Lito Vidigal

Born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola, Vidigal spent his entire career in Portugal, representing at the professional level O Elvas, Campomaiorense, Belenenses and Santa Clara and retiring in 2004 at the age of 35, totalling 214 matches between the Primeira Liga and the Segunda Liga. Internationally, Vidigal played with Angola at the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, earning 17 caps.

Vidigal took up coaching immediately after retiring, starting with lowly Pontassolense and Ribeirão. In 2008, he moved to Estrela da Amadora – coaching his younger brother Luís after he returned from a lengthy spell in Italy – and joined second-tier Portimonense in February of the following year. In late October 2009, as Manuel Fernandes bought out his contract at União de Leiria to return to his favourite club Vitória de Setúbal, Vidigal was named his successor. On 8 January 2011, he was appointed coach of the Angola national side. The Black Antelopes qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in October, and were eliminated at the group stage of the final tournament in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. With the stated aim of winning titles abroad rather than avoiding relegation in Portugal, Vidigal remained in Africa and signed with Libya's Al-Ittihad from December 2012. In April in 2013, he left Tripoli due to political instability. Dismissed by AEL Limassol of the Cypriot First Division at the start of the season, Vidigal returned to Belenenses late into 2013–14, replacing Marco Paulo at the helm of the bottom-placed team and becoming their third coach of the season. Even though he did not finish the following campaign, being replaced by Jorge Simão with nine matches to go, the side eventually qualified for the UEFA Europa League after finishing sixth. Vidigal repeated the feat in 2015–16 after leading Arouca to a best-ever classification of fifth, in only the club's…

Vidigal had 12 brothers and sisters, four of his male siblings being footballers: Beto, Luís (who played for Sporting CP and in the Serie A, represented Portugal and was coached in the 2008–09 campaign by Lito), Toni and Jorge. His nephew, André, was also involved in the sport professionally.

Manager

Angola

African Nations Championship runner-up: 2011