José Dominguez

For the baseball player, see José Domínguez (baseball). For the Spanish race walker, see José David Domínguez.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Dominguez.
José Dominguez
Personal information
Full name José Manuel Martins Dominguez[1]
Date of birth (1974-02-16) 16 February 1974 (age 50)[1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1983–1984 Domingos Sávio
1985–1992 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Benfica 0 (0)
1992–1993 → Sintrense (loan) 12 (1)
1993–1994 → Fafe (loan) 13 (2)
1994–1995 Birmingham City 35 (3)
1995–1997 Sporting CP 62 (4)
1997–2000 Tottenham Hotspur 45 (4)
2000–2004 1. FC Kaiserslautern 56 (5)
2004 Al Ahli (Doha)
2005 Vasco da Gama 7 (0)
Total 230 (19)
International career
1994–1995 Portugal U21 8 (0)
1995–1996 Portugal 3 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2012 União Leiria (youth)
2012 União Leiria
2012 Sporting CP B (assistant)
2012–2013 Sporting CP B
2014 Real Cartagena
2015 Recreativo
2021 Gaziantep (assistant)
2023–2024 APOEL (assistant)
2024 APOEL
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Manuel Martins Dominguez (born 16 February 1974) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player.

As a player, he was a diminutive winger with above-average technical skills and speed.[2] He started playing professional football not in his own country but in England with Birmingham City. After two years with Sporting CP, he returned to England for three years with Tottenham Hotspur, then spent another three with German club 1. FC Kaiserslautern and had short spells in Qatar and Brazil.

Dominguez represented Portugal at youth level, then won three caps for the senior team in the 90s.

Club career

Early years and Sporting CP

Born in Lisbon and raised in the Bairro Alto neighbourhood,[3] Dominguez had an unassuming youth spell at his hometown club S.L. Benfica, then played for a year with amateurs S.U. Sintrense also in the area. After a few months at AD Fafe he had his first taste of professional football, joining Football League Second Division club Birmingham City in March 1994 and being relegated in his first season.[4]

Following Luís Figo's departure to FC Barcelona, Sporting CP chose Dominguez as his replacement, and he went on to spend two solid seasons at the latter side, albeit with no silverware.[5]

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur, coached by Gerry Francis, returned Dominguez to England in August 1997, for £1.6 million. He made his debut in the Premier League against Derby County at the end of that month, winning a penalty after coming on as a second-half substitute; however, despite being at White Hart Lane for over three years, his appearances were limited: he started regularly under Francis, but came more regularly off the bench during Christian Gross's tenure as manager.[6][7]

Dominguez won the 1998–99 League Cup with Spurs as an unused substitute in the final,[8] but fell out of favour during the following season under George Graham, who demoted him to the reserves. He only played two league matches for the first team, both as substitute.[6][7]

Later career

Dominguez signed for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in November 2000, for £250,000.[9] He scored in only his second Bundesliga game, a 4–2 loss at Bayer 04 Leverkusen,[10] but his performances were also erratic, mainly due to coaching changes and personal problems;[11] in his last season he scored one goal in 26 matches,[12][6] but the team finished just one place above relegation due to financial irregularities.[13][14]

After a brief spell in Qatar with Al Ahli SC,[15] Dominguez moved in 2005 to Brazil's CR Vasco da Gama. After only three starts in 11 competitive appearances, he was not offered a new contract and left,[16] retiring aged 31.[6]

International career

While at Sporting, Dominguez won three caps for Portugal.[17] In a more important role, he helped the Olympic team to a fourth-place finish at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta; that squad also included four other Sporting graduates – Luís Andrade, Dani, Emílio Peixe and Hugo Porfírio.[18]

Coaching career

Dominguez spent two years coaching U.D. Leiria's youth sides. On 14 March 2012 he became the first team's fourth coach of the campaign, replacing the fired Manuel Cajuda.[19] In 2012–13, he worked with Sporting's reserves in the Segunda Liga.[20]

In late December 2013, Dominguez was appointed at Real Cartagena in Colombia as part of an agreement between that club and Sporting.[21] On 24 March 2015, he was named at the helm of Recreativo de Huelva, replacing Juan Manuel Pavón.[22] He remained at the club after their relegation to Segunda División B and was dismissed on 12 October, having won two and drawn three of the first eight games of the season.[23]

Dominguez later worked as assistant to his former Sporting teammate Ricardo Sá Pinto, at Gaziantep FK in Turkey and APOEL FC.[24][25] After helping the latter to the Cypriot First Division title in 2023–24,[26] he was appointed their manager in August 2024,[27] being relieved of his duties two months later due to poor results.[28]

Style of play

Standing at 165 centimeters,[3] Dominguez was one of the shortest players to have ever played in the Premier League.[29] In his prime, he was noted for his pace, acceleration, agility, technique, flair and dribbling, and while at Benfica he often drew comparisons to Paulo Futre.[30][31][32][3]

Personal life

Dominguez married a woman from Lagos, Algarve, being deeply familiar with that town of southern mainland Portugal.[3]

Honours

Sporting CP

Tottenham Hotspur

References

  1. ^ a b c José Dominguez at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "José Dominguez, o artista" [José Dominguez, the artist]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 November 2000. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d Tovar, Rui Miguel (30 May 2019). ""No Benfica, vê bem, chamavam-me Futre"" ["At Benfica, check this out, they called me Futre"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ^ Candeias, Pedro (25 October 2014). ""Perguntavam-me: 'Mas tu és um jogador ou uma mascote'? E eu entrava e partia aquilo tudo"" [They would ask me: 'But are you a player or a mascot'? And I would come in and create havoc]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Experiência 'versus' especialidade" [Experience versus specialty]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 10 August 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "Birmingham City: Where are they now? – Jose Dominguez". Birmingham Mail. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b Cooper, Thomas (13 November 2013). "The 20 worst Tottenham Hotspur signings of the Premier League era". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  8. ^ Moore, Glenn (22 March 1999). "Football: Nielsen header caps drama". The Independent. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Dominguez departs for Germany". BBC Sport. 13 November 2000. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  10. ^ Gerke, Uli; Lußem, Frank; Lustig, Jan (26 November 2000). "Neuville wie entfesselt" [Neuville the catalyst] (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  11. ^ Trust, Oliver (31 May 2003). "Ein Tor für den Vater" [A goal for the father]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Torhüter Wiese läßt Stuttgart verzweifeln" [Goalkeeper Wiese leaves Stuttgart in despair]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 21 February 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  13. ^ "40-Punkte-Marke hat ausgedient" [40-point mark did the job] (in German). n-tv. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Der Absturz eines großen deutschen Traditionsklubs" [The fall of a great and classic German club]. Die Welt (in German). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Dominguez treina em Alcochete" [Dominguez training at Alcochete]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 October 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Dominguez deixa Vasco da Gama" [Dominguez leaves Vasco da Gama]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 August 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Portugal-Brasil: o pesadelo das Olimpíadas de 96 segundo Ronaldo e Bebeto" [Portugal-Brazil: the nightmare of the 96 Olympics according to Ronaldo and Bebeto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Dominguez sucede a Cajuda" [Dominguez succeeds Cajuda]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  20. ^ Coutinho, João (1 July 2013). "Abel é o novo treinador da equipa B" [Abel is the new manager of the B team]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Portugués José Domínguez, nuevo entrenador del Real Cartagena" [Portuguese José Domínguez, new Real Cartagena manager] (in Spanish). Fútbol Red. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  22. ^ "Principio de acuerdo con el entrenador portugués José Domínguez" [Agreement in principle with Portuguese manager José Domínguez] (in Spanish). Recreativo Huelva. 24 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  23. ^ "El Recreativo de Huelva hace oficial la destitución de Jose Dominguez como entrenador del albiazul" [Recreativo de Huelva make dismissal of José Dominguez as manager of the white-and-blues official] (in Spanish). Huelva Buenas Noticias. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  24. ^ Dick, Brian (29 January 2021). "This Birmingham City cult hero has a new job – and first up it's Galatasaray". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  25. ^ "Sá Pinto vai treinar o APOEL na próxima época" [Sá Pinto will manage APOEL next season] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  26. ^ Cadima, Pedro (14 May 2024). "José Dominguez pode suceder a Sá Pinto no comando técnico do APOEL" [José Dominguez may succeed Sá Pinto at the helm of APOEL]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  27. ^ Έναρξη συνεργασίας με José Dominguez [Beginning of collaboration with José Dominguez] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Cyprus champion APOEL signs fourth coach in 6 months Manuel Jimenez". Associated Press. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  29. ^ Wallace, Sam (16 August 2008). "Peter Crouch: Talking big". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  30. ^ "José Dominguez golos Sporting Tottenham Kaiserslautern Birmingham Vasco da Gama Portugal" [José Dominguez goals Sporting Tottenham Kaiserslautern Birmingham Vasco da Gama Portugal]. YouTube. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  31. ^ "José Dominguez golos Sporting Tottenham Kaiserslautern Birmingham Vasco da Gama Portugal" [José Dominguez goals Sporting Tottenham Kaiserslautern Birmingham Vasco da Gama Portugal]. YouTube. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  32. ^ "José Dominguez – Sporting CP" (in Portuguese). YouTube. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  33. ^ "Histórico da Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira" [Supercup Cândido de Oliveira all-time record] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 11 August 2012. p. 10. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  34. ^ "Nielsen nicks it for Spurs". BBC Sport. 22 March 1999. Retrieved 30 March 2024.