Domingos Paciência

A Porto trainee since he was 13, Domingos was born in Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, and proved to be an above-average scorer despite being physically weak. Tomislav Ivić eventually decided he should be the replacement for an ageing Fernando Gomes, and made his debut with the first team at age 19, being crowned top scorer in the Primeira Liga in the 1995–96 season. Previously, in 1990–91, he was involved in a last-matchday battle for the Bola de Prata award with Benfica's Rui Águas, with Águas' team having won the championship the game before: Domingos played first, putting four past Vitória de Guimarães in a 5–0 home win, going from 20 to 24 goals. Águas appeared hours later against Beira-Mar, and scored two second-half goals in an eventual 3–0 victory, finishing with 25. In 1997–98, Domingos moved to the Canary Islands' Tenerife, one year after Porto signed prolific striker Mário Jardel. There, he teamed up with Roy Makaay, but never fully adapted to La Liga, netting only once in his final season – which ended in relegation– in a 1–2 home loss to Alavés. Domingos eventually returned to Porto two years later, who outbid Sporting CP at the eleventh hour. While cherished by the crowd, he did not impose himself as in the past, and retired at the end of the 2000–01 campaign. He won seven league titles, five cups and four supercups. With Portugal, Domingos scored nine goals in 34 appearances, including one against Croatia at UEFA Euro 1996 as the national team reached the…

Leiria and Académica

After his retirement, Paciência was assigned to coach Porto's youth teams, and later the reserves. After completing his level three managing course, he was hired as manager of União de Leiria for 2006–07. He also opened a football school in Matosinhos, with his former Porto teammate Rui Barros. Despite a good work overall, leading the team to a seventh-place finish in the top flight, Paciência left the club before the end of the season after having fallen out with its president and player Adriano Rossato. The following campaign, he took the reins of fellow top-tier Académica de Coimbra after Manuel Machado resigned. In his first two years in charge of the Students, Paciência led them to two consecutive league wins at Benfica (3–0, 1–0). In his second season, he achieved a seventh place, their best in 24 years.

Braga

In June 2009, Paciência resigned after receiving an offer from Braga which had just lost manager Jorge Jesus to Benfica. In his debut campaign, despite a bad start which included being knocked out of the UEFA Europa League in the third qualifying round by IF Elfsborg, he guided the Minho side as they led the league for several months and eventually secured the second position – a best ever, behind Benfica – and subsequent qualification for the UEFA Champions League; the team became only the fifth in the country to reach the competition's group stage, after ousting Celtic (4–2 on aggregate) and Sevilla (5–3) in the qualifying…

Club

International goals

Paciência's son, Gonçalo, is also a footballer and a forward. He too was developed by Porto.