João Manuel Vieira Pinto (born 19 August 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mostly as a forward.

Blessed with formidable skills and scoring ability, he made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a key figure in the Portuguese national team's "Golden Generation", collecting 138 caps and scoring 35 goals all categories comprised (81/23 for the senior team alone), and representing the country in one World Cup and two European Championships.

In the club level, Pinto started his career with Boavista, but it was mainly associated with two of the biggest clubs in the country, Benfica and Sporting, with which he won one national championship each, for a total of six major titles combined. Over the course of 19 first division seasons, he played in 475 games and netted 116 goals.

As a youth, Pinto played for the Bairro do Falcão (where he was born, in Campanhã, Porto's east side) and the Águias da Areosa, and once tried to join F.C. Porto's youth system; refused, he moved to Boavista FC instead. As a child, he impressed with his speed and ball control, and was subsequently one of the brightest stars in Portugal's wins in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Riyadh and Lisbon, being the only player ever to have been on the winning side in this competition twice (along with goalkeeper Fernando Brassard, whom however did not play in the first tournament). Additionally, he made his first division debuts at only 17.

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José Pedro Alves Salazar, known as José Pedro (born 18 October 1978 in Montijo, Setúbal), is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória de Setúbal in the Portuguese first division, as an attacking midfielder.

Zé Pedro started playing professional football for his hometown club, then moved to F.C. Barreirense for five seasons. He split duties in 2002–03 between Boavista F.C. and A.D. Ovarense.

In 2003–04, Pedro was influential in Vitória Futebol Clube's season, as the Setúbal-based club earned a top flight return. He subsequently joined C.F. Os Belenenses, where he was immediately cast into the starting XI.

In 2006–07, Pedro netted eight league goals for a Belenenses fifth final place in the league (with UEFA Cup qualification), while the team was also runner-up in the domestic cup. He repeated the individual feat in the following season, and remained an automatic first-choice until 2009–10, when he dealt with many injuries and the Lisbon side was also relegated, as second from bottom.

In July 2010, at nearly 32 years of age, Pedro returned to Vitória Setúbal after a six-year absence.

Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa, CavIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈsowzɐ]; born 30 August 1970) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and a current manager.

He was a member of the “Portuguese Golden Generation”. Starting his career at Benfica, he also represented Sporting in his country, in a five-year career, and appeared with the national team in one World Cup and two European Championships, gaining more than 50 caps in 11 years.

From there onwards, Sousa namely played in Italy and in Germany, twice winning the UEFA Champions League, with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund, his later career being severely hindered by injuries.

In the late 2000s, he took up coaching, managing several clubs in England and Wales.

Born in Viseu, Sousa started playing professionally for S.L. Benfica, being a starter from an early age, winning the national championship in 1991 and the domestic cup two seasons later.

Later that summer, Sousa signed, together with teammate António Pacheco, for Lisbon neighbours Sporting Clube de Portugal. After a single season where he partnered Luís Figo and Bulgarian Krassimir Balakov in midfield, as the Lions came out empty in silverware, he moved to Juventus FC.

João Paulo Maio dos Santos (born 21 November 1970), aka Paulinho Santos, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

He spent 11 years of his professional career with Porto, playing in several positions and winning 19 major titles, appearing in more than 300 official games for the club.

Santos represented Portugal at Euro 1996.

Born in Vila do Conde, Santos started playing with hometown Rio Ave FC, competing two seasons in the second division and one in the third. He moved in 1992 to F.C. Porto, helping the latter (often in an instrumental role) to seven league titles and five domestic cups, having taken over from the player he idolized while growing up, António André - who had also played in his first club.

In Porto, he and four others became the only players in the history of Portuguese football to win five consecutive league titles (1994–99). When Porto won the 2003 UEFA Cup, Santos was already second-fiddle - five games in his last two seasons combined - and retired at the end of that season.