José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim (born 1 August 1974 in Barcelona, Anzoátegui, Venezuela) is a Portuguese football manager.
Born in Venezuela to Portuguese parents who had settled in the country, Jardim returned to Portugal at a very young age, relocating to the island of Madeira. In 2001, aged only 27, he started his manager career, acting as assistant to local A.D. Camacha for two seasons.
Subsequently, Jardim was promoted to head coach at the third division side, moving to G.D. Chaves in the same category midway through 2007–08, and leading the northerners to promotion to the second level in his only full season.
In the 2009 summer, he was appointed at S.C. Beira-Mar, achieving another promotion, this time to the top division. Jardim stepped down midway through the following season due to a string of bad results, even though the Aveiro team finally managed to retain its division status.
In May 2011, Jardim replaced Sporting Clube de Portugal-bound Domingos Paciência at the helm of S.C. Braga.
Bruno Segadas Vianna Carvalho (born 26 March 1974 in Rio de Janeiro) is a former Brazilian football player.
He was on trial at Livingston in summer 2003. But he failed to obtain a work permit, he moved to Sweden for Djurgårdens IF.
In June 2007, he signed a one year contract with América (RJ).
He is a U-20 internationals and played in 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Gil Vicente (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒiɫ viˈsẽtɨ]; c.1465 – c. 1536), called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus,"[3] often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama" and as one of Western literature's greatest playwrights.[1] Vicente worked in Portuguese as much as he worked in Spanish[3] and is thus, with Juan del Encina, considered joint-father of Spanish drama.
Vicente was attached to the courts of the Portuguese kings Manuel I and John III. He rose to prominence as a playwright largely on account of the influence of Queen Dowager Leonor, who noticed him as he participated in court dramas and subsequently commissioned him to write his first theatrical work.
He may also have been identical to an accomplished goldsmith of the same name,[2] creator of the famous monstrance of Belém, and master of rhetoric of King Manuel I.
His plays and poetry, written in both Portuguese and Spanish, were a reflection of the changing times during the transition from Middle Ages to Renaissance and created a balance between the former time of rigid mores and hierarchical social structure and the new society in which this order was undermined.
Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva (born 11 February 1975 in Luanda, Angola, Portuguese Empire), known as Pedro Emanuel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender, and a current coach.
In his 16-year professional career, he was closely associated with the two biggest clubs in Porto, Boavista – he helped it win its first and only first division title in 2001 – and F.C. Porto, being awarded team captaincy in both at one point.
After three seasons as a professional in Portugal's secondary leagues, with F.C. Marco, A.D. Ovarense and F.C. Penafiel, Emanuel's performances caught the eye of scouts from Porto side Boavista FC, where he had already played as a youth. During his six-year stay in the team, he played a large part in the defensive wall (with fellow stopper Litos, fullbacks Nuno Frechaut and Erivan and goalkeeper Ricardo) that led Boavista to the historical league title in 2000–01. After Litos left for Málaga CF, Emanuel captained the team for one season, but a move to a larger club was close.