Luís Filipe Vieira
| Luís Filipe Vieira | |
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Vieira in 2007
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Luís Filipe Vieira Ferreira 22 June 1949 São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation | Real estate businessman |
| Known for | President of S.L. Benfica |
| Spouse(s) | Vanda Vieira |
| Children | Tiago Vieira Sara Vieira |
Luís Filipe Vieira Ferreira (born 22 June 1949) is a Portuguese real estate businessman and the current president of S.L. Benfica.
Vieira began his career in football as president of Futebol Clube de Alverca for a couple of years, at a time when Mantorras was a promising player at the Alverca side, and Alverca was an affiliated and satellite club for parent club S.L. Benfica. Mantorras was later transferred to Benfica.
On 31 October 2003, Vieira was elected by the club's associate members (sócios) as the 33rd president of S.L. Benfica, defeating Jaime Antunes and Guerra Madaleno, and succeeding Manuel Vilarinho. Vieira was committed to bring Benfica back to its European glory by becoming European Champions. Months later, Benfica won its first trophy in eight years, the Portuguese Cup with José Antonio Camacho as coach.
In 2005, Vieira stated "If Benfica does not have 300,000 members until October, I will resign". In the 2004–05 season, the club won the Portuguese League with Giovanni Trapattoni as manager, ending an eleven-year drought. In the 2005–06 season, he hired Ronald Koeman as manager with whom Benfica won one Portuguese Super Cup and reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, knocking out defending champions Liverpool. In 2006, Benfica reached 160,000 paying associate members, and was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the largest sports club in the world by number of registered paying associates.
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