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José Maria Pedroto played for which team from 1952 to 1957?
José Maria Pedroto José Maria Carvalho Pedroto , ( 21 October 1928 – 7 January 1985 ) , was a Portuguese football midfielder and manager . He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 227 matches and 57 goals over 11 seasons , at the service of Lusitano , Belenenses and Porto . After retiring , Pedroto embarked in a coaching career which lasted 22 years ( always in the Portuguese top division ) , going on to become one of Portos most successful managers . Playing career . Club . Born in the village of Almacave in Lamego , Viseu District , Pedroto began his senior career with Lusitano F.C . in Vila Real de Santo António , to where he had been relocated to perform his military service . In February 1950 , he scored two of his 12 goals for the season in home wins against FC Porto ( 3–1 ) and Sporting CP ( 2–0 ) , as the Primeira Liga title was eventually awarded to S.L . Benfica . In 1950 , the 21-year-old Pedroto signed with Lisbon-based C.F . Os Belenenses after being offered a position in the Navy Ministry . He joined Porto two years later , for 335.000 escudos . Pedroto won the national championship twice during his spell at the Estádio das Antas , under Dorival Yustrich and Béla Guttmann . He retired at the age of 31 , being immediately named his last clubs junior coach . International . Over five years , Pedroto won 17 caps for Portugal . He made his debut on 20 April 1952 , in a 3–0 friendly loss to France . Coaching career . After becoming a manager , Pedroto was initially in charge of Académica de Coimbra . He then spent one season apiece with Leixões S.C . and Varzim SC , being dismissed by the former midway through 1964–65 which marked the only occasion in his career where he was relieved of his duties ; subsequently , he returned to Porto as an assistant . Over three top-tier campaigns , Pedroto led Porto to the third place twice and the second in 1968–69 , winning the Taça de Portugal in 1968 , He left , however , for Vitória de Setúbal , who would finish a best-ever league runners-up in 1971–72 and twice reach the quarter-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup while he was in charge , notably ousting Liverpool in the second round of the 1969–70 edition of the latter tournament . Starting in 1974 and during two years , Pedroto coached both Boavista F.C . and the Portuguese national team . He won the domestic cup always during his tenure at the former , also finishing in second position in the league in the 1975–76 season . With the latter , he did not manage to qualify for UEFA Euro 1976 in spite of only losing one match in Group 1 . Pedroto returned to Porto ahead of 1976–77 , ending a 19-year drought the following campaign by winning the championship and repeating the feat the next season . He was , however , fired in the summer of 1980 after a run-in with president Américo de Sá . He arguably set the foundations for the clubs European exploits in the mid-to-late 1980s . For several decades , Pedroto was the manager with the most wins in the Portuguese top flight with 326 . His sides excelled in ball possession and attacking football , and he was also one of the first managers to introduce a team physician ; he was accused by fellow coach Mário Wilson of being a master of conflict , with the pair being often involved in wars of words . Personal life and death . Pedroto was affectionately known as Zé do Boné ( Cap Joe ) , due to his habit of wearing a flat tweed cap all the time . He was an avid fisher and reader , who also took an interest in the occult . Pedroto died on 7 January 1985 in Porto at the age of 56 , due to cancer . Honours . Player . Porto - Primeira Liga : 1955–56 , 1958–59 - Taça de Portugal : 1955–56 , 1957–58 Manager . Boavista - Taça de Portugal : 1974–75 , 1975–76 Porto - Primeira Liga : 1977–78 , 1978–79 - Taça de Portugal : 1967–68 , 1976–77 , 1983–84 - Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira : 1983 External links . - National team data - Portugal stats at Eu-Football