Ruben Amorim

Ruben Amorim, a Portuguese-born, is the current manager of Sporting CP. He is a retired footballer who spent most of his professional career at Belenenses and Benfica. 

After more than a year at the helm of the Sporting CP, Ruben successfully led the team to win their first championship title after a 1-0 victory over Boavista on the 11th of May, 2021. 

It was in 2002 when Sporting CP last won the championship title.

He is a happily married man

Ruben happily married his wife Maria Joao Diogo in June 2013. It was a private wedding ceremony in attendance of his friends and families. 

The couple has maintained low-key lives besides their professional career, due to which it is not known if the couple share kids or not.

His wife is an interior designer

His wife Maria studied Engineering along with Interior design specialization from Lisbon School of Design. 

She and her partner Raquel Viana have launched Dois Tons, where they design interior projects focusing on customer satisfaction, taking into account their choice of preferences, lifestyle, and personality. 

Their services include interior projects for housing and commercial spaces, temporary home leases, tourist leases, 3D and lightings projects, etc.

Succeeded in clearing doubt

Ruben had an incredible playing career at Benfica. He won ten major titles, including three Primeira Liga Championships and was part of two FIFA World Cups representing Portugal. 

After retiring from the playing career, he started his coaching career with the third division team Casa Pia but soon departed following a year suspension for giving match instructions. 

He later agreed to become the U-23 head coach at Benfica but changed his mind and joined Braga‘s reserve. Three months later, he was on the first team and later led the team to win the Domestic League Cup. 

He only had two months of top-flight experience but was paid the third-highest transfer fee by Sporting CP, which was indeed a risk. 

He had to go through the controversy after the national coaches complained of having not been qualified for the head coach positions and demanded his suspension. 

Talking in favor of Ruben, Sporting stated that there was no legal basis for his suspension. 

Ruben was able to clear the doubts by proving himself, bringing the team back to its form, and leading them to win a major title.

His parent’s divorce did not affect his career

Ruben was born to his parents, father Virgilio Amorim, and mother, Anabela Amorim. His father owned a key shop while his mother worked as an accountant. 

Ruben was a year and a half when his parents decided to part ways. 

But having gone through his parent’s divorce at such an early age did not affect him and his career as he got enough support from both his parents that did not allow him to feel abandoned. 

According to him, his mother worked hard to raise him and his brother. He paid off his mother opening the beauty salon under the name “Bella Looks & Body“, which was a dream of his mother. 

He has a brother

Ruben has a brother named Mauro Amorim. He is the managing partner at Auto Amorim. 

According to Mauro’s Facebook profile, he has a son named Gabriel and a daughter Daniela Amorim.

Net Worth

Ruben is among the highest-paid young managers in the world. 

On the 4th of March, 2020, he was signed by Sporting on a whopping amount of €20 million until 2023 but extended his contract to further one year, renewing a contract with a release clause of €30 million. 

As of now, Ruben’s net worth is estimated to be:

Age

1. Born on the 27th of January, 1985, Ruben Amorim is currently 36 years old.