Lázaro Oliveira

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Costa and the second or paternal family name is Oliveira.

Lázaro

Personal information
Full name	José Augusto
Date of birth	(1967-08-27) 27 August 1967
Place of birth	Angola
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1981–1987	Oeiras
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1988	Os Marialvas
1988–1989	Usseira
1989–1994	Estoril	96	(11)
1994–1995	Louletano	31	(9)
1995–1997	Penafiel	64	(10)
1997–2004	Estrela Amadora	166	(8)
International career
1998–1999	Angola	6	(1)
Managerial career
2004–2008	Estrela Amadora (assistant)
2008–2009	Estrela Amadora
2009–2010	Penafiel
2012–2014	Portimonense
2015	Atlético
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lázaro Fonseca Costa Oliveira (born 27 August 1967), known simply as Lázaro in his playing days, is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.

Playing career

Lázaro spent his entire career in Portugal. He started professionally with G.D. Estoril Praia in the second division, scoring 11 games in his first two seasons combined, the latter finishing in promotion to the top level.

In the main competition, however, Lázaro was only a backup player during three years, his best input being 17 games in the 1991–92 campaign – 11 starts – as the Lisbon side ranked in tenth position. He subsequently competed in divisions three and two, with Louletano D.C. and F.C. Penafiel respectively.

Aged 30, Lázaro returned to the top flight with C.F. Estrela da Amadora, also in the Portuguese capital. He would be regularly played during five of his seven years with the team, retiring in 2004 with top division totals of 148 games and seven goals (plus 178/22 in the second level).

Manager career

Immediately after retiring Lázaro took up coaching, spending four years as an assistant at Estrela, always in the main category. Early into the 2008–09 season he replaced countryman Lito Vidigal as head coach, leading the team into safety only to suffer relegation due to financial irregularities.

In the 2009 summer Lázaro joined another former team, Penafiel, in level two. He was sacked midway through his second year, joining another club in the category, Portimonense SC, on 18 January 2012.

External links

• Lázaro at footballzz.co.uk
• Lázaro profile at ForaDeJogo
• Lázaro manager stats at ForaDeJogo
• Lázaro Oliveira at National-Football-Teams.com