José Mourinho

José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix was born in Setúbal, Portugal on 26 January 1963. He is the son of the ex-goalkeeper and actual Portuguese coach, Felix Mourinho. In his childhood José Mourinho baptized his dogs with names of foreign footballers. One of them received the name of the legendary Dutch player Gullit.
He began his career as defence in “Estrela da Amadora” and in “Victoria de Setúbal”. In the 90’s he was contracted to work with the English technician Bobby Robson, in the Sporting Clube of Portugal as translator. There he became the right arm of the English trainer when he changed to Football Club of Porto and later to Barcelona.
He became an expert in Spanish football and when Robson left for the PSV and Mourinho remained in Catalonia with the Dutchman Louis Van Gaal.
He was the coach of Chelsea FC., the historic club of London. He stayed in the team four years and he won the championship, which Chelsea had never won in 50 years. Nowadays José Mourinho trains the Inter Milan team.

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Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel de Oliveira was born in Porto, Portugal on December 11, 1908, to Francisco José de Oliveira and Cândida Ferreira Pinto. His family was constituted by wealthy industrialists.
Oliveira attended school in Galicia, Spain and his goal as a teenager was to become an actor. He enrolled in Italian film-maker Rino Lupo's acting school at 20, but later he changed his mind when he saw Walther Ruttmann's documentary “Berlin: Symphony of a City”. This prompted him to direct his first film, also a documentary, titled “Douro, Faina Fluvial” (1931).
Filmography
Douro, Faina Fluvial (documentary, 1931)
Estátuas de Lisboa (documentary, 1932) \
Os Últimos Temporais: Cheias do Tejo (documentary, 1937)
Miramar, Praia das Rosas (documentary, 1938)
Já se fabricam automóveis em Portugal (documentary, 1938)
Famalicão (documentary, 1941)
Aniki-Bóbó (1942)
O Pintor e a Cidade (documentary, 1956)
O Coração (documentary, 1958)
O Pão (documentary, 1959)
Acto de Primavera (1963)
A Caça (1963)
Villa Verdinho: Uma Aldeia Transmontana (documentary, 1964)
As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio (documentary, 1965)
O Passado e o Presente (1971)
Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe (1974)
Amor de Perdição (1978)
Francisca (1981)
Visita ou Memórias e Confissões (1982)
Lisboa Cultural (documentary, 1983)
Nice... À Propos de Jean Vigo (documentary, 1983)
Le Soulier de Satin (1985)
Mon Cas (1987)
A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional (1987)
Os Canibais (1988)
Non, ou A Vã Glória de Mandar (1990)
A Divina Comédia (1991)
O Dia do Desespero (1992)
Vale Abraão (1993)
A Caixa (1994)
O Convento (1995)
Party (1996)
Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo (1997)
Inquietude (1998)
La Lettre (1999)
Palavra e Utopia (2000)
Je Rentre à la Maison (2001)
Porto da Minha Infância (2001)
O Princípio da Incerteza (2002)
Momento (2002)
Um Filme Falado (2003)
O Quinto Império: Ontem Como Hoje (2004)
Espelho Mágico (2005)
Do Visível ao Invisível (2005)
Belle Toujours (2006)
O Improvável não é Impossível (2006)
Cristóvão Colombo - O Enigma (2007)
Honors and decorations
In 2008, Manoel de Oliveira was awarded a doctorate degree honoris causa by the University of the Algarve. He had also been awarded the Order of St. James of the Sword by the President of Portugal. In addition, he has received multiple honours such as those of the Cannes, Venice and Montreal film festivals. He has been awarded two Career Golden Lions in 1985 and 2004 and a Golden Palm for his lifetime achievements in 2008.

Luís Figo

Luís Figo was born in 4 November 1971 in Almada, Portugal. Figo was the 2000 European Footballer of the Year, the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, and was named amongst the FIFA 100. Figo is one of the few footballers to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. Figo won a FIFA World Youth Championship in 1991, the same year he made his senior debut against Luxembourg, at 16 October 1991, in a friendly match that ended 1-1, when he was only 18 years old. He has performed at the highest level ever since, making appearances at Euro 96, Euro 2000, and the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup. He announced his retirement from international football following the UEFA EURO 2004 final defeat by Greece, having won 117 caps and scored 31 goals. However, in June 2005 he reversed his decision and returned for 2006 World Cup qualifying wins against Slovakia and Estonia Figo is married to Swedish model Helen Svedin. They met at a flamenco show and are now married with three daughters - Daniela (born in March 1999), Martina (born in April 2002), and Stella (born 9 December 2004). They are currently expecting their fourth child. Along with his countryman, now Portugal national team manager and former youth team coach Carlos Queiroz, Figo was briefly joint seat holder for A1 Team Portugal, in A1 Grand Prix, during the 2005-06 seasons.

Américo Amorim



Américo Amorim is the richest man of Portugal. Big part of his money comes from “Corticeira Amorim” his main company.
He was born in Mozelos in 1934 and he is a business man and his company is the world leader of the cork sector.
He is the richest man of Portugal and the 132th richest of the world. His fortune is estimated of 7 billion euros.

JOSÉ SOCRATES

José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa was born in Oporto on 6 September 1957. His parents are Fernando Pinto de Sousa and Maria Adelaide de Carvalho Monteiro. He has two younger siblings, António, born in 1962, and Ana Maria, died in 1988.
José Sócrates is the Prime Minister of Portugal and secretary-general of the Socialist Party (Portugal). José Sócrates became Prime Minister of Portugal on 12 March 2005. At the second half of 2007, he acted as the President-in-Office of the Council of the European Union. In addition to these posts, José Sócrates was Portugal's Minister for Youth and Sports and one of the organisers of the Euro 2004 football championship in Portugal, as well as being a former Environment Minister in the government team of António Guterres.

Rita Pereira

Rita Pereira has started her career in fashion, she had training in communication and interpretation. Rita Pereira is the face of numerous productions and advertising.
Rita began to participate in television drama series and soap operas, and she stood out in “Morangos com Açucar”, “Dei-te quase tudo” e “Doce Fugitiva”, “Feitiço de Amor” which is now playing.
Her boyfriend is the actor / singer Angelico Vieira, of D'ZRT.
She was born in Carcavelos and she is an ex-Miss, the actress Rita Pereira is one of the greatest promises of acting in Portugal. Rita Pereira wanted to be a dancer as a child. She was a girl scout and loved playing basketball, she was federated for five years and played at Carcavelos. Rita Pereira is characterized by her unmistakable smile. She is the “Hello Kitty” official representative of Portugal.

Diogo Morgado


Full name: Diogo Miguel Morgado Pinto
Birth date: 17th January 1980
High: 188cm
He’s a very caring for his family, mainly his single brother, Pedro Morgado.
He started his career at 14 years old, he became a model and his first soap opera was in 1996, when he was invited by NBP. After that day he never left the representation. He did a lot of movies, soap opera and theatre.
He has lot hobbies like canoeing, swimming, reading; go to the cinema, travel, listening to music, etc.

Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes

Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes is a Portuguese athlete from Perosinho, Vila Nova de Gaia and the current triathlon European and World champion.
Vanessa has won the European Triathlon Championships five consecutive years (5 elite and 3 under-23 titles, still in progress), since 2004, and on September 1, 2007, she became World champion for the first time, in Hamburg, Germany, managing to grab the only title (apart from the Olympic sceptre) missing from her career.
In June 2006, she won the International Triathlon Union World Cup, ranking number one in the world. In September, she equaled Australian Emma Carney's record number of consecutive wins in the World Cup, with a twelfth victory at the Beijing leg. Later that year, Fernandes was awarded with the "Best Female Athlete of the Year" prize from CNID (Clube Nacional de Imprensa Desportiva; English: Sports Press National Club) at its annual sports gala. In 2008 she won her 5th-in-a-row Elite European Championships title, at home in Lisbon.
In August 2008, she finished second in the Beijing Olympic Games, winning the first Olympic medal in her career.

Cristiano Ronaldo



Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, was born on 5 February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira. Ronaldo began his career as a player at C.D. Nacional and his successes with the team influenced his change Sporting for two seasons.
Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and he signed the 18 years old in 2003. In 2008, Ronaldo won his first UEFA Champions League title, and was named the final's Man of the Match.
He was named the FIFPro World Player of the Year and the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to becoming Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or winner.

Luciana Abreu


She was first noticed at the age of 14, for her participation in the show "Cantigas da Rua", which she won. During 2002 she took a part in the play O Casamento, by the Seiva Trupe theatre company, as both actress and singer. Later, in 2003, she starred the musical play Cabaret Carioca by Carlos Leça, inspired by Chico Buarque's music, in which she took the role of Beatriz.

“Idolos”
In 2004 Luciana auditioned for the second season of Idolos (the Portuguese version of Pop Idol (British original version)). She was a member of the first group of semifinalists. She sang a rendition of Christina Aguilera's "The Voice Within" which garnered her a top 10 position
Luciana hadn't made it to final two though.

Mariza

Mariza was born in Mozambique and she lives in Portugal since she was 3 years old. She is daughter of Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and her mother is Mozambican, Isabel Nunes. When she was young she was interested in Fado.

Full name: Marisa dos Reis Nunes
Birthday: 16th de December de 1973
Origin: Portugal
Country: Mozambique
Musical Gender: Fado, Morna, R&B, Gospel
Official Site: http://www.mariza.com/

Later, her career took her all over the world: Italy, Brazil, Belgium, Switzerland and France.Only when 2001 ended this fado singer presented her new record in Portugal. In 3 weeks the record, was silver record, matching 10.000 sold units: "Maria Lisboa", "Há Festa na Mouraria", "Oiça Lá ó Senhor Vinho" or "Barco Negro).

Mickael Carreira

Mickael Carreira is a singer who, by investing since early ages in his musical education, plays nowadays the role of a rare case of the Portuguese cultural and artistic panorama. We are not used to see such a kind of professional and obstinate youngster, in the world of music.
By making his romantic ballads and Latin rhythms the image of his sonority, Mickael immediately conquered an audience that has been growing day by day, and since his first moments of his career he’s been selling out shows from north to south of the Country and hitting the sale charts worthy of a re-noun artist. All of this in his debut album.

Tony Carreira



Tony Carreira was born in Armadouro, 30 December 1963. He is a Portuguese singer, very popular between the Portuguese and French communities of emigrants.
He participated in “Festival RTP da Canção”. His albums are: “Coração perdido”, “O homem que sou”, “Adeus até um dia”, “Sonhador, Sonhador”, “Mãe querida”, “A Vida Que Eu Escolhi”. He has recorded a video (about the song “Sonhos de Menino”), in his homeland.
He sings romantic music. He is married and he has three children (his son Michael Carreira followed the footsteps of his father, he is a singer too).

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