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{{short description|Portuguese footballer and manager (1947–2003)}}
{{For|the many other Portuguese and Brazilian footballers named Vítor|Vítor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Portuguese name|Damas|Oliveira}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Vítor Damas
| image = 
| fullname = Vítor Manuel Afonso Damas de Oliveira<ref name=Bio>{{WorldFootball.net|vitor-damas}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|10|8|df=y}}<ref name=Bio/>
| birth_place = [[Lisbon]], Portugal<ref name=Bio/>
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|9|13|1947|10|8|df=y}}
| death_place = Lisbon, Portugal
| height = 1.80 m<ref name=Bio/>
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 1961–1966 | youthclubs1 = [[Sporting CP]]
| years1 = 1966–1976 | clubs1 = [[Sporting CP]] | caps1 = 229 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1976–1980 | clubs2 = [[Racing de Santander|Racing Santander]] | caps2 = 131 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1980–1982 | clubs3 = [[Vitória S.C.|Vitória Guimarães]] | caps3 = 33 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1982–1984 | clubs4 = [[Portimonense S.C.|Portimonense]] | caps4 = 51 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1984–1989 | clubs5 = [[Sporting CP]] | caps5 = 103 | goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 547 |totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1969–1986 | nationalteam1 = [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] | nationalcaps1 = 29 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1989 | managerclubs1 = [[Sporting CP]] (interim)
| manageryears2 = 1989–1990 | managerclubs2 = [[Sporting CP]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 1989 | managerclubs3 = [[Sporting CP]] (interim)
| manageryears4 = 1991–1992 | managerclubs4 = [[Atlético Clube de Portugal|Atlético]]
| manageryears5 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs5 = [[S.C. Lourinhanense|Lourinhanense]]
| manageryears6 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs6 = [[Sporting CP B]]
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{medal|Country|{{fb|POR}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[UEFA European Championship]]|}}
{{Medal|B|[[UEFA Euro 1984|1984 France]]|}}
}}
'''Vítor Manuel Afonso Damas de Oliveira''' (8 October 1947 – 13 September 2003), known as '''Damas''', was a Portuguese [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].

His 23-year professional career was mainly linked with [[Sporting CP]], but he also played for three other teams, including [[Racing de Santander]] in [[La Liga]].

A [[Portugal national football team|Portugal international]] for 17 years, Damas represented the country at the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 1984]], both in his mid-to-late 30s.<ref name=SCP>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting.pt/Clube/Historia/Biografias/biografia_damas.asp|title=Vítor Damas – Futebol|trans-title=Vítor Damas – Football|publisher=Sporting CP|language=pt|access-date=8 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216074703/http://www.sporting.pt/Clube/Historia/Biografias/biografia_damas.asp|archive-date=16 February 2013}}</ref>

==Club career==
Born in [[Lisbon]], Damas made his professional debut with his hometown club [[Sporting CP]] at the age of just 19. After two years as a backup he became the capital side's undisputed starter, winning two [[Primeira Liga]] and three [[Taça de Portugal]] trophies, including [[Double (association football)|the double]] in [[1973–74 Primeira Liga|1973–74]].<ref name=SCP/>

Damas moved to Spain in the summer of 1976, signing for [[Racing de Santander]]. He was also first choice at the [[Cantabria]]ns, spending [[1979–80 Segunda División|the last]] of his four seasons in the [[Segunda División]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/sporting/detalhe/vitor-damas-as-maos-que-embalaram-o-leao|title=Vítor Damas: As mãos que embalaram o leão|trans-title=Vítor Damas: The hands that rocked the lion|newspaper=[[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]]|language=pt|date=15 September 2003|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/deportes/futbol/alargada-sombra-damas-20180615222926-ntvo.html|title=La alargada sombra de Damas|trans-title=Damas' looming shadow|newspaper=[[El Diario Montañés]]|first=Aser|last=Falagán|language=es|date=15 June 2018|access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref>

Aged 32, Damas returned to Portugal, playing two years apiece with [[Vitória S.C.]] and [[Portimonense S.C.|Portimonense SC]], after which he rejoined Sporting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://futebol.portimonense.pt/noticia.php?id=5019|title=Conheça o plantel de 1983/1984|trans-title=Meet the 1983/1984 squad|publisher=Portimonense S.C.|language=pt|date=24 October 2013|access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref><ref name=SCP/> He still went on to produce five more respectable campaigns, only losing his status in [[1988–89 Primeira Liga|1988–89]] to Uruguayan [[Rodolfo Rodríguez (Uruguayan footballer)|Rodolfo Rodríguez]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/efemeride/27-11-2018/video-vitor-damas-fez-ha-30-anos-o-ultimo-jogo-pelo-sporting|title=VÍDEO: Vítor Damas fez há 30 anos o último jogo pelo Sporting|trans-title=VIDEO: Vítor Damas made last appearance for Sporting 30 years ago|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=27 November 2018|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/sabia-que-27-nov|title=Sabia que, 27-Nov|trans-title=Did you know, 27-Nov|publisher=Sporting CP|language=pt|date=23 August 2023|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>

Following his retirement at 41, Damas remained at Sporting as goalkeepers' coach.<ref name=SCP/> Over the course of two separate seasons he acted as their [[Caretaker manager|interim manager]], overseeing the team in three wins, one draw and two losses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/as-vitorias-historicas/interior/treinadores-no-futebol-e-titulos-conquistados-1004267.html|title=Treinadores no futebol e títulos conquistados|trans-title=Coaches in football and titles won|newspaper=[[Diário de Notícias]]|language=pt|date=26 August 2008|access-date=8 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227213205/https://www.dn.pt/dossiers/desporto/sporting/as-vitorias-historicas/interior/treinadores-no-futebol-e-titulos-conquistados-1004267.html|archive-date=27 December 2014}}</ref>

==International career==
Damas earned 29 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[Portugal national football team|Portugal national team]], from 6 April 1969 to 11 July 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/selecao/lista-completa-dos-internacionais-portugueses|title=Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses|trans-title=Complete list of Portuguese internationals|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=18 February 2004|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/port-recintlp.html|title=Portugal – Record International Players|website=[[RSSSF]]|first=José Luis|last=Pierrend|access-date=2 September 2009}}</ref> He was second choice at both [[UEFA Euro 1984]] and the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]], backing up [[S.L. Benfica]]'s [[Manuel Bento]]; however, in the latter tournament, the starter suffered a serious [[fibula]] injury in training, and he took the pitch for group-stage losses against [[Poland national football team|Poland]] (1–0) and [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] (3–1).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/internacional/noticias/interior/bento-e-o-bom-bacalhau-3819999.html|title=Bento e o bom bacalhau|trans-title=Bento and good codfish|newspaper=[[O Jogo]]|first=Carlos|last=Pereira Santos|language=pt|date=18 April 2014|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://observador.pt/2014/06/10/leao-elastico-foi-o-mais-velho-em-mundiais/|title=Leão elástico foi o mais velho em Mundiais|trans-title=Elastic lion was the oldest in World Cups|newspaper=[[Observador]]|first=Hugo|last=Tavares da Silva|language=pt|date=10 June 2014|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>

==Death==
Damas died at the age of 55 from cancer, in Lisbon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2003/09/14/desporto/noticia/morreu-vitor-damas-1166081|title=Morreu Vítor Damas|trans-title=Vítor Damas has died|newspaper=[[Público (Portugal)|Público]]|language=pt|date=14 September 2003|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=SCP/>

==Honours==
'''Sporting CP'''
*[[Primeira Liga]]: 1969–70, 1973–74<ref name=SCP/>
*[[Taça de Portugal]]: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74<ref name=SCP/>
*[[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira]]: 1987<ref name=SCP/>

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