweden on 12 October 1988.[4] In total, he won 44caps (42 for Benfica and two for Guimarães) and scored four goals in a seven-year period,[11] playing his last international in another friendly, a 1–0 victory over theRepublic of Ireland on 29 May 1996.
Paneira was chosen byAntónio Oliveira for theLusitanos squad that reached the quarter-finals atUEFA Euro 1996, but was one of the few players that never leftthe bench.[12]
Paneira started his coaching career in 2002, withGD Serzedelo ofdivision four. He also managed his very first club Famalicão, but in the regional leagues.[13]
On 16 December 2009, Paneira was named coach ofBoavista FC, with the2001 league champions now in thethird tier.[14] He was appointed at another side from that league,C.D. Tondela, on 24 May 2011, leading them topromotion in the playoffs in hisfirst season.[15]
On 10 June 2012, Paneira signed a one-year contract extension. He was relieved of his duties on 8 November of the following year, leaving the team inninth position.[16]
In March 2014, Paneira took charge ofVarzim S.C. in the third division.[17] He was fired in early May 2015, after a series of bad results.[18]
Paneira returned to Tondela on 30 May 2015, being appointed manager for the club'sfirst-ever season in the Portuguese top flight.[19] He was dismissed on 6 October, after winning and drawing one each of the first seven games.[20]
On 10 April 2023, Paneira returned to work for the first time in over seven years, signing with Varzim until 2025. He was their third manager of theLiga 3season, with four games remaining.[21] The team avoided the drop on the final day with a 1–0 win overAD Fafe.[22]
Immediately after retiring and still as an active coach, Paneira worked as asports commentator with cable channelSport TV.[13][23][24]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Famalicão | 1985–86 | – | – | ||||||||
| 1986–87 | – | – | |||||||||
| Total | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Vizela | 1987–88 | – | – | ||||||||
| Benfica | 1988–89 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 40 | 2 | |
| 1989–90 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 38 | 4 | |
| 1990–91 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 41 | 10 | ||
| 1991–92 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2[a] | 0 | 44 | 3 | |
| 1992–93 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | – | 43 | 12 | ||
| 1993–94 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3[a] | 0 | 45 | 8 | |
| 1994–95 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 38 | 5 | |
| Total | 207 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 289 | 44 | |
| Vitória Guimarães | 1995–96 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 37 | 6 | |
| 1996–97 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 36 | 8 | ||
| 1997–98 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 35 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 34 | 1 | ||
| Total | 128 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 17 | |
| Académica | 1999–00 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 47 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 379 | 45 | 35 | 10 | 55 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 478 | 63 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 January 1989 | Olympic Stadium (Athens), Athens, Greece |  Greece | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 15 February 1989 | Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal |  Belgium | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 26 April 1989 | Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal |  Switzerland | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 20 February 1991 | Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal |  Malta | 4–0 | 5–0 | Euro 1992 qualifying |
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