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liga coaches 2018/19
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club
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coach
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nationality
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notes
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Belenenses
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Silas
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Portuguese
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19/01/18 Silas (Jorge Manuel Rebelo Fernandes) officially presented, with a contract of 1.5 seasons - his first coaching position (had been a coach for the Players’ Union summer camp and a TV pundit recently); among other clubs, represented União de Leiria, Marítimo and Belenenses in Portugal, Wolves (briefly) in England; three caps for Portugal
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* Benfica
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Rui Vitória
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Portuguese
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03/01/19 Termination of contract announced by the club; SLB lost 2-0 at Portimonense midweek, leaving them 4th, seven points behind top team FC Porto; there has been contestation from Benfiquistas for some time; rumours have Vitória going to Dubai club Al-Nasr, and former coach Jorge Jesus returning from Saudi club Al-Hilal
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Bruno Lage
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Portuguese
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03/01/19 Moves from Benfica B as caretaker
14/01/19 Confirmed as permanent
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* Boavista
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Jorge Simão
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Portuguese
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14/09/17 - presented; previously at Sporting Braga (resigned April 2017)
26/01/19 Sacked. Leaves the club 15th (1 point above the drop zone), with 16 points from 18 games and just 12 goals scored.
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Jorge Counto/ Alfredo
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Portuguese
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26/01/19 as caretakers
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Lito Vidigal
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Angolan
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27/01/19 appointed on a year-and-a-half contract; was at Vitória de Setúbal until 25/01 (see below)
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* Chaves
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Daniel Ramos
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Portuguese
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08/06/18 officially presented; arrives from Marítimo; was at Chaves in 2004/05, in the Segunda Liga
10/12/18 sacked after a 1-0 defeat at Belenenses - the team’s 6th stright defeat; In 17 official games, Ramos managed just 5 wins and leaves the club rock bottom of the Liga on 7 points from 12 games, 3 points from safety; they have won just two Liga games and scored just 9 goals
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Tiago Fernandes
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Portuguese
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10/12/18 Sporting assistant coach Tiago Fernandes replaces Daniel Ramos; he was caretaker coach for three games between José Peseiro and Marcel Keizer; the contract is until the end of the 2019/20 season
09/03/12 Sacked after a 1-1 draw at home to Rio Ave, the 5th straight game without a win; he leaves Chaves 17th with 21 points, three off safety, after 15 games in charge.
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José Mota
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Portuguese
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10/03/19 Announced; most recently at Aves, who he left in January.
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* Desportivo das Aves
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José Mota
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Portuguese
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25/01/18 announced as ‘training coordinator’, a way to get him training the team while Lito Vidigal awaits official confirmation of his sacking; was at Aves for the second half of the 2016/17 season, getting them promoted to the Primeira Liga; last job: Tunisian club CS Sfaxien (until November 2017)
16/01/19 exit announced; termination by mutual consent; Aves are bottom of the Liga (12 points from 17 games) and on 15/01 were knocked out of the Taça de Portugal at the quarter-final stage by Braga
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Augusto Inácio
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Portuguese
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16/01/19 announced; last club coached: Zamalek of Egypt, who he left in 2017; contract until the end of the season, with one more as optional
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FC Porto
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Sérgio Conceição
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Portuguese
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announced 08/06/17; from Nantes on a 2-year contract; previously coach at Olhanense, Académica, Braga and Vitória de Guimarães
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* Feirense
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Nuno Manta Santos
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Portuguese
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from 21/12/16, as caretaker (including a 1-1 draw at FC Porto in the Taça da Liga); confirmed as permanent coach 30/12/16
sacked 04/02/19; coach at the club since December 2016; Feirense are bottom with 14 points from 20 games, and 5 points from safety.
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Filipe Martins
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Portuguese
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appointed 04/02/19, from second-tier Mafra
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* Marítimo
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Cláudio Braga
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Portuguese
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12/06/18 officially presented; arrives from 2nd-tier Dutch club Fortuna Sittard
26/11/18 contract terminated after a 0-3 home defeat to Feirense in the Taça de Portugal and 10 games in all compettions without a win; CSM are 13th in the Liga, with 10 points from 10 games
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Petit
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Portuguese
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27/11/18 reported to be the replacement for Braga, on a contract until the end of the season; was out of work since January 2018 (Paços de Ferreira); has also coached Moreirense, Boavista and Tondela
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Moreirense
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Ivo Vieira
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Portuguese
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28/05/18 Announced; sacked from relegated Estoril ten days ago
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Nacional
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Costinha
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Portuguese
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Paços de Ferreira
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Vítor Oliveira
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Portuguese
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22/05/18 Announced as coach; moves from Portimonense; has a (justified) reputation for getting teams back to the Liga; brought Paços up from the Segunda for the first time in 1990/91
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Portimonense
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António Folha
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Portuguese
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Reported to be in line to take over, apparently to be announced officially 29 June, when training starts; previously with FC Porto B
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* Rio Ave
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José Gomes
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Portuguese
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13/06/18 announced; arrives from Saudi Arabian club Al Taawon, who finished 7th in the league; previously coached Paços de Ferreira, Aves, Leixões, União de Leiria and Moreirense in Portugal
22/12/18 Announced that he has signed for 2nd-tier English side Reading FC
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Augusto Gama
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Portuguese
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22/12/18 As caretaker; still in charge 02/01/19 - 1-2 home defeat to Moreirense, Liga, 15th jornada
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Daniel Ramos
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Portuguese
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01/01/19 Announced; previously with Chaves - sacked in December 2018
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Santa Clara
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João Henriques
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Portuguese
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* Sporting
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José Peseiro
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Portuguese
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30/06/18 announced; previously at the club between 2004/06; previous club: Vitória de Guimarães, who he left in May
01/11/18 - sacked after a 1-2 home defeat to 2nd-tier Estoril in the Taça da Liga - white handkerchiefs were waved in the crowd; Sporting are 5th in the Liga, just two points behind top team FC Porto
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Tiago Fernandes
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Portuguese
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01/11/18 as caretaker; was assistant coach under Peseiro
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Marcel Keizer
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Dutch
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08/11/18 officially announced on a contract until June 2021; arrives from UAE club Al-Jazira; announced on the night Sporting drew 0-0 at Arsenal in the Europa League; caretaker Tiago Fernandes will stay on the bench for the Liga game v Chaves
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Sporting Braga
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Abel Ferreira
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Portuguese
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26/04/17 steps up from Braga’s ‘B’ team.
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Tondela
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Pepa
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Portuguese
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Announced 10/01/17; previously at Moreirense - parted ways in November; contract until the end of the season
17/05/18 Contract renewed for another season
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Vitória Guimarães
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Luís Castro
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Portuguese
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21/05/18 Confirmed on a two-year contract; from Chaves, who finished 6th
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* Vitória Setúbal
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Lito Vidigal
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Angolan
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22/05/18 confirmed; previously coached UD Leiria, Belenenses, Arouca and Desportivo das Aves (sacked Jan 2018) in Portugal, plus abroad: Angola (Seleção), Lybia (Al Itthiad), Cyprus (AEL Limassol) and Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv); two-year contract
25/01/09 Leaves ‘by mutual agreement’; Vitória are 13th in the Liga with 19 points, 4 above the drop zone; they’ve gone 7 Liga games without a win (2 points), 9 in all competitions
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Sandro Mendes
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Portuguese
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25/01/19 Sports Director, takes over until at least the end of the season.
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updated 10/03/19
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liga coaches 2017/18
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nationality
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* Belenenses
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Domingos Paciência
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Portuguese
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announced 18/04/17, contract to end of 2017/18 season; has coached Leiria, Académica, Braga, Sporting in Portugal; to be officially presented 20/04/17
16/01/18 termination of contract agreed after the 1-2 home defeat to Rio Ave; no league win for 8 games; 11th on 19 points from 18 games; had been insisting on reinforcements in the transfer window, which the board refused
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Silas
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Portuguese
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19/01/18 Silas (Jorge Manuel Rebelo Fernandes) officially presented, with a contract of 1.5 seasons - his first coaching position (had been a coach for the Players’ Union summer camp and a TV pundit recently); among other clubs, represented União de Leiria, Marítimo and Belenenses in Portugal, Wolves (briefly) in England; three caps for Portugal
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Benfica
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Rui Vitória
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Portuguese
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* Boavista
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Miguel Leal
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Portuguese
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11/10/16 - until the end of the season, with renewal optional; previously with Penafiel and Moreirense, who he left in May - unemployed since then
13/09/17 resignation accepted. Boavista have one win, four defeats from five Liga games and are out of the Taça da Liga; replaced Jorge Costa at Segunda Liga side Arouca 15/09
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Jorge Couto/ Alfredo
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Portuguese
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13/09/17 - Leal’s assistants as caretakers, with the next game up being Benfica at home (16/09)
One day as caretakers ...
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Jorge Simão
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Portuguese
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14/09/17 - presented; previously at Sporting Braga (resigned April 2017)
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Chaves
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Luís Castro
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Portuguese
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confirmed 01/06/17 on a 2-year contract; from Rio Ave (sacked); replaces Ricardo Soares
21/05/18 confirmed at Vitória de Guimarães
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Daniel Ramos
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Portuguese
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08/06/18 officially presented; arrives from Marítimo; was at Chaves in 2004/05, in the Segunda Liga
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* Desportivo das Aves
(newly promoted)
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Ricardo Soares
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Portuguese
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from Chaves
30/09/17 reported to have been sacked after a 2-2 draw at Portimonense, leaving Aves equal bottom (with three other clubs) on 6 points from 8 games;
dismissal confirmed 02/10/17
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Lito Vidigal
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Angolan
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30/09/17 reported to be taking over; previously at Maccabi Tel Aviv, and in Portugal, Arouca;
confirmed 02/10/17, on a 1.5 year contract.
23/01/18 sacked, but only theoretically, after a 2-0 defeat at Paços de Ferreira that leaves Aves 16th on 14 points, (the same as Vitória de Setúbal, 17th, and two points above bottom club Estoril, on 12); Vidigal had not received official notification as at 25/01
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José Mota
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Portuguese
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25/01/18 announced as ‘training coordinator’, a way to get him training the team while Lito Vidigal awaits official confirmation of his sacking; was at Aves for the second half of the 2016/17 season, getting them promoted to the Primeira Liga; last job: Tunisian club CS Sfaxien (until November 2017)
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* Estoril
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Pedro Emanuel
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Portuguese
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Presented 08/03/17. Previously coach at Académica and Arouca. Last job at Apolon Limassol, Cyprus - sacked in December 2016.
21/10/17 Sacked after the 0-3 home defeat to Boavista 20/10, 8th straight defeat in all competitions (Liga, Taça de Portugal, Taça de Liga; bottom of Liga with 6 points from 9 games
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Filipe Pedro
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Portuguese
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24/10/17 named as caretaker; assistant under three different Estoril coaches since 2015/16
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Ivo Vieira
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Portuguese
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13/11/17 took training; arrives from Segunda Liga side Académica, with whom he had a contract till the end of the season; previously coached Nacional and Marítimo in the Liga, and Desportivo das Aves in the Segunda
15/05/18 reports are that following relegation, the club will not take up the option for an extra year, and IV will leave at the end of May
16/05/18 IV’s dismissal made official
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Luís Freire
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Portuguese
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02/06/18 Will take over after 10/06/18, when the team he leads, Mafra, have played the decider against Farense to see who are the champions of the Campeonato de Portugal (3rd tier); both teams have been promoted to the Segunda Liga.
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FC Porto
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Sérgio Conceição
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Portuguese
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announced 08/06/17; from Nantes on a 2-year contract; previously coach at Olhanense, Académica, Braga and Vitória de Guimarães
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Feirense
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Nuno Manta Santos
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Portuguese
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from 21/12/16, as caretaker (including a 1-1 draw at FC Porto in the Taça da Liga); confirmed as permanent coach 30/12/16
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* Marítimo
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Daniel Ramos
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Portuguese
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21/09/16 from Azores club Santa Clara, who he joined at the beginning of the season from Famalicão. Santa Clara are second in the Segunda Liga, 6 wins from 7. They will be paid 60,000 euros in compensation.
20/05/18 Reportedly on his way out and heading for Chaves
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Cláudio Braga
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Portuguese
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12/06/18 officially presented; arrives from 2nd-tier Dutch club Fortuna Sittard
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* Moreirense
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Manuel Machado
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Portuguese
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26/05/17 reported to be replacing Petit; his second spell with the club - got them promoted in 2002, left 2004; coached Nacional (sacked) and Arouca (sacked) in 2016/17
29/10/17 sacked (‘by mutual consent’) after losing 3-0 at Belenenses and saying “I can’t make a woman give birth after 5 months”; he leaves the club equal bottom with Estoril, on 6 points from 10 games.
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Sérgio Vieira
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Portuguese
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Announced 31/10/17; returns to Portugal from Brazil (São Bernardo, América Mineiro, Ferroviária, Atlético Paranaense, Guaratinguetá); first experience as head coach in Portugal
13/02/18 Sacked (“by mutual consent”) after a 1-2 home defeat to then bottom club Estoril, leaving Moreirense second bottom; 17 games in all, won 5, lost 6
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Petit
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Portuguese
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13/02/18 Petit announced to take over; contract initially until the end of the season; he resigned from Paços de Ferreira in January
18/05/18 Contract terminated by mutual consent
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Ivo Vieira
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Portuguese
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28/05/18 Announced; sacked from relegated Estoril ten days ago
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* Paços de Ferreira
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Vasco Seabra
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Portuguese
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assistant coach, as temporary caretaker
13/12/16 confirmed as coach until end of season
23/10/17 sacked after losing 6-1 at FC Porto; the team are 13th with 9 points from 9 games
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Petit
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Portuguese
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Presented 23/10/17; last season at Tondela and Moreirense; contract until the end of next season
08/01/18 resigned after a 1-1 home draw to Portimonense; Paços won 1 and drew 2 in 8 games under Petit, leaving them 16th, one point above the drop zone.
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Filipe Anunciação
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Portuguese
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as caretaker from 09/01/18
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João Henriques
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Portuguese
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12/01/18 from Leixões, 4th in the Segunda Liga
21/05/18 contract terminated after the club were relegated
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Vítor Oliveira
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Portuguese
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22/05/18 Announced as coach; moves from Portimonense; has a (justified) reputation for getting teams back to the Liga; brought Paços up from the Segunda for the first time in 1990/91
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* Portimonense
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Vítor Oliveira
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Portuguese
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15/05/15 Could not agree terms for an extension to his contract and leaves the club after 2 years
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António Folha
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Portuguese
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Reported to be in line to take over, apparently to be announced officially 29 June, when training starts; previously with FC Porto B
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Rio Ave
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Miguel Cardoso
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Portuguese
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announced 12/06/17, from Shakhtar Dontesk (assistant to Paulo Fonseca); one-year contract, + 1 optional
18/05/18 Reported to be on his way to French club Lille
12/06/18 terminated contract and goes to French club Nantes
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José Gomes
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Portuguese
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13/06/18 announced; arrives from Saudi Arabian club Al Taawon, who finished 7th in the league; previously coached Paços de Ferreira, Aves, Leixões, União de Leiria and Moreirense in Portugal
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* Sporting
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Jorge Jesus
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Portuguese
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05/06/18 contract terminated by agreement; signed for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal
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Sinisa Mihajlovic
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Croatian
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18/06/18 officially presented; arrives from Torino and previously coached Italian clubs AC Milan, Sampdoria, Fiorentina, Catania and Bologna, and the Serbian national side
27/06/18 sacked; he was the choice of ex-president Bruno de Carvalho, who in the meantime was deposed; the stand-in president, Sousa Cintra, said that Mihajlovic had changed the venue for pre-seasn training, which had cost the club €300,000
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José Peseiro
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Portuguese
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30/06/18 announced; previously at the club between 2004/06; previous club: Vitória de Guimarães, who he left in May
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Sporting Braga
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Abel Ferreira
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Portuguese
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26/04/17 steps up from Braga’s ‘B’ team.
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Tondela
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Pepa
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Portuguese
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Announced 10/01/17; previously at Moreirense - parted ways in November; contract until the end of the season
17/05/18 Contract renewed for another season
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* Vitória Guimarães
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Pedro Martins
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Portuguese
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announced 19/05/16; moves from Rio Ave
18/02/18 Sacked after a 0-5 home defeat to regional arch rivals Sporting Braga; he leaves Vitória 9th, with 9 wins, 2 draws and 12 defeats.
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Vítor Campelos
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Portuguese
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21/02/18 as caretaker; moves from the Vitória ‘B’ Team, who play in the second tier; one game in charge: lost 3-2 at Marítimo
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José Peseiro
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Portuguese
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28/02/18 on a 1.5-year contract; last job Al-Sharjah, of the United Arab Emirates; in Portugal, previously coached, among others, Nacional, Sporting, Braga, FC Porto; was assistant at Real Madrid
15/05/18 left the club by mutual consent; under Peseiro, the team won 4, drew 2 and lost 4, finishing a disappointing 9th in the Liga
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Luís Castro
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Portuguese
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21/05/18 Confirmed on a two-year contract; from Chaves, who finished 6th
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* Vitória Setúbal
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José Couceiro
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Portuguese
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presented 25/05/16; last job Estoril Praia, 2015; previously at Vitória 2004/05 and 2013/14
13/05/18 Announced he would not be continuing after saving Vitória from the drop on the last day of the season (a 1-0 win at home to Tondela)
15/05/18 Club reported to be in negotiations with Lito Vidigal
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Lito Vidigal
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Angolan
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22/05/18 confirmed; previously coached UD Leiria, Belenenses, Arouca and Desportivo das Aves (sacked Jan 2018) in Portugal, plus abroad: Angola (Seleção), Lybia (Al Itthiad), Cyprus (AEL Limassol) and Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv); two-year contract
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updated 01/07/18
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