subsequent promotion. After three years, which also brought a runner-up place in the Taça da Liga, Alves replaced former national teammate Abel Xavier at the helm of S.C. Olhanense early into the 2013–14 campaign, being dismissed after less than three months in charge and with only one point won in six league matches. Alves returned to management in December 2014, taking the helm at S.C. Beira-Mar, 14th in the second tier. The team suffered with serious financial problems over the season, and were sent to the Aveiro Football Association's second division as a punishment. On 3 December 2015, Alves was appointed at F.C. Penafiel until the end of the division two season, having been working in Iran for F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran. He remained in the job until being hired by C.F. União for 2017–18, being relieved of his duties on 2 October with the side placed 12th. He returned to Gil Vicente halfway through the campaign, and left on 23 February 2018 by mutual agreement having not won any of his seven fixtures. After a few months back in the Middle East with Ohod Club of Saudi Arabia, Alves returned to the Portuguese second tier in June 2019, at Varzim SC. He was dismissed on 18 October 2020, after three consecutive defeats in a five-game winless run. Career statistics International goals |} Honours Player Sporting CP Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1995 Portugal FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1989 Manager Gil Vicente Segunda Liga: 2010–11 Taça da Liga runner-up: 2011–12 References External links 1969 births Living people People from Vila Real, Portugal Sportspeople from Vila Real District Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Gil Vicente F.C. players F.C. Tirsense players C.S. Marítimo players S.C. Braga players Sporting CP footballers U.D. Leiria players Premier League players West Ham United F.C. players Ligue 1 players SC Bastia players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers Olympic footballers of Portugal Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in France Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers Gil Vicente F.C. managers U.D. Leiria managers F.C. Vizela managers S.C. Olhanense managers S.C. Beira-Mar managers F.C. Penafiel managers Varzim S.C. managers Moreirense F.C. managers F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran managers Saudi Professional League managers Ohod Club managers Portuguese expatriate