José Maria Pratas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Maria Dionísio Pratas | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Portel, Portugal | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1996 | Sporting Viana do Alentejo | ||
| 1996–2001 | Lusitano Évora | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Lusitano Évora | ||
| 2003–2009 | Oriolenses | ||
| 2009–2012 | Vasco da Gama Vidigueira | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Lusitano Évora (youth) | ||
| 2012–2016 | Vasco da Gama Vidigueira | ||
| 2016–2017 | Debrecen (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Jumilla (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Estoril (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Belenenses SAD U23 | ||
| 2022 | B-SAD | ||
| 2024 | Shanghai Shenhua (youth) | ||
| 2025– | Santos (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Maria Dionísio Pratas (born 24 March 1982) is a Portuguese football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the current assistant manager of Brazilian club Santos FC.
Playing career
[edit]Born in Oriola, Portel,[1] Pratas made his senior debut with Lusitano GC, in 2001. He subsequently represented GDC Os Oriolenses and CF Vasco da Gama Vidigueira, retiring with the latter in 2012, aged 30.
Coaching career
[edit]Pratas worked at Sporting CP between 2005 and 2007, helping to establish a new scouting department. In 2011, he returned to his former club Lusitano, now as manager of the under-19 team.
Immediately after retiring, Pratas became the manager of Vasco da Gama Vidigueira in 2012, remaining in charge until 2016.[2] In August 2016, he joined the staff of compatriot Leonel Pontes at Hungarian club Debreceni VSC, as his assistant.[3]
In 2018, after a period studying at FC Barcelona and VfB Stuttgart,[4] Pratas rejoined Pontes' staff at FC Jumilla, again as an assistant.[5] In July 2019, he was named Tiago Fernandes' assistant at G.D. Estoril Praia.[6]
In 2021, Pratas joined Belenenses SAD to work as manager of the under-23 squad. On 19 July 2022, he was confirmed as first team manager, with the club now being called B-SAD.[7]
Pratas was sacked from B-SAD on 24 August 2022, after three winless matches.[8] He later worked as a technical coordinator of the Beja Football Association, before moving to China in August 2023 to join Shanghai Shenhua FC, reuniting with Pontes.[9] At Shenhua, he was a director of youth football, and later took over their under-21 side in October 2024.
In January 2025, Pratas joined the staff of compatriot Pedro Caixinha at Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Santos FC.[10]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of 7 January 2025
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| B-SAD | 
|
19 July 2022 | 24 August 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 0.00 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Portel: José Maria Pratas é o novo treinador no comando técnico do Belenenses SAD" [Portel: José Maria Pratas is the new manager in charge of Belenenses SAD] (in Portuguese). Rádio Campanário. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Vasco da Gama da Vidigueira já garantiu cinco reforços" [Vasco da Gama da Vidigueira already assured five signings] (in Portuguese). Correio Alentejo. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Kondás után portugál tréner érkezett a Lokihoz" [After Kondás, a Portuguese coach arrived at Loki] (in Hungarian). Magyar Nemzet. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "José Maria Pratas". Evytal. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Un Jumilla con sabor a Premier, un entrenador de Cristiano y un dueño chino" [A Jumilla with a Premier flavor, with Cristiano's coach and a Chinese owner] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Tiago Fernandes ambiciona "reerguer" o Estoril" [Tiago Fernandes aims to "rebuild" Estoril] (in Portuguese). Record. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Equipa técnica da B-SAD divulgada" [Technical staff of B-SAD released] (in Portuguese). Record. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "José Pratas despedido pela B SAD" [José Pratas sacked by B SAD] (in Portuguese). Record. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Leonel Pontes assina pelo Shangai Shenhua" [Leonel Pontes signs for Shangai Shenhua] (in Portuguese). Bola Na Rede. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Elenco retorna com boas-vindas de Caixinha e conhece nova identidade do Santos" [Squad return with a welcome from Caixinha and know Santos' new identity] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- José Maria Pratas at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- José Maria Pratas coach profile at Soccerway
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Évora District
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Lusitano G.C. players
- Portuguese football managers
- Liga Portugal 2 managers
- B-SAD managers
- Portuguese expatriate football managers
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in China
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate football managers in China
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Santos FC non-playing staff