Vítor Paneira

Personal information
Full name	Vítor Manuel da Costa Araújo
Date of birth	) February 16, 1966 (age 47)
Place of birth	Calendário, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Tondela (coach)
Youth career
1981–1985	Famalicão
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1987	Famalicão
1987–1988	Vizela
1988–1995	Benfica	207	(28)
1995–1999	Vitória Guimarães	128	(15)
1999–2001	Académica	44	(2)
National team
1987	Portugal U21	3	(0)
1988–1996	Portugal	44	(4)
Teams managed
2002–2003	Serzedelo
2003–2005	Ribeirão
2005	Moreirense
2005–2006	Marco
2007–2008	Vila Meã
2008–2009	Famalicão
2009–2010	Boavista
2010–2011	Gondomar
2011–	Tondela
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Vítor Manuel da Costa Araújo (born 16 February 1966), commonly known as Vítor Paneira, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right midfielder.

He excelled in the late 80's/early 90's with Benfica,^[1] to where he arrived from the lower leagues, going on to amass top division totals of 335 games and 43 goals over the course of 11 seasons (289/44 in official matches with his main club) – he also played with Vitória de Guimarães in the competition.

A Portuguese international for eight years, Paneira represented the country at Euro 1996.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 2.1 International goals 3 Honours 3.1 Player 3.2 Manager 4 Statistics 4.1 Player 4.2 Manager 5 Other ventures 6 References 7 External links

Club career

Born in Calendário, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Paneira started playing professionally with hometown F.C. Famalicão, joining F.C. Vizela in the second division in 1987–88, and also received his first under-21 call-ups during the Toulon Tournament.

He was signed by S.L. Benfica in the summer of 1988, and remained there until the end of the 1994–95 season, being an instrumental element during his seven-year stay as he helped the Lisbon side to the national championship three times (1989, 1991 and 1994), adding the 1993 domestic cup. He also played in the 1990 Champions Cup final, with Benfica losing to A.C. Milan (0–1); in the 1992–93 UEFA Cup he scored twice in a 2–1 home win against Juventus FC, coached by Giovanni Trapattoni (albeit in a 2–4 aggregate loss).

Paneira moved to Vitória de Guimarães in 1995–96, due to problems with Benfica boss Artur Jorge, which was also part of a locker room clean-up (he was club captain when this occurred) and played four seasons there. In the 1999 summer he switched to Académica de Coimbra, and retired at 35, after two years in the second level.

In 2002 Paneira started his coaching career, with GD Serzedelo in the fourth level. He also managed his very first club Famalicão, now in the regional leagues.

On 16 December 2009 Paneira was named coach of Boavista FC, with the 2001 league champions now in division three.^[2] He was appointed at another side in the category, C.D. Tondela, on 24 May 2011, leading it to promotion in the playoffs in his first season.

On 10 June 2012, Paneira signed a one-year contract extension.

International career

Paneira made his debut for Portugal the same year he signed for Benfica, in a 0–0 friendly draw with Sweden on 12 October 1988. In total he won 44 caps for the national team (42 for Benfica and two for Guimarães) and scored four goals in a seven-year period, and played his last international in another friendly, a 1–0 win over Republic of Ireland on 29 May 1996.

Paneira was chosen by António Oliveira for the Lusitanos squad that reached the quarter-finals at UEFA Euro 1996, but was one of the few players that never left the bench.

International goals

Vítor Paneira: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 January 1989	Olympic Stadium (Athens), Athens, Greece	Greece	1–2	1–2	Friendly
2	15 February 1989	Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal	Belgium	1–0	1–1	1990 World Cup qualification
3	26 April 1989	Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal	Switzerland	3–1	3–1	1990 World Cup qualification
4	20 February 1991	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Malta	4–0	5–0	Euro 1992 qualifying

Honours

Player

Benfica

• Portuguese League: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94
• Portuguese Cup: 1992–93; Runner-up 1988–89
• Portuguese Supercup: 1989; Runner-up 1991, 1993, 1994
• European Cup: Runner-up 1989–90

Manager

Ribeirão

• Fourth Division: 2003–04

Tondela

• Third Division: 2011–12

Statistics

Player

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Famalicão	1985–86	?	?	?	?	–		?	?
	1986–87	?	?	?	?	–		?	?
	Total	?	?	?	?	–		?	?
Vizela	1987–88	?	?	?	?	–		?	?
	Total	?	?	?	?	–		?	?
Benfica	1988–89	32	1	4	1	4	0	40	2
	1989–90	26	3	2	1	8	0	381	4
	1990–91	36	9	3	1	2	0	41	10
	1991–92	29	0	4	2	8	1	442	3
	1992–93	28	6	7	2	8	4	43	12
	1993–94	32	6	2	1	8	1	453	7
	1994–95	24	3	4	1	8	0	374	5
	Total	207	28	26	9	46	6	2885	44
Vitória Guimarães	1995–96	30	5	?	?	4	0	34	5
	1996–97	33	7	?	?	3	1	36	8
	1997–98	33	2	?	?	1	0	34	2
	1998–99	32	1	?	?	1	0	33	1
	Total	128	15	?	?	9	1	137	16
Académica	1999–00	28	2	0	0	–		28	2
	2000–01	16	0	1	0	–		17	0
	Total	44	2	1	0	–		45	2
Career totals						55	7

¹ includes 2 matchs in the Portuguese Supercup.

² includes 2 matchs in the Portuguese Supercup.

³ includes 3 matchs in the Portuguese Supercup.

⁴ includes 1 match and 1 goal in the Portuguese Supercup.

⁵ includes 8 matchs and 1 goal in the Portuguese Supercup.

Manager

As of 12 February 2013

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
Serzedelo		14 June 2002	2003
Ribeirão		2003	2005	75	39	12	24	52	131	96	+35
Moreirense		22 May 2005	17 October 2005	7	1	3	3	14.29	8	11	-3
Marco		7 March 2006	2006	9	2	2	5	22.22	5	15	-10
Vila Meã		2007	2008	29	7	10	12	24.14	35	42	-7
Famalicão		2008	2009	30	20	7	3	66.67	54	17	+37
Boavista		16 December 2009	2010	18	8	5	5	44.44	24	21	+3
Gondomar		2010	2011	33	14	13	6	42.42	43	26	+17
Tondela		24 May 2011	Present	70	37	16	17	52.86	105	68	+37
Total

Other ventures

Immediately after retiring and still as an active coach, Paneira worked as a sports commentator with cable channel Sport TV.

References

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo
• Coach stats at ForaDeJogo
• Vítor Paneira at National-Football-Teams.com