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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José António Ramalho Lima | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-10-16)16 October 1966 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Mira-Sintra, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP (youth) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1981 | Mira Sintra | ||
| 1981–1985 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1992 | Sporting CP | 62 | (6) |
| 1992–1993 | Vitória Guimarães | 6 | (1) |
| 1993–1997 | Atlético | 84 | (28) |
| 1997–1999 | Alverca | 39 | (4) |
| Total | 191 | (39) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1989 | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Alverca (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2002 | Alverca (youth) | ||
| 2002–2004 | Alverca (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Alverca | ||
| 2005–2006 | Belenenses (assistant) | ||
| 2006– | Sporting CP (youth) | ||
| 2010 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José António Ramalho Lima (born 16 October 1966) is aPortuguese retiredfootballer who played as aforward.
Born in Mira Sintra,Lisbon, Lima emerged throughSporting Clube de Portugal's prolific youth ranks, but would never be more than a fringe player during his seven-season spell with the main squad. In1988–89, he appeared in a career-best – for theLions – 17 matches as the team could only rank fourth in theleague; also during that year he gained his only twocaps for thePortugal national football team, being definitely released in the 1992 summer.
After an unassuming year atVitória de Guimarães, Lima moved to the lower leagues and joinedAtlético Clube de Portugal. In 1997, at the age of 30, he joined another side in theLisbon area,F.C. Alverca, helpingS.L. Benfica'sfarm team to its first ever top level participation in the1998–99 campaign, where the player featured rarely (six games), retiring shortly after.
Immediately afterwards Lima began working as a coach, first assistingJosé Romão thenJosé Couceiro at his last club, Alverca. The following year, with the team in thesecond level, he was promoted to head coach but the club folded soon after.
Following a four-year spell with former side Sporting's juniors, Lima joinedCarlos Carvalhal's coaching staff at the main squad in early November 2009, afterPaulo Bento's sacking. In March 2011 he returned in the same predicament, under Couceiro.
