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José António Prudéncio Conde Bargiela (29 October 1957 – 2 June 2005), known as José António, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.

José António

Personal information
Full name	José António Prudêncio Conde Bargiela
Date of birth	(1957-10-29)29 October 1957
Place of birth	Cascais, Portugal
Date of death	2 June 2005(2005-06-02) (aged 47)
Place of death	Carcavelos, Portugal
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1972–1973	Carcavelos
1973–1976	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1978	Benfica	0	(0)
1978–1983	Estoril	143	(8)
1983–1991	Belenenses	163	(3)
Total		306	(11)
National team
1975	Portugal U16	1	(0)
1976	Portugal U18	6	(0)
1978–1979	Portugal U21	5	(0)
1985–1986	Portugal	3	(0)
Teams managed
1993–1994	Belenenses
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

José António was born in Cascais. After an unassuming two-year spell at S.L. Benfica, where he also played youth football, he moved to neighbours G.D. Estoril Praia where he established himself as a professional.

In 1983, at the age of 25, José António signed with C.F. Os Belenenses – also in Lisbon – where he would remain in several capacities for the next two decades. In 1989, already as an undisputed starter and captain, he helped the Azuis (Blues) lift the Portuguese Cup after a 2–1 win over Benfica.[1]

José António retired in 1991 at nearly 34, having played 163 games for the club in the Primeira Liga. Two years later, he had a very brief coaching spell with Belenenses as one of three coaches during the season, as the team eventually avoided relegation; from an early age onwards, he developed a baldness condition.

International career

José António only earned three caps for Portugal, but his first and last produced memorable results: on 16 October 1985, 13 days shy of his 28th birthday, he helped the national side achieve a 1–0 win in West Germany for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[1]

In the final stages in Mexico, José António appeared in the first match against England, in another 1–0 success.[1] The competition, however, was tainted with the Saltillo Affair in which the squad was involved, and Portugal eventually crashed out in the group stages, and the player never appeared internationally again.

Death

On 2 June 2005, José António was playing in a pickup game with some friends in Carcavelos, but felt indisposed only a few minutes after its start. Having already left the court, he suddenly collapsed and died; all resuscitation attempts were in vain.[2]

He was only 47 years old, and never married.

Honours

Belenenses

• Taça de Portugal: 1988–89

References

External links

• José António at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• National team data (in Portuguese)
• José António at National-Football-Teams.com
• José António – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football

На других языках

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- [en] José António (footballer, born 1957)

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[fr] José António

José António Prudéncio Conde Bargiela, plus couramment appelé José António, né le 29 octobre 1957 à Cascais (Portugal) et mort le 2 juin 2005 à Carcavelos (Portugal), est un footballeur international portugais. Il évoluait au poste de défenseur.

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[it] José António

José António Prudéncio Conde Bargiela (Cascais, 29 ottobre 1957 – Carcavelos, 2 giugno 2005) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore portoghese, di ruolo difensore.

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