Otto Glória
Glória in 1969
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Otto Martins Glória | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 4 September 1986 (aged 69) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1948 | Botafogo | ||
| 1951 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1954–1959 | Benfica | ||
| 1959–1961 | Belenenses | ||
| 1961 | Sporting | ||
| 1962 | Marseille | ||
| 1963 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1964–1965 | Porto | ||
| 1965–1966 | Sporting | ||
| 1964–1966 | Portugal | ||
| 1966–1968 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| 1968–1970 | Benfica | ||
| 1971–1972 | Grêmio | ||
| 1973–1975 | Portuguesa | ||
| 1977 | Santos | ||
| 1978–1979 | Monterrey | ||
| 1979 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1978–1981 | Nigeria | ||
| 1982–1983 | Portugal | ||
Otto Martins Glória (9 January 1917 – 4 September 1986) was a Brazilian football coach.
Glória was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but had his greatest successes with Benfica in Portugal, guiding the club to nine national trophies. With the Nigeria national team he won the 1980 African Cup of Nations.
In his first period with Benfica, the club was transformed to professional standards. Glória founded a home for the players and focused on recruiting players from the periphery of the Portuguese capital and also from the African overseas provinces. In these years between 1954 and 1959 the club won two leagues and three Portuguese Cup.
In February 1962 he took on the reins of Olympique Marseille. The club was then stuck in the second division and saw its aspirations to return to the first division endangered. In his four months with the club did not lose a single match 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.
At the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England he led the Portugal national team, with Eusébio, who became the tournament's top scorer, to the third place. In the process Portugal inflicted a 1–3 defeat on Glória's home country Brazil. 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 Porto Alegre, which remained undefeated throughout the competition.
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