[5] After managing several other clubs in the archipelago, Amaral was hired at Tenerife in January 2003, and resigned a year later with the team one point off the second-tier relegation zone.
[9] In 2007–08, Amaral's SD Ponferradina won their group in division three, but lost the play-off final 2–1 on aggregate to Alicante CF.
[15] In April 2011, Amaral returned to a Tenerife side seven points into the relegation zone with ten matches left in the second division.
[17] Amaral returned to football in late September 2013, taking over an SD Huesca side in the zone of relegation to the Tercera División.
[19] In May 2019, Amaral ended a five-year hiatus by taking the place of Pier Luigi Cherubino at women's football team UD Granadilla Tenerife.