Vítor Paneira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vítor Manuel da Costa Araújo | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Calendário, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1982 | Famalicão | ||
| 1982–1983 | Riopele | ||
| 1983–1984 | Famalicão | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Famalicão | 56 | (3) |
| 1987–1988 | Vizela | 37 | (13) |
| 1988–1995 | Benfica | 207 | (28) |
| 1995–1999 | Vitória Guimarães | 128 | (15) |
| 1999–2001 | Académica | 44 | (2) |
| Total | 472 | (61) | |
| International career | |||
| 1987 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1988–1996 | Portugal | 44 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Serzedelo | ||
| 2003–2005 | Ribeirão | ||
| 2005 | Moreirense | ||
| 2005–2006 | Marco | ||
| 2007–2008 | Vila Meã | ||
| 2008–2009 | Famalicão | ||
| 2009–2010 | Boavista | ||
| 2010–2011 | Gondomar | ||
| 2011–2013 | Tondela | ||
| 2014–2015 | Varzim | ||
| 2015 | Tondela | ||
| 2023–2025 | Varzim | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vítor Manuel da Costa Araújo (born 16 February 1966), known as Vítor Paneira, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder, currently a manager.
He excelled in the late 80s and early 90s with Benfica, to where he arrived from the lower leagues, going on to amass Primeira Liga totals of 335 games and 43 goals over 11 seasons (289/44 in official matches with his main club). He also played for Vitória de Guimarães in the competition.
A Portugal international for eight years, Paneira represented the country at Euro 1996. In a managerial career of over 20 years, he had two spells each at Tondela and Varzim, briefly leading the former in the top flight.