Portuguese footballer
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Tozé .
António José Marreco de Gouveia (born 25 July 1987), known asTozé Marreco , is a Portuguese former professionalfootballer who played as astriker , currently amanager .
In ajourneyman career that included ninePrimeira Liga games forBeira-Mar andOlhanense , he played 197 games and scored 62 goals in thesecond tier for seven clubs and was Player of the Season asTondela won the title in2015 . He also had brief spells in five foreign countries.
Born inMiranda do Corvo ,Coimbra District , Marreco began his youth career at localCD Lousanense , subsequently moving to another club in the region,C.F. União de Coimbra .[ 2]
At União, he played in several attacking positions including inmidfield , but was ultimately dispensed with at the end of the 2001–02 season, going on to finish his development with regional giantsAcadémica de Coimbra , where he was a prolific goal scorer.[ 2]
In January 2007, after starting professionally withF.C. Pampilhosa , Marreco signed forCA Mirandense also in thethird division . On 12 August, a phone call from his agent Jorge Baidek offered an invitation from DutchEerste Divisie sideFC Zwolle , and he agreed to a contract later in the month.[ 3] season , being the second-best Portuguese scorer abroad only trailingCristiano Ronaldo while also helping his team to the promotion playoffs (finally without success) and thequarter-finals of theKNVB Cup , where they lost to eventuals winnerFeyenoord .[ 4]
Marreco joinedDeportivo Alavés in the SpanishSegunda División in the summer of 2008,[ 5] Basques . On 22 January 2009 he moved toBulgaria 'sFC Lokomotiv Mezdra on a three-year deal,[ 6] friendly rout ofFC Botev Krivodol where he scored twice.[ 7]
On 30 June 2009, Marreco signed a two-year contract withServette FC of theSwiss Challenge League . He then returned to his country, being loaned toC.D. Aves in aseason -long move.[ 8] hat-trick in a 3–2 home win againstPortimonense S.C. in thesecond round of theTaça da Liga .[ 9]
Marreco continued competing mainly in theSegunda Liga the following years, withC.F. União ,[ 10] Associação Naval 1º de Maio [ 11] C.D. Tondela (two spells). In between, he also made a total of ninePrimeira Liga appearances forS.C. Beira-Mar [ 12] S.C. Olhanense ,[ 13]
In2014–15 , his second stint with Tondela, Marreco was crowned the competition joint-top scorer at 23 goals,[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] Viseu -based club reach the top flight for the first time in its history.[ 18] Belgian Pro League sideRoyal Mouscron-Péruwelz ,[ 19] G.D. Chaves in February.[ 20]
In July 2016, Marreco returned to Académica after 11 years away, joining a club that had just been relegated from the top division.[ 21] first season to fellow league teamF.C. Famalicão ,[ 22] [ 23]
In December 2018, Marreco dropped down a level and signed forLusitânia FC .[ 24]
After coaching in the youth ranks of Académica, Marreco was appointed atF.C. Oliveira do Hospital of theCampeonato de Portugal in June 2020.[ 25] first season as a senior manager, he led the team to promotion toLiga 3 ;[ 26] following campaign .[ 27]
On 15 June 2022, Marreco returned to Tondela as coach for theupcoming second-tier season .[ 28] 3–0 loss toFC Porto in theSupertaça Cândido de Oliveira on 30 July.[ 29]
Marreco moved to the main division on 13 April 2024, on a contract atGil Vicente F.C. until June 2025.[ 30] [ 31]
On 25 September 2024, Marreco replacedJosé Mota at the helm of bottom-placedS.C. Farense .[ 32]
Managerial statistics [ edit ] As of 17 May 2025 Managerial record by team and tenure Team Nat From To Record Ref G W D L GF GA GD Win % Oliveira Hospital 18 June 2020 15 June 2022 58 19 25 14 68 64 +4 0 32.76 [ 33] Tondela 15 June 2022 10 April 2024 78 23 34 21 91 89 +2 0 29.49 [ 34] Gil Vicente 13 April 2024 8 August 2024 5 2 2 1 6 4 +2 0 40.00 [ 35] Farense 25 September 2024 29 May 2025 31 8 9 14 30 39 −9 0 25.81 [ 36] Total 172 52 70 50 195 196 −1 0 30.23 —
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