Otto Glória
Otto Martins Glória (* 09 January 1917 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - † 02 September 1986) was a Brazilian football (soccer) coach. With his numerous titles he is one of the most successful coaches in the history of the game. He had his greatest successes with SL Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal, which he guided to nine national trophies. With the Nigerian national football team he won the 1980 African Cup of Nations
In his first period with Benfica fell the transformation of the club to professional standards. Otto Glória founded a home for the players and focused on recruiting players from the periphery of the Portuguese capital and also from the African colonies. In these years beteween 1954 and 1959 the club won two Portuguese championships and three cups.
In February 1962 he takes on the reins with Olympique Marseille. The club was then stuck in the second division and saw its aspirations to return ro the first division endangered. In hios four months with the club did not lose a single match anymore and achieved its objective.
In his second tenure with Benfica he had continuous success on the national level, winning two more championships and cups. He also led the club into the 1968 final of the European Cup of Champions in London against Manchester United, which was lost 1-4.
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in England he led the Portuguese national football team, then basically a re-inforced Benfica under the leadership of the legendary Eusébio, to the third place. In the process Portugal inflicted a 1-3 defeat on Glória's home country Brazil. It should be noted, that the official head coach of the Portuguese team was then Manuel da Luz Afonso.
In 1979 he became with CR Vasco da Gama of Rio de Janeiro runner-up in the Brazilian championship, losing in the final 1-2 against SC Internacional, which remained undefeated throughot the competition.
In the year thereafter he guided Nigeria through the 1980 African Nations Cup, which the team could win in the final in Lagos with 3-0 against Algeria. He left this position after poor performances at the 1982 campaign in Libya.
| The Coaching Career of Otto Glória | ||
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| Period | Team | Titles |
 Botafogo FR |
1948 - Championship of Rio | |
| 1954-1959 |  SL Benfica |
1955 - Cup of Portugal 1955 - Championship of Portugal 1957 - Cup of Portugal 1957 - Championship of Portugal 1959 - Cup of Portugal |
| 1959-1961 | CF «Os Belenenses» |
1960 - Cup of Portugal |
| 1961 | Sporting CP |
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| 1962 |  Olympique Marseille |
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| 1963 | CR Vasco da Gama |
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| 1964-1965 | FC Porto |
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| 1965-1966 | Sporting CP |
1966 - Championship of Portugal |
| 1966 | Portugal |
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| 1966-1968 |  Atlético Madrid |
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| 1968-1970 | SL Benfica |
1968 - Championship of Portugal 1969 - Cup of Portugal 1969 - Championship of Portugal 1970 - Cup of Portugal |
| 1971-? | CR Vasco da Gama |
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| 1973-1975 | Portuguesa (SP) |
1973 - Championship of São Paulo |
| 1978-1979 |  CF Monterrey |
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| 1979 | CR Vasco da Gama |
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| 1980-1982 |  Nigeria |
1980 - African Nations Cup |
| 1982-1983 | Portugal |
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| 1983 | CR Vasco da Gama |
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| Please note, that this list is probably incomplete and some assignments may need further verification. In particular the dates relating to appointments in South America may be incorrect. | ||