Octávio Joaquim Coelho Machado (born 6 May 1949) is a Portuguese former

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and

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Club career

Born in

Palmela Palmela () is a town and municipality in Portugal. As of 2011, the population was 62,831, covering an area of 465.12 km². The municipality is located in the Lisboa Region and Setúbal District, about south of Lisbon. The municipal holiday ...

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, Machado was a leading player for Vitória de Setúbal and

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during the 1970s, winning two

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titles with the latter even though he missed the entire 1978–79 due to injury.O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career)
Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) Over the course of 15 top-division seasons, he achieved totals of 307 games and 25 goals; with the latter side, he was also involved in an internal dispute which resulted in the departure of 15 players, along with manager José Maria Pedroto and

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Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa Jorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa (28 December 1937 – 15 February 2025) () was a Portuguese sports executive, who was president of Portuguese sports club FC Porto, Porto from 1982 until 2024. He was the president with most titles won (69) in t ...

.«Nos treinos do FC Porto a malta agredia gratuitamente os reforços» ("In FC Porto trainings the guys would whoop the new signings' asses for free")
Mais Futebol, 20 March 2020 (in Portuguese) After retiring at the age of 34 with his first club, Machado went on to become an assistant manager to Artur Jorge, joining his Porto staff for the 1984–85 campaign. There, he won two leagues in a row and the

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, remaining alongside Jorge into the 1990s when he finally became a head coach, managing both Porto and

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

International career

Machado earned 20

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for the Portugal national team, scoring once. His first appearance was on 21 November 1971, in a 1–1 draw with

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for the

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qualifiers. Machado's last international was against

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on 29 October 1977 in the

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qualifying campaign, a 1–1 draw.

Post-retirement

After retiring from football, Machado started a private business activity in

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, and was involved in local

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in his hometown of Palmela.

Honours

Player

Vitória Setúbal *

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runner-up: 1972–73 Porto *

: 1977–78 *Taça de Portugal: 1976–77; runner-up: 1977–78, 1979–80

Manager

Sporting CP *

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: 1995 *Taça de Portugal runner-up: 1995–96 Porto *Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2001Jorge Jesus num universo que só ele domina (Jorge Jesus in an universe ruled by him and no one else)
SAPO, 10 August 2015 (in Portuguese)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Machado, Octavio 1949 births Living people 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Setúbal District Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Vitória F.C. players FC Porto players Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Sporting CP managers FC Porto managers FC Porto non-playing staff Portuguese association football commentators