Augusto Inácio

Born in Lisbon, Inácio started playing for Sporting CP, signing at the age of 27 for Porto and winning several Primeira Liga championships and domestic cups with both clubs. With the latter, he started in both European competition finals played in the 80s, the 1–2 against Juventus in the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1986–87 European Cup, won at the expense of Bayern Munich. Inácio earned 25 caps for Portugal, mainly for Porto. His debut came on 5 December 1976 in a 2–1 win over Cyprus in the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and he represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 World Cup, playing his last international in the latter, a 1–3 group stage loss to Morocco on 11 July.

After ending his career, Inácio became a manager. One of his first stops was at former side Porto as part of the Bobby Robson-led coaching staff, helping the northerners to back-to-back league conquests; his first head coach assignment arrived with another former club, as he led Sporting to its first title in 18 years, in 1999–2000; subsequently, he managed Chaves, Marítimo, Vitória Guimarães and Beira-Mar. In the 2005–06 season, the Aveiro team won the second level, thus achieving promotion. However, Inácio would be sacked just nine matches into the following campaign, leaving them with only six points; he then went on to manage Ionikos in the Super League Greece, but resigned on 15 January 2007 after a heavy defeat against Panathinaikos. Inácio moved to Iran just ten days later with Foolad, signing until June. Despite suffering relegation to the second division he signed a contract extension for the next season; in May 2008, he took the reins of Interclube in Luanda, Angola. Inácio was sacked in the summer of 2009 and, on 13 September, he reached an agreement with Associação Naval for a return to Portugal, in a one-year deal. At this time in the season, Naval had just one point from four games and dismissed Ulisses Morais, but ultimately easily retained their top division status, finishing in eighth position. In late January 2012, Inácio signed a contract with Romanian Liga I team Vaslui. After three months at the helm of Moreirense late into the 2012–13 campaign (four…

Player

Sporting

Primeira Liga: 1979–80, 1981–82 Taça de Portugal: 1977–78, 1981–82 Porto

Primeira Liga: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88 Taça de Portugal: 1983–84, 1987–88 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1984, 1985, 1987 UEFA Champions League: 1986–87 UEFA Super Cup: 1987 Intercontinental Cup: 1987 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1983–84

Manager

Sporting

Primeira Liga: 1999–2000 Beira-Mar

Segunda Liga: 2005–06 Moreirense

Taça da Liga: 2016–17