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Octávio Machado
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<h2 id="club-career">Club career</h2> <p>Born in <a href="/facts/Palmela/vnh9TL7t">Palmela</a>, <a href="/facts/Set%25C3%25BAbal_District/QpqzomxE">Setúbal District</a>, Machado was a leading player for <a href="/facts/Vit%25C3%25B3ria_F.C./2arcjvtr">Vitória de Setúbal</a> and <a href="/facts/FC_Porto/hdY0yRjK">FC Porto</a> during the 1970s, winning two <a href="/facts/Primeira_Liga/opm2PDFM">Primeira Liga</a> titles with the latter even though he missed the entire <a href="/facts/1978%25E2%2580%259379_Primeira_Liga/8Lzzlv0R">1978–79</a> due to injury.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> 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 <a href="/facts/Jos%25C3%25A9_Maria_Pedroto/sWPyN0mg">José Maria Pedroto</a> and <a href="/facts/Director_of_football/CFHv8q3b">director of football</a> <a href="/facts/Jorge_Nuno_Pinto_da_Costa/FPxckE83">Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>After retiring at the age of 34 with his first club, Machado went on to become an assistant manager to <a href="/facts/Artur_Jorge_(footballer%2c_born_1946)/SH2uXKLA">Artur Jorge</a>, joining his Porto staff for the <a href="/facts/1984%25E2%2580%259385_Primeira_Liga/9j2mDlMa">1984–85 campaign</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> There, he won two leagues in a row and the <a href="/facts/1986%25E2%2580%259387_European_Cup/KG1Wjym7">1987</a> <a href="/facts/UEFA_Champions_League/h1ao7NDp">European Cup</a>, remaining alongside Jorge into the 1990s when he finally became a head coach, managing both Porto and <a href="/facts/Sporting_CP/vbgkjVcB">Sporting CP</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="international-career">International career</h2> <p>Machado earned 20 <a href="/facts/Cap_(sport)/pFhs7Lp2">caps</a> for the <a href="/facts/Portugal_national_football_team/npcIh0mR">Portugal national team</a>, scoring once. His first appearance was on 21 November 1971, in a 1–1 draw with <a href="/facts/Belgium_national_football_team/HIEk1qCR">Belgium</a> for the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Euro_1972/Un57Wjy4">UEFA Euro 1972</a> <a href="/facts/UEFA_Euro_1972_qualifying/Xzm8Dd5T">qualifiers</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>Machado's last international was against <a href="/facts/Poland_national_football_team/hBrcyFUN">Poland</a> on 29 October 1977 in the <a href="/facts/1978_FIFA_World_Cup/XT51Kt0n">1978 FIFA World Cup</a> <a href="/facts/1978_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)/NFfy0zQq">qualifying campaign</a>, a 1–1 draw.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> Octávio Machado: International goals<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Date</th><th scope="col">Venue</th><th scope="col">Opponent</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">Result</th><th scope="col">Competition</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>9 October 1977</td><td><a href="/facts/Idr%25C3%25A6tsparken/7nCRUC4K">Idrætsparken</a>, Copenhagen, Denmark</td><td> <a href="/facts/Denmark_national_football_team/cUdDd4Qf">Denmark</a></td><td>1–4</td><td>2–4</td><td><a href="/facts/1978_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)/NFfy0zQq">1978 World Cup qualification</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="post-retirement">Post-retirement</h2> <p>After retiring from football, Machado started a private business activity in <a href="/facts/Agriculture/TGztqzJs">agriculture</a>, and was involved in local <a href="/facts/Politics/1gDNy3RP">politics</a> in his hometown of Palmela.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="honours">Honours</h2> <h3>Player</h3> <p>Vitória Setúbal </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ta%25C3%25A7a_de_Portugal/FCzPDdu8">Taça de Portugal</a> runner-up: 1972–73<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Porto </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Primeira_Liga/opm2PDFM">Primeira Liga</a>: 1977–78<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li>Taça de Portugal: 1976–77; runner-up: 1977–78, 1979–80<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Manager</h3> <p>Sporting CP </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Superta%25C3%25A7a_C%25C3%25A2ndido_de_Oliveira/RYqmoSPf">Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira</a>: 1995<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li>Taça de Portugal runner-up: 1995–96<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Porto </p> <ul><li>Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2001<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210101000000/https://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=194905060001&language=2">Octávio Machado</a> at ForaDeJogo (archived) </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210101000000/https://www.foradejogo.net/manager.php?manager=210&language=2">Octávio Machado manager stats</a> at ForaDeJogo (archived)</li> <li><a href="https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17572.html">Octávio Machado</a> at National-Football-Teams.com</li> <li><a href="https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15460">Octávio Machado</a> at EU-Football.info</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career); Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado" target="_blank">https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>FC Porto. O Verão quente de 1980, que esfriou a relação no futebol (FC Porto. 1980's hot summer, when football relations turned cold); I, 6 August 2010 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.ionline.pt/conteudo/72673-fc-porto-o-verao-quente-1980-que-esfriou-relacao-no-futebol" target="_blank">http://www.ionline.pt/conteudo/72673-fc-porto-o-verao-quente-1980-que-esfriou-relacao-no-futebol</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>«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) <a href="https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/load-enter/octavio-machado/nos-treinos-do-fc-porto-a-malta-agredia-gratuitamente-os-reforcos" target="_blank">https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/load-enter/octavio-machado/nos-treinos-do-fc-porto-a-malta-agredia-gratuitamente-os-reforcos</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>«Dois meses no Benfica e naturalizei-me, no Porto nem em dois anos» ("Two months at Benfica and I became naturalised, not in two years would it happen at Porto"); Mais Futebol, 7 April 2020 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/destino-80s/destinos/dois-meses-no-benfica-e-naturalizei-me-no-porto-nem-em-dois-anos" target="_blank">https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/destino-80s/destinos/dois-meses-no-benfica-e-naturalizei-me-no-porto-nem-em-dois-anos</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career); Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado" target="_blank">https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses (Complete list of Portuguese internationals); Mais Futebol, 18 February 2004 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/selecao/lista-completa-dos-internacionais-portugueses" target="_blank">https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/selecao/lista-completa-dos-internacionais-portugueses</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career); Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado" target="_blank">https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career); Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado" target="_blank">https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>«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) <a href="https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/load-enter/octavio-machado/nos-treinos-do-fc-porto-a-malta-agredia-gratuitamente-os-reforcos" target="_blank">https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/load-enter/octavio-machado/nos-treinos-do-fc-porto-a-malta-agredia-gratuitamente-os-reforcos</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Octávio Machado: “Sporting pediu-me para pensar se queria integrar a estrutura” (Octávio Machado: "Sporting asked me to think if I wanted to be part of the organigram"); Observador, 1 July 2015 (in Portuguese) <a href="http://observador.pt/2015/07/01/otavio-machado-pode-ser-o-novo-reforco-do-sporting/" target="_blank">http://observador.pt/2015/07/01/otavio-machado-pode-ser-o-novo-reforco-do-sporting/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career); Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado" target="_blank">https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career); Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado" target="_blank">https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career); Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado" target="_blank">https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career); Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado" target="_blank">https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career); Record, 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese) <a href="https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado" target="_blank">https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Jorge 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) <a href="https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/supertaca/artigos/jorge-jesus-num-universo-que-so-ele-domina" target="_blank">https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/supertaca/artigos/jorge-jesus-num-universo-que-so-ele-domina</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>