Tony Fonseca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | António Manuel Tavares Fonseca | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1979 | SL Olivais | ||
| 1979–1980 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1980–1981 | Oriental | ||
| 1981–1982 | Torralta | ||
| 1982–1983 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1984 | Cova Piedade | ||
| 1984–1985 | Alcobaça | ||
| 1985–1987 | Tirsense | ||
| 1987–1990 | Benfica | 39 | (1) |
| 1990–1992 | Vitória Guimarães | 32 | (0) |
| 1992–1999 | Estrela Amadora | 160 | (2) |
| 1999–2001 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 246 | (3) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1990 | Portugal | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2004 | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||
| 2007–2012 | Canada (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2012 | Canada U23 | ||
| 2013 | Canada (interim) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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António Manuel Tavares "Tony" Fonseca (born 30 January 1965) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left back, and the current technical director for the Canadian Soccer Association.
During 11 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 199 games and two goals, representing in the competition Benfica, Vitória de Guimarães and Estrela da Amadora. He finished his career in Canada, where he started working as a manager in 1999.
Born in Lisbon, Fonseca played youth football for five clubs, finishing his grooming at local S.L. Benfica. From 1983 to 1987 he competed in the Segunda Liga, after which the former bought him from F.C. Tirsense.
During his three-year tenure with Benfica, Fonseca was first-choice in the 1988–89 campaign as the team won the Primeira Liga championship and also reached the final of the Taça de Portugal, but played second-fiddle to Álvaro Magalhães and Samuel Quina in the other two. In eight of the following nine seasons he continued to play in the top flight, with Vitória S.C. and C.F. Estrela da Amadora, appearing regularly for both sides and reuniting at the latter with former Benfica teammates Edmundo, José Carlos, Fernando Mendes and Paulinho.
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