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Alberto Bastos Lopes
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Carlos Bastos Lopes
Date of birth	22 October 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back / Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1973–1978	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1985	Benfica
1979–1980	→ Estoril (loan)
1984–1985	→ Belenenses (loan)
1985–1986	Penafiel
1986–1988	Braga
1988–1989	Fafe
Total
International career
1977–1978	Portugal U18
1979	Portugal U20
1979–1983	Portugal U21
Managerial career
1991–1995	Odivelas
1995–1997	Atlético Malveira
1997–1998	Vilafranquense
1998–2000	Sintrense
2000–2001	Atlético
2001–2002	Beneditense
2003–2004	Benfica (youth)
2004–2006	Sintrense
2007–2009	Peniche
2009–2012	1º Dezembro
2013–2014	Lourinhanense
2016	Atlético Malveira
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Carlos Bastos Lopes (born 22 October 1959) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a central defender but also as a defensive midfielder, and is a manager.

Over ten seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 130 matches and seven goals.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Bastos Lopes progressed through S.L. Benfica's youth system, arriving in the first team after a loan spell at neighbouring G.D. Estoril Praia. However, due to stiff competition from Humberto Coelho and António Oliveira in defense and Shéu and Glenn Strömberg in midfield, he appeared only as a substitute on most occasions;^[1] additionally, he was loaned to G.D. Estoril-Praia for the 1979–80 season,^[2] and to C.F. Os Belenenses for 1984–85.^[3]

After leaving in the summer of 1985, Bastos Lopes continued competing always in the Primeira Liga in the following campaigns, with F.C. Penafiel and S.C. Braga.^[4] He nearly signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in 1988, but did not pass his medical.^[5]^[6]

Bastos Lopes retired in 1989, at the age of only 29. He subsequently started a lengthy managerial career, never in higher than the third division.^[7] In 2004, he led Benfica's juniors to the national championship.^[8]

International career

Bastos Lopes represented Portugal at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, helping the nation to the quarter-finals.^[9]

Personal life

Bastos Lopes' older brother, António, was also a footballer and a defender. He too represented Benfica, with more success.^[10]

Honours

Benfica

Primeira Liga (7):^[11] 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84
Taça de Portugal (5):^[11] 1980–81, 1982–83
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (2);^[11] Runner-up 1981
Taça de Honra (7)^[11]
UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1983–84

References

^ Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. p. 681. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
^ "Estoril apetrecha-se" [Estoril add pieces]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (20004): 17. 13 July 1979. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
^ "Alberto Bastos Lopes ingressa no Belenenses" [Alberto Bastos Lopes joins Belenenses]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21521): 16. 31 July 1984. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
^ "Benfica dispensa Bastos Lopes II" [Benfica release Bastos Lopes II]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (21839): 17. 21 August 1985. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Bastos Lopes puede firmar la próxima semana" [Bastos Lopes may sign next week] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 27 August 1988. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
^ "Bastos Lopes no superó el examen médico" [Bastos Lopes did not pass medical] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 8 September 1988. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
^ Almeida, Isaura (12 November 2017). "O campeão pelo Benfica que agora anda à procura de talentos" [The champion for Benfica who is now on the look for talents]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ "Encarnados chegam ao título de juniores com Baião no coração" [Reds reach juniors title with Baião in their heart]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 June 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ Alberto Bastos Lopes – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Irmãos no futebol: um antigo "debate" no Benfica" [Brothers in football: an ancient «debate» in Benfica] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 54. ISSN 0872-3540.