Paulo Bento

Paulo Bento

Bento coaching South Korea at the 2019 Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento[1]
Date of birth	(1969-06-20) 20 June 1969 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	United Arab Emirates (manager)
Youth career
1982–1987	Académico Alvalade
1987–1988	Palmense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	Futebol Benfica	20	(2)
1989–1991	Estrela Amadora	37	(0)
1991–1994	Vitória Guimarães	95	(13)
1994–1996	Benfica	49	(2)
1996–2000	Oviedo	136	(4)
2000–2004	Sporting CP	92	(2)
Total		429	(23)
International career
1992–2002	Portugal	35	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2005	Sporting CP (juniors)
2005–2009	Sporting CP
2010–2014	Portugal
2016	Cruzeiro
2016–2017	Olympiacos
2017–2018	Chongqing Lifan
2018–2022	South Korea
2023–	United Arab Emirates
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal (as player) UEFA European Championship 2000 Representing  South Korea (as manager) EAFF Championship Winner 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈbẽtu]; born 20 June 1969) is a Portuguese football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the United Arab Emirates national team.

A defensive midfielder with tackling ability and workrate as his main assets,^[2] he played for two of the major three teams in his country, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 284 matches and 16 goals over 11 seasons, and also spent four years in Spain. He represented the Portugal national team in the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2000.

Bento took up a coaching career in 2005, managing Sporting CP for four years and four months, with relative success, and won a Super League Greece title with Olympiacos. He managed the national teams of his country and South Korea for four years apiece, taking each team to a World Cup and continental tournament. In 2023, he was appointed at United Arab Emirates.