Zé Beto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Alberto Teixeira Ferreirinha | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Matosinhos, Portugal | ||
| Date of death | 4 February 1990 (aged 29) | ||
| Place of death | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pasteleira | |||
| 1977–1978 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1990 | Porto | 120 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| Total | 144 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1979 | Portugal U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Portugal | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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José Alberto Teixeira Ferreirinha (21 February 1960 – 4 February 1990), known as Zé Beto, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played almost his entire career at FC Porto, his life being cut short at 29 in a road accident.
Born in Matosinhos, Zé Beto arrived at FC Porto at the age of 17, making his Primeira Liga debuts two years later with S.C. Beira-Mar, loaned. After three more seasons as a backup, he was made first-choice for the 1983–84 campaign.
Zé Beto was the starter when Porto lost 1–2 against Juventus F.C. in the 1983–84 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, in controversial manner: losing his temper, the player assaulted the assistant referee with his own flag, being suspended by UEFA for a period of two years.
For the following seasons, Zé Beto kept an interesting battle for first-choice status with Pole Józef Młynarczyk (signed in January 1986), eventually losing his position, and being further demoted after the emergence of 18-year-old Vítor Baía. He was on the substitutes bench for the northerners' wins in both the European Cup and Intercontinental Cup, in 1987.
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