After the sacking of José Peseiro midway through 2005–06 season, he was promoted to first-team duties in spite of being relatively inexperienced. He won the junior championship in 2005, and developed a base to the future. Managerial career SportingĪfter an emotional 2004 retirement, aged 35, Bento got the job of Sporting's youth team coach. He also played at UEFA Euro 2000 where, along with teammates Abel Xavier – who played with him at Oviedo for two seasons – and Nuno Gomes, he was suspended (in Bento's case for five months) due to bad behavior, during the semi-final loss with France. With the latter, he was part of the star-studded team that achieved the double in 2002 under the direction of Laszlo Bölöni, contributing with 31 games and one goal in the league and playing alongside Mário Jardel and João Vieira Pinto among others.īento gained 35 caps for the Portuguese national team, his first game coming on 15 January 1992 in a 0–0 draw with Spain and his last being the 0–1 loss to South Korea on 14 June 2002 in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Benfica, and had a four-year abroad spell with La Liga side Real Oviedo, helping the Asturias club always maintain its top flight status before moving to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he finished his career as a player. Estrela da Amadora, Vitória de Guimarães and S.L. He represented the Portuguese national team in one World Cup and one European Championship.īento took up a coaching career, managing Sporting during four years and four months, with relative success, and also being in charge of the national team at a European Championship and a World Cup.īorn in Lisbon, Bento played professionally in his homeland for C.F. Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento (born 20 June 1969 Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a Portuguese retired footballer, and the current manager of Portugal.Ī defensive midfielder with tackling ability and workrate as his main assets, he played for two of the major three teams in his country, amassing top division totals of 284 games and 16 goals over the course of 11 seasons, and also spent four years in Spain.

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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