José Mota (footballer, born 1964)
 Mota in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Albano Ferreira da Mota | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Paredes, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1980 | Aliados Lordelo | ||
| 1980–1982 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1987 | Aliados Lordelo | ||
| 1987–1996 | Paços Ferreira | 196 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–2000 | Paços Ferreira (assistant) | ||
| 1997 | Paços Ferreira (caretaker) | ||
| 2000–2003 | Paços Ferreira | ||
| 2003 | Santa Clara | ||
| 2003–2008 | Paços Ferreira | ||
| 2008–2010 | Leixões | ||
| 2010–2012 | Belenenses | ||
| 2012–2013 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| 2014–2015 | Gil Vicente | ||
| 2016 | Feirense | ||
| 2017 | Aves | ||
| 2017 | Sfaxien | ||
| 2018–2019 | Aves | ||
| 2019 | Chaves | ||
| 2021–2022 | Leixões | ||
| 2022 | Paços Ferreira | ||
| 2023–2024 | Farense | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Albano Ferreira da Mota (born 25 February 1964) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a right-back, currently a manager.
He spent most of his playing career with Paços de Ferreira, where he also began working as a coach and won two Segunda Liga titles. In two decades as a manager, he led eight teams in the Primeira Liga, and won the Taça de Portugal for Aves in 2018.
Football career
[edit]Playing career and first Paços stint
[edit]Mota was born in Paredes, Porto District. After humble beginnings with Aliados Lordelo F.C. in the outskirts of his birthplace, he went on to spend nearly a decade at F.C. Paços de Ferreira, often leading the club as its captain.[1] After retiring, he immediately joined their coaching staff, being promoted to head manager in 2000. In 2003, he had a short stint with C.D. Santa Clara in the Azores, but returned to Paços shortly after.[2]
In the 2006–07 season, Mota led Paços de Ferreira to the UEFA Cup for the first time after a sixth-place finish in the league.[2] The northerners would subsequently lose in the first round of the European competition against AZ Alkmaar, 1–0 on aggregate.[3][4]
Primeira Liga regular
[edit]In July 2008, Mota left Paços and joined Leixões S.C. also in the Primeira Liga. On 9 February 2010, with the Matosinhos team ranking second-bottom, he was sacked.[5]
Mota returned to active in November 2010, being appointed at C.F. Os Belenenses who was struggling in the Segunda Liga and eventually narrowly avoided relegation.[6] Between February 2012 and October of the following year, he coached Vitória F.C. in the top division.[7]
On 2 September 2014, Mota was hired by Gil Vicente F.C. as a replacement to João de Deus, fired after three losses in as many top-flight games.[8] On 25 March 2016, after a period of inactivity, he signed with second tier club C.D. Feirense,[9] leading it to promotion after four years and being relieved of his duties in December of the same year.[10]
Mota was appointed at C.D. Aves on 18 February 2017,[11] achievement another promotion to the Portuguese top division[12] but leaving subsequently by mutual consent.[13] The 53-year-old moved abroad for the first time in late June, signing a two-year contract with CS Sfaxien from the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1[14] and leading them to the quarter-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup.[15]
Primeira return and Aves cup win
[edit]Mota returned to both Portugal and Aves on 24 January 2018, replacing the suspended Lito Vidigal as well as being appointed senior football and youth system coordinator.[16][17] On 18 April, he took the club to its first-ever final of the Taça de Portugal after disposing of lowly Caldas S.C. 3–1 on aggregate,[18] defeating Sporting CP 2–1 in the decisive match.[19]
On 16 January 2019, Mota left Aves by mutual consent after their elimination from the quarter-finals of the cup by S.C. Braga.[20] He returned to the league on 10 March at G.D. Chaves on a deal until 2020,[21] and reiterated his commitment to the club after they were relegated on the last day of the season with a 5–2 defeat to C.D. Tondela;[22] he managed his 400th game in Portugal's main tier on 21 April, a 2–2 draw against B-SAD.[23]
On 19 December 2019, with the team in eighth, Mota's contract was terminated and he was replaced by César Peixoto.[24] Thirteen months later, he was back at work at 16th-placed Leixões, after over a decade away.[25]
Mota returned to Paços for a third stint on 18 October 2022, after Peixoto was dismissed with the side 17th and no wins from nine matches.[26] He left by mutual consent within two months, having lost all four league games and drawn two of three in the Taça da Liga.[27]
On 6 February 2023, Mota succeeded Vasco Faísca at S.C. Farense.[28] He led the team to second place behind Moreirense FC; it was his fifth promotion to the top flight, second only to the ten by Vítor Oliveira,[29] and he renewed his contract for one more year.[30]
On 24 September 2024, after losing the first six fixtures of the new top-tier season, Mota left by mutual agreement.[31]
Managerial statistics
[edit]| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Paços Ferreira (caretaker) |  | 4 November 1997 | 24 November 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |||
| Paços Ferreira | | 8 February 2000 | 29 June 2003 | 127 | 55 | 34 | 38 | 43.31 | |||
| Santa Clara | | 30 June 2003 | 21 October 2003 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22.22 | |||
| Paços Ferreira | | 21 October 2003 | 16 May 2008 | 166 | 56 | 45 | 65 | 33.73 | |||
| Leixões | | 22 May 2008 | 9 February 2010 | 59 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 30.51 | |||
| Belenenses | | 2 November 2010 | 14 February 2012 | 51 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 35.29 | |||
| Vitória Setúbal | | 15 February 2012 | 7 October 2013 | 56 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 28.57 | |||
| Gil Vicente | | 2 September 2014 | 28 May 2015 | 40 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 17.50 | |||
| Feirense | | 25 March 2016 | 20 December 2016 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 33.33 | |||
| Aves | | 20 February 2017 | 22 May 2017 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 57.14 | |||
| Sfaxien |  | 24 June 2017 | 10 November 2017 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 66.67 | |||
| Aves | | 24 January 2018 | 16 January 2019 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 36.36 | |||
| Chaves | | 10 March 2019 | 19 December 2019 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 48.28 | |||
| Leixões | | 7 January 2021 | 30 June 2022 | 52 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 40.38 | |||
| Paços Ferreira | | 18 October 2022 | 15 December 2022 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.00 | |||
| Farense | | 6 February 2023 | 24 September 2024 | 60 | 23 | 9 | 28 | 38.33 | |||
| Total | 752 | 269 | 188 | 295 | 35.77 | ||||||
Honours
[edit]Manager
[edit]Paços Ferreira
Aves
References
[edit]- ^ Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (25 July 2020). "José Mota: "Apostei uma mariscada com o Rui Jorge em como o André Almeida iria vingar a lateral direito. Ganhei, ele ainda não pagou"" [José Mota: "I bet a seafood meal with Rui Jorge that André Almeida would make it big as a right-back. I won, he still has not paid"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ a b "O "lutador e peneirento" José Mota reencontra Paços de Ferreira" ["Fighting and cocky" José Mota meets Paços de Ferreira again]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 31 October 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "UEFA: Paços de Ferreira perde com o AZ Alkmaar por 1–0" [UEFA: Paços de Ferreira lose 1–0 to AZ Alkmaar]. Público (in Portuguese). 20 September 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "AZ Alkmaar-Paços de Ferreira, 0–0". Record (in Portuguese). 4 October 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ Kundert, Tom (9 February 2010). "End of the road for Jose Mota". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Belenenses anuncia rescisão amigável com José Mota" [Belenenses announce friendly termination of José Mota] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "José Mota rescinde com V. Setúbal" [José Mota rescinds with V. Setúbal]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 7 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "José Mota novo técnico do Gil Vicente" [José Mota new manager of Gil Vicente] (in Portuguese). TSF. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "José Mota é o novo treinador do Feirense" [José Mota is the new manager of Feirense]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 25 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "José Mota está de saída do Feirense" [José Mota is leaving Feirense] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Oficial: José Mota é o novo treinador do Aves" [Official: José Mota is the new manager of Aves]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 18 February 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Aves, bem-vindo à Primeira Liga e parabéns a José Mota" [Aves, welcome to the Primeira Liga and congratulations to José Mota]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 May 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "José Mota deixa o Desportivo das Aves" [José Mota leaves Desportivo das Aves] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "José Mota vai treinar Club Sportif Sfaxien" [José Mota will manage Club Sportif Sfaxien]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 24 June 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "José Mota qualifica CS Sfaxien para os "quartos" da Taça das Confederações Africana" [José Mota qualifies CS Sfaxien to African Confederations Cup "last eight"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 2 July 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ Rodrigues, Vítor; Rosa, Melo (24 January 2018). "José Mota é o sucessor de Lito Vidigal no Aves" [José Mota succeeds Lito Vidigal at Aves]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "José Mota oficializado no Aves como coordenador do futebol sénior e de formação" [Aves make José Mota official as senior football and youth system coordinator] (in Portuguese). TSF. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Aves vence Caldas e vai à final da Taça de Portugal" [Aves beat Caldas and go to Portuguese Cup final]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Aves ganha a Taça de Portugal graças a bis de Guedes" [Aves win Portuguese Cup thanks to Guedes brace]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Desportivo das Aves dispensa treinador José Mota" [Desportivo das Aves let go of manager José Mota]. Observador (in Portuguese). 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Silva Reis, Paulo (10 March 2019). "Oficial: José Mota assume Chaves com equipa técnica definida" [Official: José Mota takes over Chaves with coaching team confirmed]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "José Mota mantém-se no Chaves e já prepara a 2.ª Liga" [José Mota stays at Chaves and is already preparing for 2nd League]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 May 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "José Mota atinge 400 jogos na I Liga e diz que está "aí para as curvas"" [José Mota reaches 400 games in I League and says that he is "alive and kicking"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Chaves rescinde com José Mota e contrata César Peixoto" [Chaves terminate José Mota and hire César Peixoto]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "José Mota é o novo treinador do Leixões" [José Mota is the new manager of Leixões]. Público (in Portuguese). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "José Mota é o novo treinador do Paços de Ferreira" [José Mota is the new manager of Paços de Ferreira] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Calção, Armindo (15 December 2022). "Sete jogos depois, José Mota deixa comando técnico do Paços de Ferreira" [Seven games later, José Mota leaves the helm of Paços de Ferreira]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ Laezza, Miguel (6 February 2023). "José Mota é o novo treinador do Farense" [José Mota is the new manager of Farense]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "José Mota chegou às cinco subidas de divisão e é agora muito cobiçado" [José Mota reached five promotions and is now highly coveted]. Diário de Santo Tirso (in Portuguese). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "José Mota renova com Farense" [José Mota renews with Farense]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Encarnação, Carlos (24 September 2024). "Oficial: Farense anuncia saída de José Mota após seis jornadas a perder" [Official: Farense announce departure of José Mota after six losing rounds]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ José Mota manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- ^ José Mota coach profile at Soccerway
- ^ "Capital da Honra" [Honour Capital]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 May 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- José Mota at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- José Mota manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
