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3 unusual facts about Valentim Loureiro


European Club Soccer

Portuguese teams, for instance, had a large number of Yugoslavian players in the early 1990s, and that was reflected by players with names such as Valentim Ivic (of Valentim Loureiro and Tomislav Ivic, then Boavista FC chairman and S.L. Benfica manager, respectively).

Sérgio Leite

For 2009–10 Leite moved teams again, joining Gondomar S.C. – also in division three – a team to which former Boavista chairman Valentim Loureiro also had connections.

Valentim Loureiro

He was mayor of Gondomar municipality in northern Portugal (elected as an independent, after his Social Democratic Party (PSD) withdrew its support due to ongoing legal suits against him), President of the Portuguese League for Professional Football, chairman of Boavista F.C., and father of his successor, João Loureiro who managed the club from 1997 to 2007.



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