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José Boto

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José Boto
Boto (standing)
Personal information
Full name José Fernando Rodrigues Boto
Date of birth (1966-03-02) 2 March 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Loures, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Team information
Current team
Osijek (sporting director)
Managerial career
Years Team
1996–1997 Loures
1997–2001 Sacavenense
2002–2004 Benfica (assistant)
2004–2006 Sacavenense
2007–2010 Benfica (scout)
2010–2018 Benfica (chief scout)
2018–2021 Shakhtar (sporting director)
2021–2023 PAOK (sporting director)
2024– Osijek (sporting director)

José Boto (born 2 March 1966) is a Portuguese sporting director, currently working for Croatian Football League club Osijek.[1][2][3]

Career

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Jose Boto was born on 2 March 1966, in Loures, Lisbon District. He started working as a manager with the local team of his birthplace, before moving on to Sacavenense, and then he joined Benfica.

From 2007 he became a scout, while in 2010 he became the head of the scouting department, a role he held until 2018, when he left the Portuguese club.

In 2018 he moved to Ukraine and became the sports director of Shakhtar Donetsk, taking on a significant share of responsibility for building the squad. Under his stewardship, Shakhtar won various titles and played in the UEFA Champions League.[4]

Boto moved to PAOK as Sporting Director for two-and-a-half years.[5]

On 11 January 2024, Boto was appointed as sporting director of Croatian Football League club NK Osijek, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Jorge García (6 May 2020). "José Boto: "Oblak era un niño con la serenidad de un treinteañero"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ Savvas Tziompanoglou (22 December 2021). "ΠΑΟΚ: Όσα φέρνει ο Ζοζέ Μπότο". sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ Harris Emmanouilidis (21 December 2021). "José Boto, mr «The best or nothing»". Metrosport (in Greek). Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ Shakhtar Donetsk Director Jose Boto: “Inter Are One Of The Best Clubs In Europe”, ojogo.pt, 9 December 2020
  5. ^ Oficial: José Boto é o novo diretor-desportivo do PAOK, ojogo.pt, 29 December 2021
  6. ^ "Boto: Razumijevanje je najvažniji aspekt suradnje" [Boto: Understanding is the most important aspect of cooperation] (in Croatian). NK Osijek. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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