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Rui Vitória

1970 - Today

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Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁuj viˈtɔɾjɐ]; born 16 April 1970) is a Portuguese football manager and a former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently the manager of Super League Greece club Panathinaikos. As a manager, he most notably spent three and a half years with Benfica in Portugal, winning seven major trophies, which included two consecutive Primeira Liga titles, before subsequently having periods in charge at Al Nassr, Spartak Moscow and the Egyptian national team. He was appointed Panathinaikos manager in October 2024 before being sacked in September 2025. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Rui Vitória is the 3,544th most popular soccer player (down from 2,617th in 2024), the 366th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 330th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Portuguese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rui Vitória ranks 3,544 out of 21,273. Before him are Sid Kimpton, Daichi Fukushima, Boro Primorac, Juan Carlos Osorio, Eric García, and Kiril Metkov. After him are Santiago Santamaría, Paolo Barison, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, Renzo De Vecchi, László Raffinsky, and Homare Sawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Rui Vitória ranks 194. Before him are Regine Velasquez, Alexander Pschill, JR Bourne, Jimmy Sheirgill, Stéphane Guivarc'h, and Tamara Taylor. After him are Casiano Delvalle, Ciriaco Sforza, Fabio Casartelli, Rob Van Dam, Rahul Gandhi, and Doug Christie.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Rui Vitória ranks 366 out of 633. Before him are José Leite de Vasconcelos (1858), Manuel Duarte (1945), Luís de Freitas Branco (1890), Tomás António Gonzaga (1744), Bruno Lage (1976), and Lio (1962). After him are José Luandino Vieira (1935), Olegário Benquerença (1969), Carlos Carvalhal (1965), Madalena Iglésias (1939), Jerónimo de Sousa (1947), and Pedro Lamy (1972).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Portugal

Among soccer players born in Portugal, Rui Vitória ranks 66. Before him are Paulo Ferreira (1979), João Lourenço (1942), Ricardo Sá Pinto (1972), Hélder Postiga (1982), Jaime Pacheco (1958), and Manuel Duarte (1945). After him are Carlos Carvalhal (1965), João Palhinha (1995), João Morais (1935), Rui Barros (1965), Germano de Figueiredo (1932), and João Mário (1993).

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