José Couceiro

José Couceiro

Couceiro as Lokomotiv Moscow coach in 2011
Personal information
Full name	José Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro
Date of birth	(1962-10-04) 4 October 1962
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1982	Montijo
1982–1985	Barreirense
1985–1986	Atlético CP
1986–1988	Torreense
1988–1989	Oriental
1989–1991	Torreense
1991–1992	Estrela da Amadora
Managerial career
2002–2004	Alverca
2004–2005	Vitória de Setúbal
2005	Porto
2005–2006	Belenenses
2006–2007	Portugal U-21
2008	Kaunas
2008–2010	Lithuania
2009–2010	Gaziantepspor
2011	Sporting CP (caretaker)
2011–2012	Lokomotiv Moscow
2013–2014	Vitória de Setubal
2014–2015	Estoril
2016–2018	Vitória de Setúbal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro (born 4 October 1962) is a Portuguese football manager, currently the national technical director of the Portuguese Football Federation.

Managerial career

As a manager, Couceiro's career is marked with the relegation of Alverca in the 2003–04 season. He bounced back with a good run with Vitória de Setúbal, and won the best Portuguese coach prize. He then signed for Porto on 1 February 2005, going on to Belenenses during the 2005–06 season. In August 2006, he was appointed manager of the Portugal under-21 national team, reaching positive results in the UEFA Championships.

In July 2008, Couceiro was then appointed the head coach of Kaunas, the Lithuanian A Lyga club controlled by Vladimir Romanov. On 5 August 2008, Kaunas, playing in a UEFA Champions League play-off match, defeated 2007–08 UEFA Cup finalists Rangers 2–1 on aggregate to qualify for the third round for the first time in club history. He was then named head coach of the Lithuania national team on 14 August 2008. In his first competitive match as manager, Lithuania defeated Romania 3–0 in Cluj-Napoca for a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier. After that, they defeated Austria 2–0 at home, and the Faroe Islands 1–0. However, they did not qualify for the World Cup tournament proper, held in South Africa.

In April 2009, Couceiro signed as a manager with Turkish side Gaziantepspor.

On 26 February 2011, following the dismissal of Paulo Sérgio, Couceiro was named caretaker manager of Sporting CP for the remainder of the 2010–11 season. He then moved to Lokomotiv Moscow in July 2011, however left the club in May 2012 after his contract was not renewed.

After being appointed as manager of Vitória de Setubal in 2013, he was sacked on 15 May 2014. He then managed Estoril, leaving in March 2015. In May 2016, Couceiro was appointed manager of Vitória de Setubal for a third time. He left the role in May 2018.

In July 2018, he was appointed national technical director of the Portuguese Football Federation.

Personal life

Fernando Peyroteo (1918-1978), a former star player of Sporting CP, was his great-uncle.