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| Full name | Vítor Manuel Afonso Damas de Oliveira[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1947-10-08)8 October 1947[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 September 2003(2003-09-13) (aged 55) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1966 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1976 | Sporting CP | 229 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1980 | Racing Santander | 131 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | Vitória Guimarães | 33 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Portimonense | 51 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1989 | Sporting CP | 103 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 547 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1986 | Portugal | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Sporting CP (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Sporting CP (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Atlético | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Lourinhanense | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Sporting CP B | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Vítor Manuel Afonso Damas de Oliveira (8 October 1947 – 13 September 2003), known asDamas, was a Portuguesefootballer who played as agoalkeeper.
His 23-year professional career was mainly linked withSporting CP, but he also played for three other teams, includingRacing de Santander inLa Liga.
APortugal international for 17 years, Damas represented the country at the1986 World Cup andEuro 1984, both in his mid-to-late 30s.[2]
Born inLisbon, Damas made his professional debut with his hometown clubSporting CP at the age of just 19. After two years as a backup he became the capital side's undisputed starter, winning twoPrimeira Liga and threeTaça de Portugal trophies, includingthe double in1973–74.[2]
Damas moved to Spain in the summer of 1976, signing forRacing de Santander. He was also first choice at theCantabrians, spendingthe last of his four seasons in theSegunda División.[3][4]
Aged 32, Damas returned to Portugal, playing two years apiece withVitória S.C. andPortimonense SC, after which he rejoined Sporting.[5][2] He still went on to produce five more respectable campaigns, only losing his status in1988–89 to UruguayanRodolfo Rodríguez.[6][7]
Following his retirement at 41, Damas remained at Sporting as goalkeepers' coach.[2] Over the course of two separate seasons he acted as theirinterim manager, overseeing the team in three wins, one draw and two losses.[8]
Damas earned 29caps for thePortugal national team, from 6 April 1969 to 11 July 1986.[9][10] He was second choice at bothUEFA Euro 1984 and the1986 FIFA World Cup, backing upS.L. Benfica'sManuel Bento; however, in the latter tournament, the starter suffered a seriousfibula injury in training, and he took the pitch for group-stage losses againstPoland (1–0) andMorocco (3–1).[11][12]
Damas died at the age of 55 from cancer, in Lisbon.[13][2]
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