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{{short description|Portuguese football coach and former player}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Octávio Machado
| image = 
| fullname = Octávio Joaquim Coelho Machado
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|5|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Palmela]], Portugal
| height = 1.75 m
| position = [[Defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1963–1968 | youthclubs1 = Palmelense
| years1 = 1968–1975 | clubs1 = [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória Setúbal]] | caps1 = 146 | goals1 = 16
| years2 = 1975–1980 | clubs2 = [[FC Porto|Porto]] | caps2 = 84 | goals2 = 8
| years3 = 1980–1983 | clubs3 = [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória Setúbal]] | caps3 = 77 | goals3 = 1
| totalcaps = 307 | totalgoals = 25
| nationalyears1 = 1971–1977 | nationalteam1 = [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] | nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1983–1984 | managerclubs1 = [[S.C. Salgueiros|Salgueiros]]
| manageryears2 = 1984–1992 | managerclubs2 = [[FC Porto|Porto]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs3 = [[Sporting CP]]
| manageryears4 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs4 = [[FC Porto|Porto]]
}}
'''Octávio Joaquim Coelho Machado''' (born 6 May 1949) is a Portuguese former [[Association football|football]] [[defensive midfielder]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Palmela]], [[Setúbal District]], Machado was a leading player for [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória de Setúbal]] and [[FC Porto]] during the 1970s, winning two [[Primeira Liga]] titles with the latter even though he missed the entire [[1978–79 Primeira Liga|1978–79]] due to injury.<ref name=Career>[https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/fc-porto/detalhe/o-percurso-de-octavio-machado O percurso de Octávio Machado (Octávio Machado's career)]; [[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]], 14 June 2001 (in Portuguese)</ref> Over the course of 15 top-division seasons, he achieved totals of 307 games and 25 goals; with the latter side, he was also involved in an internal dispute which resulted in the departure of 15 players, along with manager [[José Maria Pedroto]] and [[director of football]] [[Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa]].<ref>[http://www.ionline.pt/conteudo/72673-fc-porto-o-verao-quente-1980-que-esfriou-relacao-no-futebol FC Porto. O Verão quente de 1980, que esfriou a relação no futebol (FC Porto. 1980's hot summer, when football relations turned cold)]; [[I (Portuguese newspaper)|I]], 6 August 2010 (in Portuguese)</ref><ref name=MF>[https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/load-enter/octavio-machado/nos-treinos-do-fc-porto-a-malta-agredia-gratuitamente-os-reforcos «Nos treinos do FC Porto a malta agredia gratuitamente os reforços» ("In FC Porto trainings the guys would whoop the new signings' asses for free")]; Mais Futebol, 20 March 2020 (in Portuguese)</ref>

After retiring at the age of 34 with his first club, Machado went on to become an assistant manager to [[Artur Jorge (footballer, born 1946)|Artur Jorge]], joining his Porto staff for the [[1984–85 Primeira Liga|1984–85 campaign]].<ref>[https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/destino-80s/destinos/dois-meses-no-benfica-e-naturalizei-me-no-porto-nem-em-dois-anos «Dois meses no Benfica e naturalizei-me, no Porto nem em dois anos» ("Two months at Benfica and I became naturalised, not in two years would it happen at Porto")]; Mais Futebol, 7 April 2020 (in Portuguese)</ref> There, he won two leagues in a row and the [[1986–87 European Cup|1987]] [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], remaining alongside Jorge into the 1990s when he finally became a head coach, managing both Porto and [[Sporting CP]].<ref name=Career/>

==International career==
Machado earned 20 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[Portugal national football team|Portugal national team]], scoring once. His first appearance was on 21 November 1971, in a 1–1 draw with [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] for the [[UEFA Euro 1972]] [[UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying|qualifiers]].<ref>[https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/selecao/lista-completa-dos-internacionais-portugueses Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses (Complete list of Portuguese internationals)]; Mais Futebol, 18 February 2004 (in Portuguese)</ref><ref name=Career/>

Machado's last international was against [[Poland national football team|Poland]] on 29 October 1977 in the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] [[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualifying campaign]], a 1–1 draw.<ref name=Career/>

{{International goals header|ref=no|above='''Octávio Machado: International goals'''}}
{{Ig match
| n= 1
| d= 9 October 1977
| st=Idrætsparken| ci=Copenhagen| co=Denmark
| o=Denmark
| sc=1–'''4'''
| fr=2–4
| comp=[[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1978 World Cup qualification]]<ref name=MF/>}}
|}

==Post-retirement==
After retiring from football, Machado started a private business activity in [[agriculture]], and was involved in local [[politics]] in his hometown of Palmela.<ref>[http://observador.pt/2015/07/01/otavio-machado-pode-ser-o-novo-reforco-do-sporting/ Octávio Machado: “Sporting pediu-me para pensar se queria integrar a estrutura” (Octávio Machado: "Sporting asked me to think if I wanted to be part of the organigram")]; [[Observador]], 1 July 2015 (in Portuguese)</ref>

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Vitória Setúbal'''
*[[Taça de Portugal]] runner-up: 1972–73<ref name=Career/>

'''Porto'''
*[[Primeira Liga]]: 1977–78<ref name=Career/>
*Taça de Portugal: 1976–77; runner-up: 1977–78, 1979–80<ref name=Career/>

===Manager===
'''Sporting CP'''
*[[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira]]: 1995<ref name=Career/>
*Taça de Portugal runner-up: 1995–96<ref name=Career/>

'''Porto'''
*Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2001<ref>[https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/supertaca/artigos/jorge-jesus-num-universo-que-so-ele-domina Jorge Jesus num universo que só ele domina (Jorge Jesus in an universe ruled by him and no one else)]; [[SAPO (company)|SAPO]], 10 August 2015 (in Portuguese)</ref>

==References==
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