Rui Bento

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Rui Bento
Personal information
Full name Rui Fernando da Silva Calapez Pereira Bento [1]
Date of birth (1972-01-14) 14 January 1972 (age 52) [1]
Place of birth Silves, Portugal [1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kuwait (manager)
Youth career
1983–1987 Silves
1987–1991 Benfica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1992 Benfica 24 (0)
1992–2001 Boavista 242 (4)
2001–2004 Sporting CP 55 (1)
Total321(5)
International career
1990–1991 Portugal U20 12 (0)
1991–1993 Portugal U21 17 (0)
1996 Portugal Olympic (O.P.) 6 (0)
1991–2001 Portugal 6 (0)
Managerial career
2004–2005 Académico Viseu
2005 Barreirense
2006–2007 Penafiel
2008–2009 Boavista
2009–2011 Portugal U17
2011–2012 Beira-Mar
2014 Bangkok United
2015 Tondela
2016–2017 Portugal U17
2017–2018 Portugal U18
2018–2019 Portugal U19
2020–2021 Portugal U20
2021–2022 Portugal U17
2022– Kuwait
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1991 Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 1994 France
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up 1988 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rui Fernando da Silva Calapez Pereira Bento (born 14 January 1972) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mostly as a central defender, currently manager of the Kuwait national team.

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Over 13 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 321 matches and five goals, representing mainly Boavista (nine years). He managed S.C. Beira-Mar and Tondela in the top flight, and spent several years coaching Portugal's youth teams.

Club career

Born in Silves, Algarve, Bento first represented S.L. Benfica, but would gain national recognition with Boavista FC. Already relocated as a defensive midfielder, [2] he helped them to their only Primeira Liga championship in the 2000–01 season, [3] adding the 1997 Taça de Portugal.

After three years at Sporting CP, battling with namesake Paulo Bento for first-choice status [4] and winning another league title in 2002, [5] Bento retired from playing at the age of 32, and started coaching at lowly Académico de Viseu FC. In summer 2008 he returned to Boavista with the club now in the second division, [6] and the side eventually suffered a second consecutive relegation. [7]

Bento was appointed at S.C. Beira-Mar midway through the 2010–11 after taking the place of Leonardo Jardim, [8] only winning twice in nine top-division games until the end of the campaign (two draws and five losses) but still leading the Aveiro team away from the relegation zone. He resigned on 26 February 2012. [9]

After some time managing the under-23 side of Al Ahli Saudi FC, Bento signed as manager of Bangkok United F.C. in January 2014. [10] He left early on in the Thai Premier League season. [11]

On 6 October 2015, Bento returned to Portugal's top flight, succeeding Vítor Paneira at 16th-placed C.D. Tondela on a deal to the end of the campaign. [12] He left by mutual accord on 8 December after earning a solitary point from five matches, placing the club in last position. [13]

International career

Bento was capped six times for Portugal. [14] His first game took place at 20 November 1991 in a 1–0 win over Greece for the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifiers, and his last was a 4–0 defeat to France on 25 April 2001, in a friendly.

Bento also played Olympic football, helping the national side to finish fourth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. [15] [2] Previously, he was a starter for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship winners, in a competition played on home soil. [16]

In July 2009, Bento was named the Portugal under-17 manager. [17] He and Emílio Peixe left the Portuguese Football Federation set-up in August 2022, to take the helm at Kuwait's senior and Olympic teams, respectively. [18]

Honours

Benfica

Boavista

Sporting CP

Portugal U-20

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Rui Bento – De líbero a médio" [Rui Bento – From sweeper to midfielder]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 July 2002. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Carvalho Reis, Joana (18 May 2016). "Lembra-se deles? Há 15 anos o Boavista foi campeão nacional" [Remember them? Boavista were national champions 15 years ago] (in Portuguese). TSF. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bölöni mexe na equipa e aposta em Rui Bento" [Bölöni moves pieces and bets on Rui Bento]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 March 2002. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 Almeida, Isaura (28 April 2020). "A última vez que o Sporting foi campeão foi há 18 anos" [Sporting were champions for the last time 18 years ago]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Rui Bento novo treinador do Boavista" [Rui Bento new manager of Boavista] (in Portuguese). TSF. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Escobar de Lima, Filipe (24 May 2009). "Leiria regressa à I Liga, Boavista desce à II Divisão" [Leiria return to I League, Boavista relegated to II Division]. Público (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Rui Bento appointed new Beira-Mar coach". PortuGOAL. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Rui Bento demite-se de treinador do Beira-Mar" [Rui Bento resigns as manager of Beira-Mar] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Rui Bento no Bangkok United" [Rui Bento at Bangkok United]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  11. ↑ Chittinand, Tor (25 April 2014). "Carvalho leaves Police Utd". Bangkok Post . Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Rui Bento é o novo treinador do Tondela" [Rui Bento is the new manager of Tondela]. Observador (in Portuguese). 6 October 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Rui Bento é o segundo treinador a deixar o Tondela" [Rui Bento is the second manager to leave Tondela]. Público (in Portuguese). 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "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. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  16. 1 2 Ribeiro, Ireneu (20 August 2011). "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Sub-17: Rui Bento divulga convocatória" [Under-17: Rui Bento releases callup]. Record (in Portuguese). 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  18. ↑ "Rui Bento vai ser selecionador do Kuwait e Emílio Peixe fica com equipa olímpica" [Rui Bento will be manager of Kuwait and Emílio Peixe gets the Olympic team] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 2 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  19. ↑ "Leixões-Sporting, 0–1 (Jardel 40')". Record (in Portuguese). 12 May 2002. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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