Silvino Louro

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Louro.

Silvino Louro
Silvino with Inter Milan in 2009
Personal information
Full name Silvino de Almeida Louro[1]
Date of birth (1959-03-05)5 March 1959[1]
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal[1]
Date of death 19 March 2026(2026-03-19) (aged 67)
Place of death Madrid, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1965–1977 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1982 Vitória Setúbal 64 (0)
1982–1984 Vitória Guimarães 47 (0)
1984–1994 Benfica 184 (0)
1985–1986 → Aves (loan) 34 (0)
1994–1995 Vitória Setúbal 32 (0)
1995–1997 Porto 13 (0)
1997–2000 Salgueiros 34 (0)
Total 408 (0)
International career
1979–1983 Portugal U21 8 (0)
1983–1997 Portugal 23 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Silvino de Almeida Louro (5 March 1959 – 19 March 2026), known simply as Silvino in his playing days, was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He ended his extensive career in his 40s, having taken part in 21 Primeira Liga seasons and made 408 appearances in the competition. He went on to work as a first-team coach under José Mourinho.[2]

Club career

Born in Setúbal, Silvino started his professional career with hometown's Vitória de Setúbal in 1977. He moved to Vitória de Guimarães after five years at the club.[3]

Silvino was signed by Benfica for 1984–85, but did not appear once in that year's Primeira Liga, barred by Manuel Bento. After a loan to newly promoted Aves in the following campaign, he returned, going on to have an interesting battle for first-choice status with Neno for several seasons and helping the team to win four league titles.[4]

Silvino played in the European Cup finals in 1988 and 1990,[5][6] having captained the side in the latter. He rejoined Vitória Setúbal in 1994 upon leaving Benfica, then moved to Porto for the 1995–96 season: despite not having to face competition from Vítor Baía in his second year (as Baía had left for Barcelona) he featured rarely during his stint, and closed out his career at northern neighbours Salgueiros, retiring in June 2000 aged 41.[7]

Subsequently, Louro began a career as a goalkeeping coach, successively at Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Manchester United, always under countryman José Mourinho.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Several of the goalkeepers he worked directly with (Baía, Petr Čech and Júlio César) went on to win the Best Goalkeeper award, given by UEFA.[16]

International career

Silvino made his debut for Portugal as a Vitória Guimarães player, in a 0–0 draw with Hungary on 13 April 1983. He won a total of 23 caps in a career spanning 14 years, but was left out of the nation's UEFA Euro 1984 squad.[17][18]

Silvino returned to the national team on 12 October 1988, and played a major part in their 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. He lost the number one shirt in January 1991 to young Baía, as a result of having lost his Benfica job to Neno, and spent the vast remainder of his international career on the substitutes' bench.

However, after Porto's Baía suffered an injury, Silvino played the last two games of the 1998 World Cup qualifiers; his final appearance came in the 1–0 win over Northern Ireland on 11 October 1997 – aged 38 – as he equalised Vítor Damas's record as the oldest player to represent Portugal.[19]

From 2000 to 2002, prior to his Porto appointment, Louro was the goalkeeper coach for the national team.[20]

Death

Silvino died after a prolonged illness on 19 March 2026, at the age of 67.[21]

Honours

Benfica

Porto

  • Primeira Liga: 1995–96, 1996–97[3]
  • Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1996[24]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Silvino at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Sousa, Nuno (19 March 2026). "Para Silvino (1959–2026), a baliza foi sempre um porto seguro" [To Silvino (1959–2026), the goal was always a safe harbour]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Morreu Silvino, antigo guarda-redes do Benfica, FC Porto e da selecção portuguesa" [Death of Silvino, former goalkeeper of Benfica, FC Porto and the Portuguese national team]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  4. ^ Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (11 June 2021). "Neno (1962–2021): "Estava cheio de mulheres, porra, tinha de sair dali. É quando aparece o Julio Iglesias: 'El portero?' Pá, portero sou eu"" [Neno (1962–2021): "The place was crowded with women, bloody hell, I had to get out of there. That's when Julio Iglesias shows up: ‘El portero?’ Man, I'm the portero"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. ^ Ross, James M. "European Competitions 1987–88". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  6. ^ Ross, James M. "Champions' Cup 1989–90". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Nota de pesar pelo falecimento de Silvino Louro" [Note of condolence on Silvino Louro passing] (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Dal comando ai soldi – Le cinque condizioni di Mourinho" [From command to wages – The five conditions of Mourinho]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 24 May 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Julio Cesar si allena ma è pieno di lividi" [Julio Cesar trains but is full of bruises]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 23 February 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  10. ^ "El delegado de campo acaba en el suelo tras una disputa" [Field delegate ends on the floor after quarrel]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 19 December 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Silvino Louro: «Mourinho no se irá, tenemos contrato hasta junio de 2016»" [Silvino Louro: "Mourinho will not go, we have a contract until June 2016"]. ABC (in Spanish). 24 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  12. ^ Wilson, Jeremy (3 June 2013). "Jose Mourinho allowed to recruit three key lieutenants to his Chelsea backroom staff". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  13. ^ Farmery, Tom (2 March 2015). "Jose Mourinho reveals one of his coaches blew plans to keep Manchester City result a secret". The Independent. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  14. ^ Candeias, Pedro (6 January 2016). "Zidane é Cruijff ou Maradona?" [Is Zidane Cruijff or Maradona?]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Jose Mourinho arrives at Carrington to start work as Manchester United manager". Eurosport. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  16. ^ Garin, Erik; Silva, Rui. "UEFA Awards". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  17. ^ "Silvino Louro: a outra face de Mourinho" [Silvino Louro: the other side of Mourinho]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 April 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Onde andam os heróis do Euro84?" [Where are the Euro84 heroes?] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Recorde para Ricardo Carvalho" [Record for Ricardo Carvalho]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Silvino e José Augusto completam equipa técnica da selecção" [Silvino and José Augusto complete national team coaching staff]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 February 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Morreu Silvino" [Silvino has died]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  22. ^ "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa. April–June 2017. p. 94. ISSN 3846-0823.
  23. ^ A. Lopes, Norberto (19 March 2026). "Silvino Louro: um guarda-redes exemplar de sorriso fácil" [Silvino Louro: exemplary goalkeeper with an easy smile]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  24. ^ a b "Histórico da Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira" [Supercup Cândido de Oliveira all-time record] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  25. ^ "Benfica manifesta "profundo pesar" pela morte de Silvino Louro" [Benfica express "deep sorrow" for the death of Silvino Louro]. Diário de Viseu (in Portuguese). 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
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