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Luís Filipe Vieira

Born	(1949-06-22) 22 June 1949 (age 75) São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	President of S.L. Benfica
Spouse	Vanda Vieira
Children	Tiago Vieira Sara Vieira

Luís Filipe Vieira Ferreira (born 22 June 1949) is a Portuguese real estate businessman and current president of Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Alverca

Luís Filipe Vieira began his career in football as President of Futebol Clube de Alverca for a couple of years, at a time when Angolan player Pedro Mantorras was a rising young star at the Alverca side, and Alverca an affiliated satellite football club for parent club Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Later he was transferred to Benfica for a total of €7 million.

Benfica

2003–2006

On 3 November 2003, Vieira was elected by the club's associate members (sócios) as the 33rd President of S.L. Benfica, defeating Jaime Antunes and Guerra Madaleno, and succeeding Manuel Vilarinho. He was committed to bring Benfica back to its European glory. In the first months in charge, he saw the club win its first trophy in eight years, after a triumph at the Portuguese Cup.

In the 2004–05 football season, the club won the Portuguese League, with the Italian Giovanni Trapattoni as manager. In the 2005–06 season, he hired Ronald Koeman, a Dutch international and former Ajax coach, as manager. Benfica won the Portuguese SuperCup and went to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, knocking out the defending champions Liverpool. Under his presidency, Benfica reached over 160,000 paying associates members in 2006, and was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the largest sports club in the world by number of registered paying associates.

2006–2009

On 27 October 2006, Vieira ran uncontested and was re-elected for a second term by getting 95,6% of the votes.

For the 2006–07 season, he hired Portuguese manager Fernando Santos as the new coach for the football team. The team also signed veteran footballer Rui Costa, who wished to back at his beloved club Benfica after a long stint in the Italian Serie A.

In May 2007, the Benfica - Futebol, S.A.D. was listed on the Portuguese stock exchange Euronext Lisbon.

2009–2012

On 3 July 2009, a total number of 20,672 votes were cast in the presidential elections and Vieira was re-elected with 91.74% of the votes, defeating Bruno Carvalho which got 2,98%. Before winning the elections, he promised a more winning term. In his previous one, Benfica never achieved better than a 3rd place and a Portuguese League Cup, but by winning the latter it became the only club to win all portuguese competitions. In his third term, with Jorge Jesus, he won the Portuguese League in the first year, plus another Portuguese League Cup, but in the following two, the team only managed to retain the Portuguese League Cup, coming second place in the two years. In 2012 Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League.

2012–present

On 28 September 2012, Vieira became the second president to have the year's accounts flunked in members voting, after Manuel Damásio in 1997. The club presented a €11 million loss, despite heavy earnings in the Champions League and through sales of players like Fábio Coentrão and Roberto. He was asked to resign by the members.

On 13 October 2012, he ran for a fourth term and announced the intention to win three Portuguese Leagues, achieve one European final in football and win a total of 50 titles in other sports. He also promised to broadcast Benfica home games on BTV. On 26 October 2012, he was re-elected with 83,02% of the votes defeating Rui Rangel who got 13,83%.

On 7 December 2012, he surpassed Bento Mântua as the president with more days in charge of the club.

In 2013, Benfica became the first club to broadcast its own Championship home games. Benfica finished the Portuguese League in second place and was runners-up in the Portuguese Cup and UEFA Europa League. Jorge Jesus was very contested at the time but remained at Benfica for at least two more seasons.

In 2014, Benfica achieved an unprecedented treble of Portuguese League, Portuguese Cup and Portuguese League Cup and was runners-up in the UEFA Europa League. It also won the Portuguese SuperCup, becoming the first portuguese club to have won all four domestic titles in a year. According to the FIFA The Weekly magazine, Benfica is the club with the most paying associates in the world, with a total of 235,000. It is also the european club with the biggest percentage of supporters in its own country (47%).