José António Ramalho Lima (born 16 October 1966) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José António Ramalho Lima | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Mira-Sintra, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP (youth) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1981 | Mira Sintra | ||
| 1981–1985 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1992 | Sporting CP | 62 | (6) |
| 1992–1993 | Vitória Guimarães | 6 | (1) |
| 1993–1997 | Atlético | 84 | (28) |
| 1997–1999 | Alverca | 39 | (4) |
| Total | 191 | (39) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1989 | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Alverca (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2002 | Alverca (youth) | ||
| 2002–2004 | Alverca (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Alverca | ||
| 2005–2006 | Belenenses (assistant) | ||
| 2006– | Sporting CP (youth) | ||
| 2010 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Sporting CP (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Football career
editBorn in Mira Sintra, Lisbon, Lima emerged through Sporting Clube de Portugal's prolific youth ranks, but would never be more than a fringe player during his seven-season spell with the main squad. In 1988–89, he appeared in a career-best – for the Lions – 17 matches as the team could only rank fourth in the league; also during that year he gained his only two caps for the Portugal national football team, being definitely released in the 1992 summer.
After an unassuming year at Vitória de Guimarães, Lima moved to the lower leagues and joined Atlético Clube de Portugal. In 1997, at the age of 30, he joined another side in the Lisbon area, F.C. Alverca, helping S.L. Benfica's farm team to its first ever top level participation in the 1998–99 campaign, where the player featured rarely (six games), retiring shortly after.
Immediately afterwards Lima began working as a coach, first assisting José Romão then José Couceiro at his last club, Alverca. The following year, with the team in the second level, he was promoted to head coach but the club folded soon after.
Following a four-year spell with former side Sporting's juniors, Lima joined Carlos Carvalhal's coaching staff at the main squad in early November 2009, after Paulo Bento's sacking. In March 2011 he returned in the same predicament, under Couceiro.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "About José António Lima: Portuguese football player/manager (1966-) | Biography, Facts, Career, Life". www.snippli.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
