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Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento (born 20 June 1969; (:ˈpawlu ˈbẽtu)) is a Portuguese retired footballer and a current manager. A defensive midfielder with tackling ability and workrate as his main assets,〔(Euro 2000 profile ); BBC Sport〕 he played for two of the major three teams in his country, amassing top division totals of 284 games and 16 goals over the course of 11 seasons, and also spent four years in Spain. He represented the Portuguese national team in one World Cup and one European Championship. Bento took up a coaching career in 2005, managing Sporting for four years and four months, with relative success, and also being in charge of the national team in two major tournaments. ==Playing career== Born in Lisbon, Bento played professionally in his homeland for C.F. Estrela da Amadora, Vitória de Guimarães and S.L. Benfica, and had a four-year abroad spell with La Liga side Real Oviedo, helping the Asturias club always maintain its top flight status before moving to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he finished his career as a player.〔(Bento to join Sporting Lisbon ); BBC Sport, 30 May 2000〕 With the latter, he was part of the star-studded team that achieved the double in 2002 under the direction of Laszlo Bölöni, contributing with 31 games and one goal in the league and playing alongside Mário Jardel and João Vieira Pinto among others. Bento gained 35 caps for the Portuguese national team, his first game coming on 15 January 1992 in a 0–0 draw with Spain and his last being the 0–1 loss to South Korea on 14 June 2002 in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He also played at UEFA Euro 2000 where, along with teammates Abel Xavier – who played with him at Oviedo for two seasons – and Nuno Gomes, he was suspended (in Bento's case for five months) due to bad behavior, during the semi-final loss with France.〔(UEFA suspends Portuguese trio ); BBC Sport, 2 July 2000〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paulo Bento」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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