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{{short description|Portuguese footballer and manager (1929–2007)}}
{{For|the footballer born in 1979|Juca (footballer, born 1979)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Juca
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| fullname = Júlio Cernadas Pereira
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|1|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Maputo|Lourenço Marques]], [[Portuguese Mozambique|Mozambique]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|10|11|1929|1|13|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Lisbon]], Portugal
| height =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| years1 = ?–1949 | clubs1 = [[C.D. Maxaquene|Sporting Lourenço Marques]] | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1949–1958 | clubs2 = [[Sporting CP]] | caps2 = 145 | goals2 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 1952–1956 | nationalteam1 = [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1961–1963 | managerclubs1 = [[Sporting CP]]
| manageryears2 = 1964–1965 | managerclubs2 = [[Sporting CP]]
| manageryears3 = 1967–1968 | managerclubs3 = [[Vitória S.C.|Vitória Guimarães]]
| manageryears4 = 1969–1972 | managerclubs4 = [[Académica de Coimbra (football)|Académica]]
| manageryears5 = 1973–1974 | managerclubs5 = [[F.C. Barreirense|Barreirense]]
| manageryears6 = 1975–1976 | managerclubs6 = [[Sporting CP]]
| manageryears7 = 1976–1979 | managerclubs7 = [[Académica de Coimbra (football)|Académica]]
| manageryears8 = 1977–1978 | managerclubs8 = [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]
| manageryears9 = 1979–1980 | managerclubs9 = [[C.F. Os Belenenses|Belenenses]]
| manageryears10 = 1980–1982 | managerclubs10 = [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]
| manageryears11 = 1982–1983 | managerclubs11 = [[S.C. Braga|Braga]]
| manageryears12 = 1987–1989 | managerclubs12 = [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]
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'''Júlio Cernadas Pereira''' (13 January 1929 – 11 October 2007), commonly known as '''Juca''', was a Portuguese [[Association football|football]] [[midfielder]] and coach. Most of his career was associated with [[Sporting CP]], as both player and manager.

==Playing career==
The son of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] parents who had settled in [[Portuguese Mozambique|Mozambique]], Juca was born in [[Maputo|Lourenço Marques]], and started playing professionally with local [[C.D. Maxaquene|Sporting de Lourenço Marques]] as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. In 1949 he went to Portugal and joined [[Sporting CP]], where he remained for nine years until his retirement at the age of 29 due to a knee injury, helping them win five [[Primeira Liga]] championships and the 1954 [[Taça de Portugal|domestic cup]].

During nearly four years, Juca earned six [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]. His first game was a 1–1 draw with [[Austria national football team|Austria]] on 23 November 1952 in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] in [[Porto]], and his last appearance was in another exhibition game, against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] (9 June 1956 in [[Lisbon]], same result).

==Coaching career==
Shortly after retiring in 1960, Juca started managing, his first job being with main club Sporting's under-19. He was promoted to head coach of the first team the following year, being in charge for three-and-a-half of the following five years and winning the [[1961–62 Primeira Liga|1962]] and [[1965–66 Primeira Liga|1966 leagues]] (he was only in charge for four matches in the latter campaign however) as well as the 1963 Portuguese Cup.

After spending the following years with three clubs, mainly [[Académica de Coimbra (football)|Académica de Coimbra]], and some periods of inactivity, Juca returned to Sporting for [[1975–76 Primeira Liga|1975–76]], being fired after the team could only rank in fifth position, 12 points behind champions [[S.L. Benfica]].

In his second spell with the [[Coimbra]] side, Juca accumulated and worked for the first time as coach of the Portugal national team – in 1968 he had already worked in [[Otto Glória]]'s staff<ref>[https://www.fpf.pt/portal/page/portal/PORTAL_FUTEBOL/SELECCOES/CLUBE_PORTUGAL/HISTORIA/TODOS_SELECCIONADORES/JUCA O primeiro na casa dos 40 jogos (First to reach 40)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615164353/http://www.fpf.pt/portal/page/portal/PORTAL_FUTEBOL/SELECCOES/CLUBE_PORTUGAL/HISTORIA/TODOS_SELECCIONADORES/JUCA|date=15 June 2011}}; [[Portuguese Football Federation]] (in Portuguese)</ref>– winning three games during the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] [[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualifiers]] and finishing second to [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in its group, but faring worse in the [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1982 edition]] (fourth position);<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/port-coach-triv.html Portugal national team coaches]; at [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]</ref> both campaigns ended in failure to reach the final stages.

Juca was again in charge of the national team for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1990 World Cup qualification]], missing it by just two points in the favour of [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]. After being dismissed he returned to Sporting, working until 2004 as [[director of football]] and youth coordinator. He died at the age of 78.

==Honours==
===Player===
*[[Primeira Liga]]: [[1950–51 Primeira Liga|1950–51]], [[1951–52 Primeira Liga|1951–52]], [[1952–53 Primeira Liga|1952–53]], [[1953–54 Primeira Liga|1953–54]], [[1957–58 Primeira Liga|1957–58]]
*[[Taça de Portugal]]: 1953–54

===Manager===
*[[Primeira Liga]]: [[1961–62 Primeira Liga|1961–62]], [[1965–66 Primeira Liga|1965–66]]
*[[Taça de Portugal]]: 1962–63

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Maputo]]
[[Category:Portuguese men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Primeira Liga players]]
[[Category:Sporting CP footballers]]
[[Category:Portugal men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Portuguese football managers]]
[[Category:Primeira Liga managers]]
[[Category:Sporting CP managers]]
[[Category:Vitória S.C. managers]]
[[Category:Académica de Coimbra (football) managers]]
[[Category:C.F. Os Belenenses managers]]
[[Category:S.C. Braga managers]]
[[Category:Portugal national football team managers]]
[[Category:20th-century Portuguese sportsmen]]