Jorge Paulo Bento Gomes Portuguese pronunciation is a retired Portuguese footballer and current manager of Portugal.
A defensive midfielder with the ability to handle and the performance of the enzyme as its main asset, he played for two of the three big teams in the country, collected a total of 284 top division games and 16 goals over 11 seasons, and also spent four years in Spain. He represented the national team of Portugal in a World Cup and one European Cup.
Bento lifting career training, Sporting manage for four years and four months, with relative success, and also in charge of the national team.
playing career
Born in Lisbon, Bento played professionally in his homeland for CF Estrela da Amadora, Vitória de Guimarães and SL Benfica, and has a four-year spell abroad with La Liga side Estate Oviedo (Asturias outfit helps to always maintain its top flight status) before moving to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he finished his career as a player. With Sporting, he was part of a star-studded team doubled in 2002 - with 31 games and contributed one goal in the league - under the direction of Laszlo Bölöni, playing alongside Vieira João Pinto and Mario Jardel, among others.
Bento gained 35 caps for the Portugal national team, the first game came on January 15, 1992 in a 0-0 draw with Spain; last a 0-1 loss to South Korea on June 14, 2002, at the 2002 World Cup. He also played in the UEFA Euro 2000 where, along with teammates Abel Xavier - who played with him in Oviedo for two seasons - and Nuno Gomes, he was suspended (in terms of Bento for five months) because of bad behavior, during the semifinal loss to France
Portugal
On 20 September 2010, following the sacking of Queiroz after a poor start to Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, Bento named his successor, initially until the last stage His first game in charge came on October 8, 3. - 1 win against Denmark in Porto.
On 17 November, Portugal defeated world champions Spain 4-0 in Lisbon, the biggest defeat of neighboring Iberians force since June 13, 1963 (2-6 against Scotland, in a friendly).
