João Resende Alves

For the other Portuguese footballer, see João Alves.

João Alves

Personal information
Full name	João António Ferreira Resende Alves
Date of birth	(1952-12-05) 5 December 1952 (age 66)
Place of birth	Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Académica (coach)
Youth career
1968–1969	Sanjoanense
1969–1972	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1973	Benfica	0	(0)
1972–1973	→ Varzim (loan)
1973–1974	Montijo	30	(2)
1974–1976	Boavista	59	(26)
1976–1978	Salamanca	64	(10)
1978–1979	Benfica	26	(11)
1979–1980	Paris Saint-Germain	19	(0)
1980–1983	Benfica	71	(17)
1983–1985	Boavista	47	(3)
Total		316	(69)
National team
1974–1983	Portugal	36	(3)
Teams managed
1984–1986	Boavista
1988–1990	Estrela Amadora
1990	Boavista
1991–1992	Vitória Guimarães
1992–1994	Estrela Amadora
1994–1996	Belenenses
1996	Salamanca
1996–1997	Boavista
1997–1998	Campomaiorense
1998–2000	Farense
2000–2002	Académica
2002–2003	Estrela Amadora
2003–2004	Leixões
2009–2011	Servette
2012	Servette
2018–	Académica
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

João António Ferreira Resende Alves (born 5 December 1952) is a Portuguese former footballer, and is the coach of Académica de Coimbra.

A skilled attacking midfielder, he was considered one of the best Portuguese players from his generation, and earned the nickname Luvas Pretas from the black gloves he used to wear while playing. ^[1]

During his career he represented mainly, with equal individual and team success, Benfica and Boavista, also coaching the latter club on three separate occasions.

Playing career

Club

Born in Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro District, Alves started playing at youth level for A.D. Sanjoanense, being recruited in 1969 by S.L. Benfica. His first professional team was Varzim S.C. in the 1972–73 season followed by C.D. Montijo, the latter being his Primeira Liga experience. ^[2]

Alves moved to his first major club, Boavista FC, for the 1974–75 campaign, where he first showed more of his talent, earning him a transfer to Spain's UD Salamanca where he remained two more years. He then returned to Portugal and Benfica, ^[3] only to move after one year to Paris Saint-Germain FC. ^[4]

Failing to impress in France, Alves immediately moved back to the Estádio da Luz, where he would play for the next three seasons. ^[5] He then re-joined Boavista, ^[6] ending his career during 1984–85 at the age of 32 to become the latter team's coach. ^[2]

Alves won two national championships for Benfica (1981 and 1983) and four Portuguese Cups (two for Boavista, in 1975 and 1976, and two with the former side, in 1981 and 1983). ^[1] He also played for them in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup final, losing on aggregate to R.S.C. Anderlecht of Belgium. ^[1]

International

Alves won 36 caps for Portugal (11 for Boavista, two for Salamanca and 17 for Benfica), scoring three goals. His debut took place on 13 November 1974 in a 0–3 friendly loss to Switzerland, and his final match was on 27 April 1983, in a 0–5 loss against the Soviet Union for the UEFA Euro 1984 qualifiers. ^[7]

João Alves: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 December 1975	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal	Cyprus	1–0	1–0	Euro 1976 qualifying
2	30 March 1977	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Portugal	Switzerland	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3	9 May 1979	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	0–1	0–1	Euro 1980 qualifying

Coaching career

Alves became a coach after finishing his player career, managing Boavista on three separate occasions, C.F. Estrela da Amadora (leading the Amadora team to an historical 1990 Cup of Portugal triumph), Vitória de Guimarães, C.F. Os Belenenses, Salamanca, S.C. Campomaiorense, S.C. Farense, Académica de Coimbra and Leixões SC. In 1996–97, he was one of three managers as former side Salamanca returned to La Liga after a second-place finish. ^{[8] [2]}

After three years out of coaching, he returned to Benfica in 2007, to be in charge of its under-18 team. Two years later he returned to senior football, signing with Switzerland's Servette FC and achieving promotion to the Super League in his second season. ^{[9] [2]}

On 28 November 2011, following Swiss Cup elimination at the hands of FC Biel-Bienne (0–3 away loss), Alves was relieved of his duties. ^[10] However, following poor results achieved by his successor and the club's takeover by Hugh Quennec, he was reinstated as manager in April 2012: ^[11] in the final five games of the campaign results improved, with the team achieving four wins and one draw – this included a 2–1 win over eventual champions FC Basel, which ended Servette's streak of 17 consecutive defeats against that opponent as well as ending their 26-match unbeaten run – and the side eventually qualified for the UEFA Europa League. ^{[12] [9]}

On 9 October 2018, after six years of inactivity, Alves returned for another spell as Académica coach, with the club now in the LigaPro. ^[13]

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Boavista	August 1990	November 1990	7001660000000000000♠66	7001280000000000000♠28	7001160000000000000♠16	7001220000000000000♠22	7001860000000000000♠86	7001690000000000000♠69	+17	07001424200000000000♠42.42
Estrela Amadora	July 1988	June 1990	7001850000000000000♠85	7001310000000000000♠31	7001250000000000000♠25	7001290000000000000♠29	7001920000000000000♠92	7001830000000000000♠83	+9	07001364700000000000♠36.47
Boavista	August 1990	November 1990	7001120000000000000♠12	7000600000000000000♠6	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	7001150000000000000♠15	7001130000000000000♠13	+2	07001500000000000000♠50.00
Vitória Guimarães	January 1991	May 1992	7001560000000000000♠56	7001240000000000000♠24	7001150000000000000♠15	7001170000000000000♠17	7001670000000000000♠67	7001610000000000000♠61	+6	07001428600000000000♠42.86
Estrela Amadora	July 1993	May 1994	7001390000000000000♠39	7001130000000000000♠13	7001150000000000000♠15	7001110000000000000♠11	7001510000000000000♠51	7001410000000000000♠41	+10	07001333300000000000♠33.33
Belenenses	October 1994	May 1996	7001660000000000000♠66	7001250000000000000♠25	7001150000000000000♠15	7001260000000000000♠26	7001810000000000000♠81	7001670000000000000♠67	+14	07001378800000000000♠37.88
Salamanca	July 1996	September 1996	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	−1	005000000000000000000♠0.00
Boavista	November 1996	12 January 1997	7000700000000000000♠7	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7001130000000000000♠13	7000900000000000000♠9	+4	07001285700000000000♠28.57
Campomaiorense	October 1997	29 November 1998	7001410000000000000♠41	7001120000000000000♠12	7000800000000000000♠8	7001210000000000000♠21	7001620000000000000♠62	7001730000000000000♠73	−11	07001292700000000000♠29.27
Farense	February 1999	January 2000	7001280000000000000♠28	7000700000000000000♠7	7001100000000000000♠10	7001110000000000000♠11	7001350000000000000♠35	7001460000000000000♠46	−11	07001250000000000000♠25.00
Académica	December 2000	3 December 2002	7001700000000000000♠70	7001300000000000000♠30	7001200000000000000♠20	7001200000000000000♠20	7002116000000000000♠116	7002100000000000000♠100	+16	07001428600000000000♠42.86
Estrela Amadora	6 March 2003	11 November 2003	7001200000000000000♠20	7000600000000000000♠6	7000500000000000000♠5	7000900000000000000♠9	7001160000000000000♠16	7001310000000000000♠31	−15	07001300000000000000♠30.00
Leixões	5 November 2003	12 January 2004	7000700000000000000♠7	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	7000700000000000000♠7	7001150000000000000♠15	−8	07001142900000000000♠14.29
Servette	7 October 2009	28 November 2011	7001770000000000000♠77	7001450000000000000♠45	7001130000000000000♠13	7001190000000000000♠19	7002156000000000000♠156	7001840000000000000♠84	+72	07001584400000000000♠58.44
Servette	25 April 2012	4 September 2012	7001170000000000000♠17	7000600000000000000♠6	7000500000000000000♠5	7000600000000000000♠6	7001170000000000000♠17	7001190000000000000♠19	−2	07001352900000000000♠35.29
Career totals			7002593000000000000♠593	7002236000000000000♠236	7002155000000000000♠155	7002202000000000000♠202	7002827000000000000♠827	7002714000000000000♠714	+113	07001398009999900000♠39.80

Source: ^{[14] [15]}

Honours

Player

Boavista

• Taça de Portugal: 1974–75, 1975–76

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: ^[16] 1980–81, 1982–83
• Taça de Portugal: ^[16] 1980–81, 1982–83
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: ^[16] 1980

Manager

Estrela da Amadora

• Taça de Portugal: 1989–90 ^[17]
• Segunda Liga: 1992–93

Individual

• Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1975 ^[2]

References

1. Malheiro, João (July 2006). Memorial Benfica 100 Glórias[Benfica Memorial, 100 glories] (in Portuguese) (Third ed.). QuidNovi. pp. 80–81. ISBN   978-972-8998-26-4.
2. Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (21 October 2017). "João Alves: "A minha mulher ainda é minha prima em 3º ou 4º grau, mas felizmente os filhos não saíram malucos"" [João Alves: “My wife is still my third or fourth cousin, but luckily the kids did not come out crazy”]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
3. "Alves pelo Vilar Formoso" [Alves for Vilar Formoso]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (19642): 21. 27 April 1978. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
4. "Alves deixa o Benfica" [Alves leaves Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (20000): 17. 9 July 1979. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
5. "Alves: regresso é de vez" [Alves: Return is for good]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (20290): 19. 27 June 1980. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
6. "João Alves e Boavista: a transferência mais cara do futebol português" [João Alves and Boavista: the most expensive transfer of Portuguese football]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21204): 17. 15 July 1983. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
7. "Os jogadores mais internacionais" [The most international players] (in Portuguese). TSF. 13 May 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
8. "Joao Alves, una leyenda de la UD Salamanca que vuelve a los banquillos" [Joao Alves, a UD Salamanca legend who returns to the benches]. Tribuna de Salamanca (in Spanish). 12 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
9. "Joao Alves n'est plus l'entraîneur du Servette FC" [Joao Alves is no longer manager of Servette FC]. 24 Heures (in French). 4 September 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
10. "Costinha, bourreau d'Alves" [Costinha, Alves' executioner]. Le Matin (in French). 30 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
11. "Costinha encore viré, João Alves de retour!" [Costinha fired once again, João Alves returns!] (in French). Ma Chaine Sport. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
12. "Servette sort vainqueur contre Bâle" [Servette emerge victorious against Basel]. Le Matin (in French). 20 May 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
13. Sousa, Ricardo (9 October 2018). "João Alves volta à Académica 16 anos depois" [João Alves returns to Académica 16 years later]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
14. "João Alves". Zerozero. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
15. João Resende Alves coach profile at Soccerway
16. "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 55. ISSN   0872-3540.
17. Marques, Sara (1 June 2015). "O dia em que o Estrela da Amadora venceu a Taça de Portugal" [The day Estrela da Amadora won the Portuguese Cup] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

External links

• João Alves at TheFinalBall.com
• João Alves at ForaDeJogo
• João Alves manager stats at ForaDeJogo
• João Alves at BDFutbol
• João Alves manager profile at BDFutbol
• National team data (in Portuguese)
• João Alves at National-Football-Teams.com
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football