Complex sentence: In a career mainly associated with Benfica, the central defender held the record of appearances for the Portugal national team for several years; in the following decades, he worked as a coach, mainly with national teams, including his own.
Split into simpler sentences: In a career mainly associated with Benfica, the central defender held the record of appearances for the Portugal national team for several years. In the following decades he worked as a coach, mainly with national teams, including his own.