Fernando Manuel de Jesus Santos (born 17 March 1973), known as Nandinho, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right winger, currently manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Bukiryah.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Manuel de Jesus Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Bukiryah (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Vitória Porto | ||
| 1985–1986 | Lapa | ||
| 1987–1991 | Candal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Candal | ||
| 1992–1994 | Ataense | ||
| 1994–1995 | Castêlo Maia | ||
| 1995–1998 | Salgueiros | 89 | (21) |
| 1998–1999 | Benfica | 4 | (1) |
| 1999 | → Alverca (loan) | 17 | (5) |
| 1999–2002 | Vitória Guimarães | 43 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Gil Vicente | 114 | (13) |
| 2007 | Leixões | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 275 | (40) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Gil Vicente (youth) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Gil Vicente | ||
| 2016–2017 | Famalicão | ||
| 2018–2019 | Gil Vicente | ||
| 2019–2020 | Almería B | ||
| 2020 | Almería (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Almería B | ||
| 2022–2023 | B-SAD | ||
| 2023–2024 | Al-Ahli | ||
| 2024– | Al-Bukiryah | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 257 matches and 41 goals over 11 seasons, representing mainly in the competition Gil Vicente (four years).
Playing career
editBorn in Porto, Nandinho played amateur football until the age of 22, signing with Primeira Liga club S.C. Salgueiros in 1995 from SC Castêlo da Maia. He scored a career-best 13 goals in 30 games in his third season, helping his team to the eighth position.
Subsequently, Nandinho signed for S.L. Benfica – against which he had previously scored – as Graeme Souness was the manager. As several British players were brought in, he was eventually deemed surplus to requirements, finishing his debut campaign with farm team F.C. Alverca, where he netted a hat-trick in a 3–2 home win against Sporting CP on 17 April 1999.[1]
Nandinho joined Vitória S.C. in summer 1999, being rarely played by Paulo Autuori but featuring more under new coach Álvaro Magalhães.[2] He retired in June 2007 at 34, after spells with Gil Vicente F.C. in the top flight[3] and Leixões S.C. in the Segunda Liga.[4]
Coaching career
editOn 28 May 2015, after several years in charge of the youth sides, Nandinho was chosen as José Mota's successor at the helm of Gil's first team, recently relegated from the top division.[5] He left the post on 11 May of the following year,[6] taking over at F.C. Famalicão on 17 October.[7]
Nandinho resigned on 2 April 2017, with the club near the relegation places in the second tier.[8] He returned to Gil Vicente in the 2018 off-season,[9] achieving promotion without playing and being relieved of his duties.[10]
Nandinho first moved abroad on 16 October 2019, replacing the dismissed Esteban Navarro at UD Almería B.[11] The following 26 June, he was named assistant manager of the first team until the end of the season, with Mário Silva becoming the head coach,[12] but returned to his previous role on 27 July as Silva was dismissed.[13]
On 24 August 2022, Nandinho was hired by B-SAD, who had dismissed José Maria Pratas three games into the second-division campaign.[14] He was dismissed the following 31 January, having taken 15 points in 14 games for the 16th-placed team, despite awaiting the quarter-finals of the Taça de Portugal.[15]
Subsequently, Nandinho worked in the Bahraini Premier League with Al-Ahli Club (Manama)[16] and the Saudi First Division League with Al-Bukiryah FC.[17]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 1 July 2020
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Gil Vicente | 
|
28 May 2015 | 15 May 2016 | 54 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 71 | 68 | 3 | 37.04 | [18] |
| Famalicão |
|
17 October 2016 | 2 April 2017 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 33.33 | [19] |
| Gil Vicente |
|
28 June 2018 | 13 May 2019 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 31 | 35 | 63.89 | [20] |
| Almería B | 
|
16 October 2019 | 26 June 2020 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 18 | 28 | 57.14 | [21] |
| Career Total | 135 | 63 | 34 | 38 | 208 | 142 | 66 | 46.67 | — | |||
References
edit- ^ "Gil Vicente: Nandinho e as memórias de um hat-trick embaraçoso para o Sporting" [Gil Vicente: Nandinho and memories of embarrassing hat-trick for Sporting] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 20 January 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ "A nova vida de Nandinho em Guimarães" [The new life of Nandinho in Guimarães] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 November 2000. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Gil Vicente-Benfica, 1–3: Vitória do fato-macaco" [Gil Vicente-Benfica, 1–3: Boilersuit win]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 January 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Nandinho é novo treinador do Famalicão" [Nandinho is the new manager of Famalicão] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Nandinho é o novo técnico" [Nandinho is the new manager]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Nandinho abandona comando do Gil Vicente" [Nandinho no longer at the helm of Gil Vicente]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 11 May 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Nandinho é o novo treinador" [Nandinho is the new manager]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Nandinho deixa o comando da equipa de futebol" [Nandinho no longer in charge of football team] (in Portuguese). F.C. Famalicão. 2 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Nandinho regressa ao Gil Vicente e terá a I Liga à vista" [Nandinho returns to Gil Vicente and will have I League on sight]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Nandinho sente-se atraiçoado" [Nandinho feels betrayed]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Fernando Santos, 'Nandinho', sustituye a Esteban Navarro en el Almería B" [Fernando Santos, 'Nandinho', replaces Esteban Navarro at Almería B] (in Spanish). UD Almería B. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Mario Silva y Nandinho, los nuevos técnicos del Almería para intentar el ascenso" [Mario Silva and Nandinho, the new managers of Almería to try to achieve promotion]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Mario Silva stops training UD Almería after reaching an agreement with the club". UD Almería. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ Gouveia Pereira, Miguel (24 August 2022). "Nandinho substitui José Maria Pratas no comando técnico da B SAD" [Nandinho replaces José Maria Pratas at the helm of B SAD]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Gouveia Pereira, Miguel (31 January 2023). "B SAD volta a não vencer e Nandinho deixa o comando técnico" [B SAD fail to win again and Nandinho leaves the helm]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Al Balushi, Omar (17 October 2023). "المدرسة البرتغالية فشلت مع النجمة.. فهل تنجح مع الأهلي؟" [The Portuguese school failed with Al-Najma. Will it succeed with Al-Ahli?]. Al-Watan (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "ناندينهو مدرباً للبنفسجي" [Nandinho new manager of Al-Bukiryah] (in Arabic). Twitter. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Gil Vicente FC: Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "FC Famalicão: Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Gil Vicente FC: Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Almería B" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
External links
edit- Nandinho at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Nandinho national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
