José Barroso (footballer)

José Barroso
Personal information
Full name	José Alberto da Mota Barroso
Date of birth	26 August 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth	Braga, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1984–1989	Braga
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1991	Braga B
1990–1996	Braga
1992–1993	→ Rio Ave (loan)
1996–1999	Porto
1998–1999	→ Académica (loan)
1999–2005	Braga
Total
International career
1995	Portugal
Managerial career
2009–2010	Braga (youth)
2011–2012	Vieira
2013	Vilaverdense (assistant)
2013–2014	Porto D'Ave
2014–2015	Maria da Fonte
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Alberto da Mota Barroso (born 26 August 1970) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He also was a manager.

Over 14 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 328 matches and 55 goals, mainly in representation of Braga (eleven years).

Club career

Barroso was born in Braga. Armed with a powerful outside shot,^[1] he made his professional debut with hometown's S.C. Braga during the 1990–91 season, playing four games in the Primeira Liga. After a successful loan also in the north, with Segunda Liga club Rio Ave FC, he returned, becoming an essential midfield element for the Minho side as well as their captain; in his last two years, although they finished tenth and eighth respectively, he scored a total of 14 league goals, mostly from long-range shots and/or free kicks.

Barroso then signed for FC Porto, winning two consecutive leagues although he would only be a fringe player in his second season, featuring in just nine matches out of 34.^[2]^[3] After one year with Académica de Coimbra he returned to Braga, now consolidated in the Portuguese top flight;^[4]^[5] he netted 13 times in his first two seasons, then added a career-best 12 goals in the 2002–03 campaign but the team could only rank in 14th place.^[6]^[7]

Barroso retired from football in summer 2005 at nearly 35, after helping Braga to two consecutive UEFA Cup qualifications,^[8] even though he contributed sparingly due to injuries.

International career

Barroso won his sole cap for Portugal on 26 January 1995, as an 89th-minute substitute for Ricardo Sá Pinto in a 1–1 draw against Canada in the SkyDome Cup.^[9]

Honours

Porto

References

^ Barroso. "Tenho pena de nunca ter medido a velocidade do meu remate" (Barroso. "Too bad i never measured the speed of my shot"); i, 14 January 2012 (in Portuguese)
^ a b Barroso foi campeão pelo FC Porto, mas torce pelo Braga (Barroso was champion for FC Porto, but he roots for Braga); Diário de Notícias, 16 May 2011 (in Portuguese)
^ Barroso, o homem do pontapé-canhão: “98 km/h? Isso eram os meus melhores remates com o pé esquerdo!” (Barroso, the man with a cannon for a shot: "98 km/h? That was my best shots with the left foot!"); Expresso, 3 December 2016 (in Portuguese)
^ Sp. Braga fez última proposta a Barroso (Sp. Braga made final offer to Barroso); Record, 22 June 1999 (in Portuguese)
^ Barroso: «A minha ambição não tem limites...» (Barroso: "My ambition knows no limits..."); Record, 26 August 2003 (in Portuguese)
^ Barroso dispara e Wender bisa (Barroso shoots and Wender grabs brace); Record, 17 July 2003 (in Portuguese)
^ Espanhol Fernando Castro Santos é o novo treinador do Leixões (Spain's Fernando Castro Santos is the new manager of Leixões); Expresso, 9 February 2010 (in Portuguese)
^ O regresso ao futuro (Back to the future); Diário do Minho, 30 May 2013 (in Portuguese)
^ Skydome Cup (Canada 1995); at RSSSF
^ “Receber a Taça de Portugal das mãos de um presidente braguista será histórico” ("To receive the Portuguese Cup from a braguista president will be historic"); Expresso, 22 May 2016 (in Portuguese)

External links

José Barroso at ForaDeJogo (archived)
José Barroso manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
José Barroso at National-Football-Teams.com
José Barroso at EU-Football.info

[1] Barroso. "Tenho pena de nunca ter medido a velocidade do meu remate" (Barroso. "Too bad i never measured the speed of my shot"); i, 14 January 2012 (in Portuguese)

[DN-2] Barroso foi campeão pelo FC Porto, mas torce pelo Braga (Barroso was champion for FC Porto, but he roots for Braga); Diário de Notícias, 16 May 2011 (in Portuguese)

[3] Barroso, o homem do pontapé-canhão: “98 km/h? Isso eram os meus melhores remates com o pé esquerdo!” (Barroso, the man with a cannon for a shot: "98 km/h? That was my best shots with the left foot!"); Expresso, 3 December 2016 (in Portuguese)

[4] Sp. Braga fez última proposta a Barroso (Sp. Braga made final offer to Barroso); Record, 22 June 1999 (in Portuguese)

[5] Barroso: «A minha ambição não tem limites...» (Barroso: "My ambition knows no limits..."); Record, 26 August 2003 (in Portuguese)

[6] Barroso dispara e Wender bisa (Barroso shoots and Wender grabs brace); Record, 17 July 2003 (in Portuguese)

[7] Espanhol Fernando Castro Santos é o novo treinador do Leixões (Spain's Fernando Castro Santos is the new manager of Leixões); Expresso, 9 February 2010 (in Portuguese)

[8] O regresso ao futuro (Back to the future); Diário do Minho, 30 May 2013 (in Portuguese)

[9] Skydome Cup (Canada 1995); at RSSSF

[10] “Receber a Taça de Portugal das mãos de um presidente braguista será histórico” ("To receive the Portuguese Cup from a braguista president will be historic"); Expresso, 22 May 2016 (in Portuguese)