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In thisPortuguese name,the first or maternalfamily nameisCruzand the second or paternal family name isVidigal.
Luís Vidigal
Personal information
Full name José Luís da Cruz Vidigal[1]
Date of birth (1973-03-15)15 March 1973(age 51)[1]
Place of birth Sá da Bandeira,Angola
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1984–1992 O Elvas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 O Elvas 60 (3)
1994–1995 Estoril 27 (0)
1995–2000 Sporting CP 110 (5)
2000–2004 Napoli 86 (8)
2004–2005 Livorno 30 (3)
2005–2006 Udinese 23 (1)
2006–2008 Livorno 35 (1)
2008–2009 Estrela Amadora 15 (3)
Total 369 (23)
International career
1995–1996 Portugal U21 7 (1)
1996 Portugal U23 7 (0)
2000–2002 Portugal 15 (0)
Medal record
Men'sfootball
RepresentingPortugal
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Belgium-Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Luís da Cruz Vidigal(born 15 March 1973) is a Portuguese retiredfootballerwho played as adefensive midfielder.

During his extensive professional career, the no-nonsense midfield battler spent more years abroad (Italy, eight) than in his country of adoption (seven), where he represented mainlySporting CP.[2][3]

APortugal internationalfor two years, Vidigal appeared with the national team atEuro 2000,helping them to third place.

Club career

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Early career and Sporting CP

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Born inSá da Bandeira,Portuguese Angola,[4]Vidigal moved toPortugalat an early age, and started his footballing career with amateursO Elvas CAD,joiningSegunda LigaclubG.D. Estoril-Praiain summer 1994.[5]

The following year, Vidigal signed with another team from theLisbonarea,Sporting CPof thePrimeira Liga.After tentative beginnings, he became an essential defensive unit, contributing a career-best (in Portugal) 32 games in the1999–2000 seasonas theLionswon their first title in 18 years, his only career trophy.[6][7]

Italian spell

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At 27, Vidigal moved to Italy, where he would remain the following eight years. He started out atSSC Napoliafter signing along Sporting teammatesFacundo QuirogaandAbdelilah Saber,[8]but only played fourSerie Amatches in hisfirst yearand the team was also relegated. His best individual year – 33 appearances, five goals in the2002–03 campaign– was incidentally spent in theSerie B,but they narrowly avoided another relegation after ending 16th.[9][10]

Napoli finished higher in2003–04,but were finally relegated off the pitch. Upon this, Vidigal moved to fellow top-flight sideAS Livorno Calcio,starting throughout most ofthe seasonand helping to a comfortable ninth position.[11]

Vidigal was irregularly used in his final three years, oftenfrom the bench,representingUdinese Calcio(one year) and returning to Livorno where he played until 2008.[12]

Return to Portugal

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Vidigal returned to his country aged 35, joining modestC.F. Estrela da Amadorawhere his older brotherLitowas coach.[13]In his first game, on 28 September 2008, he scored twice to help beatC.D. Nacional2–1;[14]however, he missed most ofthe seasondue to injury as the capital-based club was also immerse in a severe financial crisis – eventually being relegated from the top flight to thethird tier;[15]he retired shortly after.

International career

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Vidigal earned 15 caps forPortugal,[16]his first being on 23 February 2000 in a 1–1friendlydraw withBelgiumatCharleroi.Selected forUEFA Euro 2000,[7]he had to battle for position withPaulo BentoandCostinha(Paulo Sousawas also called, but was injured), but managed to take part in four games for the national team, including the semi-final loss againstFrance.[17][18]

Vidigal's last appearance was on 12 October 2002 in the 1–1 draw withTunisiaplayed in Lisbon, in another friendly. He also represented the nation at the1996 Summer Olympics,playing all the matchesen routeto fourth place.[19]

Personal life

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Vidigal was the second of 13 children, four of his brothers also being footballers:Beto,Lito(whom representedAngolainternationally),ToniandJorge.[20][21][22][23]His nephew,André,was also involved in the sport professionally.[24][25]

Honours

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Sporting CP

References

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  1. ^abcJosé Luís Vidigalat WorldFootball.net
  2. ^"Keegan focusing on England's strengths".BBC Sport.11 June 2000.Retrieved23 October2009.
  3. ^Aleixo, Mário (18 October 2017)."Luís Vidigal:" Sporting joga uma final em Turim ""[Luís Vidigal: "Sporting play a final in Turin" ] (in Portuguese).Rádio e Televisão de Portugal.Retrieved8 November2023.
  4. ^Ramires, Laura (9 April 2019)."Irmãos separados pelo futebol. Um hino com séculos"[Brothers separated by football. A century-old anthem].Sol(in Portuguese).Retrieved8 November2023.
  5. ^"Vidigal: «Íamos vender pardais à tasca e dava um dinheirinho bom»"[Vidigal: "We would go sell sparrows to the joint and it made for some good money" ] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 September 2023.Retrieved8 November2023.
  6. ^abCunha, Pedro Jorge (14 May 2020)."Sporting, 20 anos de um título: onde andam os campeões de 2000?"[Sporting, 20th anniversary of a title: where are the 2000 champions?] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol.Retrieved8 November2023.
  7. ^abCandeias, Pedro (19 March 2014).""O Edmundo berrava com toda gente. Comigo, não. Eu era 'O Português'" "[ "Edmundo would yell at everybody. Not me. I was 'The Portuguese'" ].Expresso(in Portuguese).Retrieved8 November2023.
  8. ^Azzi, Marco (10 July 2000)."Napoli, preso Vidigal"[Napoli, Vidigal acquired].La Repubblica(in Italian).Retrieved7 January2017.
  9. ^"Quiosque: Sporting quer Vidigal (O Jogo)"[Newsstand: Sporting want Vidigal (O Jogo)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 20 June 2001.Retrieved8 November2023.
  10. ^"Maglia away Napoli ML Vidigal 4 2002/2003"[Away shirt Napoli ML Vidigal 4 2002/2003] (in Italian). Le Sette Sorelle.Retrieved8 November2023.
  11. ^D'Amato, Claudio (15 March 2023)."Vidigal, dal Portogallo con furore: sosta a Napoli, Udine e Livorno"[Vidigal, from Portugal with fury: spells at Napoli, Udine and Livorno] (in Italian).Goal.Retrieved8 November2023.
  12. ^"Vidigal volta ao Livorno"[Vidigal returns to Livorno].Record(in Portuguese). 21 July 2006.Retrieved8 November2023.
  13. ^Tavares-Teles, Alexandra (3 October 2008).""O meu irmão nunca me beneficiará""[ "My brother will never favour me" ].Diário de Notícias(in Portuguese).Retrieved8 November2023.
  14. ^"Nacional perde e não aproveita para fugir na liderança"[Nacional lose and waste chance to be further first].Público(in Portuguese). 29 September 2008.Retrieved8 November2023.
  15. ^Cabral, Afonso; Cunha, Pedro Jorge (27 August 2020)."Os antecessores do V. Setúbal em descidas na secretaria"[Who came before V. Setúbal in administrative relegations] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol.Retrieved8 November2023.
  16. ^"Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses"[Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004.Retrieved8 November2023.
  17. ^"Portugal-Turquia, 2–0: Um domínio asfixiante e uma goleada falhada"[Portugal-Turkey, 2–0: Overwhelming domination and missed rout].Record(in Portuguese). 25 June 2000.Retrieved8 November2023.
  18. ^"Vidigal relembra" fatídico golo "de 2000 e espera duelo tático com Gales"[Vidigal recalls "fateful goal" of 2000 and expects tactical clash with Wales].Record(in Portuguese). 4 July 2016.Retrieved8 November2023.
  19. ^"Portugal-Brasil: o pesadelo das Olimpíadas de 96 segundo Ronaldo e Bebeto"[Portugal-Brazil: the nightmare of the 96 Olympics according to Ronaldo and Bebeto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 March 2003.Retrieved8 November2023.
  20. ^Ferreira, Victor (13 October 2008)."Irmãos Vidigal ignoram os genes para manterem o Estrela da Amadora no topo"[Brothers Vidigal ignore genes to leave Estrela on top].Público(in Portuguese).Archivedfrom the original on 8 January 2017.Retrieved7 January2017.
  21. ^"One family, two nations: Brothers who have played for different international teams".Daily Mirror.22 June 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 18 May 2013.Retrieved12 June2012.
  22. ^"Luís Vidigal:" O Sporting é paixão, é acreditar ""[Luís Vidigal: "Sporting is about passion, believing" ] (in Portuguese). Sporting CP. 26 December 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 20 March 2014.Retrieved12 June2012.
  23. ^"Jose Luis Vidigal".BBC Sport.Retrieved23 October2009.
  24. ^"Sobrinho de Luís e Lito Vidigal comprado pelo Fortuna Sittard"[Nephew of Luís and Lito Vidigal bought by Fortuna Sittard] (in Portuguese).Rádio Renascença.20 December 2017.Retrieved9 January2018.
  25. ^"André Vidigal"(in Dutch).Jupiler League.Archived fromthe originalon 3 January 2018.Retrieved2 January2018.
  26. ^"Histórico da Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira"[Supercup Cândido de Oliveira all-time record](PDF)(in Portuguese).Portuguese Football Federation.11 August 2012. p. 10.Retrieved16 April2024.
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