In 1975 he moved to La Liga side Real Betis but, unsettled,[3] returned to his country of adoption a mere months after, joining FC Porto.
Molenbeek[5]– rejoining his former club after one season – and in the North American Soccer League for the New England Tea Men, loaned.
Aged 33, Alhinho left Benfica, played three more years in the Portuguese top flight, with Portimonense S.C. and S.C. Farense (without ever suffering relegation) and retired from football.
He immediately started coaching, with modest Lusitano GC; in the following 22 years he managed teams in Portugal (two in the top division), Morocco, Angola, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
His debut came on 28 March 1973 in a 1–1 draw with Northern Ireland for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and his last game happened on 5 May 1982 in a 1–3 friendly loss with Brazil.