Fernando Albino di Sosa Chalana ( port. Fernando Albino de Sousa Chalana ; February 10, 1959 , Barreiro ) - Portuguese footballer , midfielder . Currently works as a trainer .
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| Full name | Fernando Albino di Sosa Chalana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicknames | Chalanix [1] , Cyrano de Bergerac [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 10, 1959 (aged 60) Barreiro (district) , Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Benfica (Lisbon) (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Main coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 gaming career
- 2 International career
- 3 Coaching career
- 4 Achievements
- 4.1 Team
- 4.2 Personal
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Game career
Fernando Chalana was born in the Barreiro district of Setubal County. There he began his football career, playing in the youth team of the Barreirency club. From there he went to the Benfica Club Academy. In 1976, he began to play for the core team. His debut game was the match March 7, 1976 against Firense (3-0) [3] . In the first season, he won the Portuguese title as part of his team. In total, he played for Benfica for 9 years, having played 263 games and scored 39 goals. During this period, he won five Portuguese titles, three Portuguese Cups and one Portuguese Super Cup .
In 1984, Chalana transferred to the French Bordeaux , which paid a record 18 million francs for itself. In this team, the football player spent 3 years, but almost did not play due to numerous injuries. In 1987, the midfielder returned to Benfica, with whom he won the championship and the Portuguese Super Cup. He completed the career of Chalan in the teams - Belenensis and Estrela (Amadora) , who played in the second division .
International Career
On November 17, 1976, at the age of 17, Chalana made his debut with the Portuguese national team in the 1978 World Cup qualifier against Denmark , in which his team won 1-0 [3] . In 1984, Shalana as a member of the national team went to the European Championship . There he was the leader of his team, especially distinguishing himself in the semifinals in the match against the future winner - France , where Fernando gave two assists to Rui Jordan [4] . The last match for the national team midfielder held November 12, 1988 with Sweden , which ended in a draw 0-0 [5] .
Coaching career
In the mid-1990s, Chalana began his coaching career at Benfica Academy [3] . There he won the national title among teams of his age. He also played one game as an acting head coach, noting the dismissed Jesulauld Ferreira . In 2003, he began working at an adult level, becoming an assistant to the head coach of the Pasus de Ferreira club. After he spent a year as the head coach of the Oriental club. Then Fernando returned to Benfica, working as an assistant. On March 10, 2008, he took over as head coach of the team after he was fired by Jose Antonio Camacho [6] . After working as an assistant to Kike Sanchez Flores , Chalana again began working at the club's academy, coaching the youth squad under the age of 19 years.
Achievements
Team
- Champion of Portugal : 1975/76, 1976/77, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1988/89
- Portuguese Cup Winner : 1979/80, 1980/81, 1982/83
- Portuguese Super Cup Winner : 1980, 1989
- Champion of France : 1984/85, 1986/87
- French Cup Winner : 1985/86, 1986/87
- French Super Cup Winner : 1986
Personal
- Soccer Player of the Year in Portugal : 1976, 1984
Notes
- ↑ The remade nickname of the cartoon hero Asterix , who had a mustache similar to a Shalan
- ↑ The Chalana had a nose, the same shape as Cyrano
- ↑ 1 2 3 Nº65 - Fernando Albino de Sousa Chalana
- ↑ EURO's greatest games
- ↑ Appearances for Portugal National Team
- ↑ Chalana fills in at Benfica helm