Name Manuel Vieira Career start 2001 1989–1991 Ermesinde Weight 77 kg | Number 81 Height 1.74 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
Full name Manuel Jose Azevedo Vieira Date of birth (1981-02-04) 4 February 1981 (age 34) Current team F.C. Pacos de Ferreira (#81 / Midfielder) | ||
Place of birth Paranhos, Portugal | ||
Manuel José Azevedo Vieira (born 4 February 1981), known as Manuel José, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Leixões SC. Mainly a right midfielder, he can also play as an attacking right back.
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Football career
Born in Paranhos (Porto), Manuel José unsuccessfully graduated from FC Porto's academy, going on to serve a number of loans in almost four year before being released in June 2005. He made his Primeira Liga debuts with Académica de Coimbra, where he played from January–June 2003.
After a solid season with Porto's neighbours Boavista FC, Manuel José joined Romania's CFR Cluj Portuguese contingent in June 2006, for €300,000. During his first year in Liga I he was a first-team regular and the team player with the most assists, accumulating eleven decisive passes; however, with the arrival of Ioan Andone as head coach during the summer of 2007, he lost his place in the starting eleven and failed to regain that position.
On 5 February 2009, Manuel José terminated the contract that bound him with Cluj. In July he returned to Portugal, signing with F.C. Paços de Ferreira; he scored a career-best eight goals in the 2012–13 campaign – in only 19 starts – being essential as his team finished third and qualified to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history.