Silvino de Almeida Louro (born 5 March 1959), known simply as Silvino in his playing days, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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. Having ended his professional career in his 40s – playing in 21

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seasons and totalling 408 appearances – he went on to have another extensive spell as a goalkeeper or first-team coach under

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Club career

Born in

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, Silvino started his professional career with hometown's Vitória de Setúbal in 1977, moving to Vitória de Guimarães after five years at the club. He was signed by Benfica for 1984–85, but did not appear once in that year's

, barred by

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. After a loan to newly promoted

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in the following campaign, Silvino returned, going on to have an interesting battle for first-choice status with Neno for several seasons and helping the team to win four league titles. He played in the

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finals in

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and

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, having captained the side in the latter. Leaving Benfica in 1994 Silvino rejoined Vitória Setúbal, then moved to

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for the 1995–96 season: despite not having to face

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in his

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(after his departure to

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) he appeared very rarely in his stint, and closed out his career at northern neighbours Salgueiros, retiring in June 2000 after three years. Subsequently, Louro began a career as a goalkeeping coach, successively at Porto, Chelsea,

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and

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, always under countryman

. Several of the goalkeepers he worked directly with (Baía,

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and Júlio César) went on to win the Best Goalkeeper award, given by

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International career

Silvino made his debut for

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as a Vitória Guimarães player, in a 0–0 draw with

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on 13 April 1983. He won a total of 23

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in a career spanning 14 years, but was left out of the nation's

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squad. Silvino returned to the national team on 12 October 1988, and played a major part in their

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qualifying campaign. He lost the number one shirt in January 1991 to young Baía, as a result of having lost his Benfica job to Neno, and spent the vast remainder of his international career on the substitutes' bench. However, after Porto's Baía suffered an injury, Silvino played the last two games of the 1998 World Cup qualifiers; his final appearance came in the 1–0 win over

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on 11 October 1997 – aged 38 – as he equalised

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' record as the oldest player to represent Portugal. From 2000 to 2002, prior to his Porto appointment, Louro was the goalkeeper coach for the national team.

Honours

Benfica *

: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94 *

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: 1984–85, 1986–87, 1992–93 *

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: 1989 *

runner-up: 1987–88, 1989–90 Porto *Primeira Liga: 1995–96, 1996–97 *Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1996

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